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Monday, November 23, 2015

CFP: HOPOS 2016 (Minneapolis)

June 22-25, 2016, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
http://hopos2016.umn.edu/

Keynote Speakers

Karine Chemla, REHSEIS, CNRS, and Université Paris Diderot

Thomas Uebel, University of Manchester

HOPOS: The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science will hold its eleventh international congress in Minneapolis, on June 22-25, 2016. The Society hereby requests proposals for papers and for symposia to be presented at the meeting. HOPOS is devoted to promoting research on the history of the philosophy of science. We construe this subject broadly, to include topics in the history of related disciplines and in all historical periods, studied through diverse methodologies. In order to encourage scholarly exchange across the temporal reach of HOPOS, the program committee especially encourages submissions that take up philosophical themes that cross time periods. If you have inquiries about the conference or about the submission process, please write to Maarten van Dyck: maarten.vandyck [at] ugent.be.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 4, 2016

To submit a proposal for a paper or symposium, please visit the conference website: http://hopos2016.umn.edu/call-submissions

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Book: Models and Maps: An Essay on Epistemic Representation

For those of you who might be interested, a version of my book manuscript Models and Maps: An Essay in Epistemic Representation is now available here. Please feel free to cite and circulate.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Postdoc: Intuitions in Science and Philosophy (Aarhus)

The project Intuitions in Science and Philosophy hires

- 2 postdocs and

- 1 PhD student.

Application deadline: 01/11/2015.

The Sapere Aude project Intuitions in Science and Philosophy, funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research and led by Samuel Schindler, will investigate the role and nature of intuitive judgements in science and philosophy. Whereas intuitive judgements in philosophy have been much debated in recent years, little attention has been paid to intuitive judgments in science. This is where the project will step in. In particular, it will investigate intuitive judgements in thought experiments in physics and in the form of acceptability judgements in linguistics. The results of these investigations will be related to debates about the evidential function of intuitive judgements in philosophy.

The project will cooperate with several renowned scholars in the field and organize two major conferences and a workshop. Each of the project members will be able to visit the project’s cooperation partners abroad. The starting date is negotiable. The project duration is four years. The tasks of the team members will be roughly as follows:

Postdoc position 1 (2 years): “Justifying intuitive judgments”. Together with the PI of the project, the postdoc will, amongst other things, conduct qualitative and quantitative surveys. Knowledge of statistics, experimental design and/or experimental philosophy would be an advantage, but is not required.

To apply for this position click here.

Postdoc position 2 (2 years): “Histories of thought experiments”. In a set of extended historical case studies the postdoc will investigate the role intuitive judgments in thought experiments have played in theory choice. The applicant can be a philosopher, but should have strong interests and competences in the history of science (and ideally, physics).

To apply for this position click here.

PhD student (3 years): “Justifying intuitive judgements in linguistics”. The PhD student will inquire into the justification of the use of acceptability judgements in linguistics. For that purpose, the student (trained in philosophy or linguistics) will, amongst other things, conduct qualitative and quantitative surveys. Knowledge of statistics, experimental design and/or linguistics would be an advantage, but is not required.

To apply for this position click here.

The project will be located at the Centre for Science Studies at the Department of Mathematics and associated with the Department of Philosophy at Aarhus University. The project members are expected to move to Aarhus. The project language is English. Also teaching in English is possible.

For further information and questions contact Samuel Schindler ([email protected]) or visit http://projects.au.dk/intuitions/.

Job: Associate or Full Professor AOS: Science Studies (Aarhus)

Professor/Associate Professor in Science Studies

The Centre for Science Studies at Aarhus University in Denmark invites applications for the position of full professor or associate professor (depending on the qualifications of the successful candidate) in science studies with an expected starting date of February 2016. Deadline for applications is 12/10/2015.

We seek applicants with academic expertise in either one or several of the following areas: history of science, technology, or mathematics, philosophy of science, science communication, or related areas.

The Centre seeks to strengthen its research by attracting excellent researchers. The successful candidate is expected to take an active interest in developing the research profile of the Centre in collaboration with the other staff members.

The Centre teaches philosophy of science courses to almost all bachelor students at the Faculty of Science and Technology. The appointee is expected to take responsibility for one or more of these courses.

