BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Can mathematical modelling in social theory provide any insight? W
 hat are the arguments in favour of formal modelling? - Tony Lawson\, Cambr
 idge University
DTSTART:20100125T200000Z
DTEND:20100125T220000Z
UID:TALK22820@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Cambridge Social Ontology Group
DESCRIPTION:What are the uses and justifications of mathematical modelling
  in social theorising\, particularly economics. Prominent claims make refe
 rence to rigour\, clarity\, consistency\, elegance\, testing\, models as m
 etaphors\, heuristics\, immanent critiques\, mathematics as language\, mod
 els as science\, and so forth.  But do the claims involved hold up and are
  they sufficient? These issues and more will be discussed.
LOCATION:Clare College\, Trinity Lane Cambridge\, CB2 1TL\, in the Latimer
  Room\, in the Old Court
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR