The workshop aims to bring together philosophers of science and leading researchers in the social sciences to discuss current methodological problems in these sciences. The focus of the workshop is on the interplay between, on the one hand, the use of probability theory in modeling human agents and, on the other, the use of statistical models in dealing with data about human agents.

The speakers are Max Albert (Giessen, Economics), Mark Colyvan (Sydney, Philosophy), Branden Fitelson (Berkeley, Philosophy), Herbert Hoijtink (Utrecht, Psychology), Michiel van Lambalgen (Amsterdam, Logic and Cognitive Science), Han van der Maas (Amsterdam, Psychology), Stef Tijs (Tilburg, Economics), and Jon Williamson (Kent, Philosophy).

The workshop is organized by Jan-Willem Romeijn (Groningen) and Stephan Hartmann (Tilburg).