The Centre also has its own Master’s Programme in science studies. The appointee is expected to teach courses within this programme and engage in the development of new courses.

Moreover, the appointee will be expected to participate in all aspects of the Department’s activities and to be present on a daily basis.

The Centre for Science Studies is placed within the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology. The centre ranks as one of the major centres for the history and philosophy of science, technology, and mathematics in Europe. For more information about the Centre, please see:www.css.au.dk/en.

For further details regarding the application procedure visit:

http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scientific-positions/stillinger/Vacancy/show/758067/5283/.

Further information may be obtained from Head of Department Niels O. Nygaard, phone +45 8715 5785, email[email protected]

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

CFP: Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology 2015

Announcing the 5th Annual

Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference

At the Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology
The University of Texas at Dallas
May 19-22, 2015

Keynote Speaker:

Sharyn Clough (Oregon State)
- Author of Beyond Epistemology: A Pragmatist Approach to Feminist Science Studies

Science, technology, and medicine have a major impact on our lives. We live with constant technological innovation and scientific discovery, and this changes the conditions that we live in, as well as the way we understand ourselves and the world around us. Science, technology, and medicine are thus entangled with our values, our culture, and our politics, and they have an important impact on policymaking and action. Making value judgments is important to the way that we fund, conduct, evaluate, and apply scientific research.

We invite proposals for papers that engage with these issues from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical approaches, including philosophy of science, technology, & medicine, epistemology, ethics and political philosophy, history, science and technology studies, policy studies, and natural and social sciences.

This year's conference will have three target themes:

Gender, sex, and sexuality in science, technology, and medicine
Science and values in the work of Paul K. Feyerabend, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Against Method
Distinguishing legitimate from illegitimate roles for values in science

We welcome any paper and panel proposals in the broad area of values in medicine, science, and technology, but we will give priority to proposals on these target themes.

Suggested topics for papers and panels include:

The value of diversity in epistemic communities
Sexism, heterosexism, or transphobia in technology culture
Sex and gender in medical research or practice
Feminist critique of gender differences research
Feyerbend's relationship to feminist philosophy of science
Feyerabend on science, values, and democracy
The indirect/direct role distinction
The ideal of well-ordered science
The cognitive status of values and value judgments

We will consider proposals for individual papers, but also thematic panel sessions and more informal formats. Please feel free to contact us early to discuss potential panel formats at [email protected]

For contributed papers, please submit a 250-500 word abstract. For symposia and other multi-participant panels, submit an abstract up to 250 words describing the topic of the panel and descriptions of up to 100 words describing each participant's contribution.

Submit your proposals here.

Please do not submit more than once for each presentation format (so you can submit as part of a group symposium as well as an individual paper, but not two papers). Participants will generally only be able to appear on the program once in any capacity. Papers that are not accepted for presentation will be automatically considered in our open roundtables session.

Deadline is 1st of February 2015.

The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology works to foster diversity and inclusiveness in our programming, events, and outreach efforts. Proposal authors and panel organizers will be asked to submit an optional 50-100 word diversity statement to explain their commitment and contributions to diversity in their proposal and in general. Conference proposals will be reviewed for quality, but final programming decisions will be made with diversity and inclusiveness in mind. Contributed paper proposals will be anonymously reviewed at all stages, whereas final decisions on organized panel proposals may consider identity of the panelists.

Conference facilities will be wheelchair accessible, and interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing can be provided upon request. For any questions about the conference, please contact [email protected]

The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology is an institutional member of the Consortium for Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and/or Engineering (SRPoiSE).

Saturday, October 18, 2014

PhilPapers Editorship Vacancies

I have decided to step down from my roles as Area Editor for General Philosophy of Science and as Editor for Scientific Realism at PhilPapers. Due to personal reasons, I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to dedicate to this wonderful project and I have decided it would be wiser for me to focus my efforts on the two categories of which I will retain Editorship (i.e. Properties, and Dispositions and Powers) instead. This means that the above-mentioned editorships are now vacant. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply through the PhilPapers application system. PhilPapers is one of the most useful and powerful professional tools we have and it relies on Editors to function at its best, so I hope many of you will consider applying!

(UPDATE: David Chalmers informs me that, in the process of removing my name from those editorships, all the editorships in the general philosophy of science area have been removed as well. This )

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

New Journal: Ergo

The first issue of Ergo is out and can be accessed here: http://www.ergophiljournal.org/

The following are four blog posts discussing each of the papers appearing in the first issue:

Julia Jorati (OSU) on a paper in early modern by Paul Lodge (Oxford):
http://philosophymodsquad.wordpress.com/

Anna Mahtani (LSE) on a paper by Michael Caie (Pittsburgh):
http://choiceandinference.com/, http://m-phi.blogspot.ca/

Ellen Clark (Oxford) on a paper in philosophy of biology by
Christopher Hitchcock (Caltech) and Joel Velasco (Texas Tech):
http://philosomama.blogspot.co.uk/

Thomas Nadelhoffer (Charleston) on a paper in experimental philosophy
by John Turri (Waterloo):
http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Post Doc: Notre Dame

Postdoctoral Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Science
The History and Philosophy of Science Graduate Program at the University of Notre Dame seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow beginning August 2014 for one year, renewable for a second year. Applicants must have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree by June 30, 2014.

Applications are welcome from scholars in any area of history and philosophy of science. In addition to pursuing his or her research and participating actively in the intellectual life of the program, the HPS Postdoctoral Fellow will teach two graduate courses per year, one of which may be in the candidate’s area of specialization. We are especially, but not exclusively, interested in candidates able to teach our graduate philosophy of science survey course (interest in teaching one of our graduate history of science survey courses may also be an asset), and encourage you to explain how your research and teaching experience is well suited to our interdisciplinary program.

The annual stipend is $48,000. The fellowship package also includes health insurance and $3000 per year towards research expenses and conference travel. A summary of benefits can be found at: http://hr.nd.edu/assets/121245/p1_benefit_summary_2014.pdf.

Applicants should send the following materials in electronic form only, in PDF format by email attachment, to [email protected], including “HPS post-doc” and your last name in the subject line. The deadline for receipt of application materials is March 30^th.
1. Cover letter giving a brief summary of your primary field of expertise and qualifications for the fellowship.
2. Summary of your dissertation (two page maximum).
3. Plan of research to be undertaken during a two-year fellowship period (two page maximum).
4. Writing sample (30 page maximum).
5. Where applicable, a proposal for a graduate philosophy of science survey course, bearing in mind that our courses are taken by history-, philosophy-, and theology and science-track students (one page maximum).
6. Proposal for a graduate seminar in your area of specialization (one page maximum).
7. Full curriculum vitae.
8. Names and affiliations of three referees whom you have asked to write to us directly.
Please note: applications that are printed and received via mail or courier will not be accepted and processed.
The three letters of reference should be sent separately, either electronically ([email protected]) or by mail (Reilly Center, 453 Geddes Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556), to arrive by the application deadline. Candidates are responsible for ensuring that their letters of reference arrive by the deadline.

The HPS graduate program is housed in the Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values, and draws faculty from a variety of departments including History, Philosophy, the Program of Liberal Studies, Theology, and English. For further information about the Reilly Center and the HPS program, please visit http://reilly.nd.edu/. The HPS Postdoctoral Fellowship is funded by the College of Arts and Letters.

Inquiries may be directed to Anjan Chakravartty (Director, History and Philosophy of Science Graduate Program): chakravartty.1@nd.edu .

The University of Notre Dame is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer with strong institutional and academic commitments to racial, cultural, and gender diversity. Women, minorities, and those attracted to a university with a Catholic identity are encouraged to apply. Information about Notre Dame, including our mission statement, is available athttp://www.nd.edu.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Special Issue on Race in Biology and Anthropology

A special issue of eight articles from STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES on race in biology and anthropology is now available for free downloading at the journal's website:

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-science-part-c-studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-biological-and-biomedical-sciences/

In the main journal, articles from the current (September 2013) issue connected with this theme include:

* A four-article special section edited by Quayshawn Spencer on whether there's a "space for race" in evolutionary biology after the mid-twentieth-century modern synthesis, with contributions from Lisa Gannett, Alan Templeton and Massimo Pigliucci
* A critical exchange between Adam Hochman and Neven Sesardic on what has and hasn't been established about race and genetics
* An essay review by Petter Hellström of a recent book on the use of genomics to reconstruct the history of world Jewry
* An essay review by Elise Juzda Smith of recent books on the theories and practices of racial science in the nineteenth century

Other articles in the issue include:

* Elliott Sober on why trait fitness is not a propensity (but fitness variation is)
* John van Wyhe on why it's OK after all to describe Darwin as the Beagle's naturalist
* Marshall Abrams versus Denis Walsh on whether natural selection is or is not a cause in its own right
* Lara Huber and Lara Keuck on how animal models in biomedicine work
* Essay reviews of recent books on everything from the decline of bloodletting to the ties that bind evolution and rationality
* Oren Harman on what to make of the growing presence of neuroscience in criminal court cases

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

New Open-Access Journal!

Ergo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ergo

Ergo is a general, open access philosophy journal accepting submissions on
all philosophical topics and from all philosophical traditions. This
includes, among other things: history of philosophy, work in both the
analytic and continental traditions, as well as formal and empirically
informed philosophy.

Ergo uses a triple-anonymous peer review process and aims to return
decisions within two months on average.

Ergo is published by MPublishing at the University of Michigan and
sponsord by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.
Papers are published as they are accepted; there is no regular publication
schedule.

To submit a paper, please register and login to Ergo's editorial
management system at:
http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ergo/index

Submitted manuscripts should be prepared for anonymous review, containing
no identifying information. Submissions need not conform to the journal
style unless and until accepted for publication.

Submission and publication is free, but the journal essentially depends on
the support of reliable reviewers returning informative reports in a timely
manner. We hope that you will consider acting as referee for Ergo if asked
by one of its editors. We also hope that you will consider submitting your
work to Ergo.

Please share this call for papers with your colleagues!

Managing Editors
Franz Huber (University of Toronto)
Jonathan Weisberg (University of Toronto)
[email protected]

Section Editors
Rachael Briggs (Australian National University & Griffith University)
Eleonora Cresto (University of Buenos Aires)
Vincenzo Crupi (University of Turin)
Imogen Dickie (University of Toronto)
Catarina Dutilh-Novaes (University of Groningen)
Kenny Easwaran (University of Southern California)
Matt Evans (University of Michigan)
Laura Franklin-Hall (New York University)
Ole Hjortland (LMU Munich)
Michelle Kosch (Cornell University)
Antonia LoLordo (University of Virginia)
Christy Mag Uidhir (University of Houston)
Julia Markovits (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lionel McPherson (Tufts University)
Jennifer Nagel (University of Toronto)
Jill North (Cornell University)
Brian O'Connor (University College Dublin)
Laurie A. Paul (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Richard Pettigrew (Bristol University)
Martin Pickavé (University of Toronto)
Adam Sennet (University of California at Davis)
Nishi Shah (Amherst College)
Quayshawn Spencer (University of San Francisco)
Ásta Sveinsdóttir (San Francisco State University)
Robbie Williams (University of Leeds)
Wayne Wu (Carnegie Mellon University)
Jiji Zhang (Lingnan University)

Friday, December 14, 2012

Conf: Evolution, Intentionality and Information (Bristol, May 2013)

Conference: Evolution, Intentionality and Information.
University of Bristol, May 29th-31st 2013.

A three-day inter-disciplinary conference at the University of Bristol.
This is the inaugural event in the ERC-funded project 'Darwinism and the
Theory of Rational Choice', directed by Professor Samir Okasha. The aim of the conference is to discuss the use of 'intentional', 'strategic' and 'informational' concepts in evolutionary biology.

Plenary speakers: Evelyn Fox-Keller, Daniel Dennett, Joan Roughgarden, Eva
Jablonka, David Haig, Denis Noble, Ken Binmore, Samir Okasha

Contributed papers are welcome.

For further information and details of how to register, please see the conference website.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Fellowships: Philosophy of Science (Pittsburgh)

The application deadline of December 15 is approaching for senior, postdoctoral, and visiting fellowships at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, for the academic year 2013-2014.

For more details, see joining on the Center Web site (http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr).

Monday, November 26, 2012

Job: Postdoc AOS: Metaphysics of Science (IHPST, Paris)

A postdoctoral position will be available at IHPST (Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris) within the French ANR funded project “Metaphysics of Science”, for one year (September/October 2013 - August/September 2014), renewable for a second year (September/October 2014 - August/September 2015).
The successful candidate must pursue research, and already have some expertise, in at least one of the three domains in the focus of the project: 1) Levels of reality, 2) Individual objects in physics and biology, and 3) Dispositions in psychology and physics.

The post-doc will be expected to present his/her research at conferences and seminars, and to publish in peer-reviewed journals.

He or she will work at IHPST in Paris and will provide organizational support for the activities of the teams. Residence in Paris is strictly mandatory.

Major tasks will be to:
1) run the Metaphysics of Science seminar on a regular basis,
2) help organize the workshops of the research project,
3) create and maintain a website on the metaphysics of experimental sciences, which will provide tools of cooperation within the team and help disseminate the results of our research,
4) constitute a database on metaphysics of science.

Applicants must have a doctorate in philosophy. Knowledge of French is not required, but fluency in English is.

Salary will be approximately 2000 € net (2500 € gross) per month.

Application material:
-A cover letter addressed to Max Kistler, Metascience coordinator
-A CV with a list of publications
-A writing sample (e.g., a publication or a dissertation chapter)
-Three letters of recommendation
-A statement of research agenda that fits into one of the areas of the project (2-3 pages)

Applications should be submitted electronically, in a single PDF file, to:
Max Kistler: mkistler@univ-paris1.fr

Deadline for submission of application: 15 February 2013.
Candidates will be informed of the decision by 31 March 2013.

For further information, please contact Max Kistler.

Job: Assistant Professor AOS: Philosophy of Physics (LMU Munich)

The Chair of Philosophy of Science at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion and the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP, http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/index.html) at LMU Munich seek applications for an Assistant Professorship in Philosophy of Physics. The position is for three years with the possibility of extension for another three years. The appointment will be made within the German A13 salary scheme (under the assumption that the civil service requirements are met), which means that one has the rights and perks of a civil servant. The starting date is October 1, 2013.

The appointee will be expected (i) to do philosophical research in the philosophy of physics and to lead a research group in this field, (ii) to teach five hours a week in philosophy of physics and/or a related field, and (iii) to take on management tasks. The successful candidate will have a PhD in philosophy and some teaching experience.

Applications (including a cover letter that addresses, amongst others, one's academic background and research interests, a CV, a list of publications, a list of taught courses, a sample of written work of no more than 5000 words, and a description of a planned research project of 1000-1500 words) should be sent by email (ideally everything requested in one PDF document) to [email protected]muenchen.de by December 10, 2012. Additionally, two confidential letters of reference addressing the applicant's qualifications for academic research should be sent to the same address from the referees directly.

Contact for informal inquiries: Professor Stephan Hartmann ([email protected]muenchen.de)

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

CFP: Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Venice, September 2013)

THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES & THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE

Call for Papers:

First joint European/American Conference University of Venice Ca' Foscari
3-4 September, 2013

The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences and the Phil= osophy of Social Science Roundtable invite contributions to their first joi= nt conference. Contributions from all areas within the philosophy of the so= cial sciences, from both philosophers and social scientists, are encouraged= .

Keynote speakers:

* Cristina Bicchieri (University of Pennsylvania)
* Nancy Cartwright (University of Durham/ University of California San =
Diego)

Submissions:

* An abstract of no more than 1000 words suitably prepared for blind re=
viewing should be submitted electronically through the Easychair system at =
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Denpossrt2013. Only one abst= ract per person may be submitted.
* Deadline for submission: 27 January, 2013
* Date of notification of acceptance: 15 March, 2013

Local organizers:

* Eleonora Montuschi, Luigi Perissinotto (University of Venice Ca' Fosc=
ari, Dept. of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Philosophy Section).

Conference homepage:
For more information about the conference see www.enposs.eu<http://www.enpo= ss.eu>

Publication:

* Selected papers from the Conference will be published in an annual sp=
ecial issue of the journal Philosophy of the Social Sciences

ENPOSS:
The purpose of the European Network of Philosophy of the Social Sciences is= to promote, encourage and facilitate academic discussion and research in t= he philosophy of the social sciences broadly conceived.
Steering Committee: Alban Bouvier (Paris), Byron Kaldis (Athens), Thomas Ue= bel (Manchester), Julie Zahle (Copenhagen), and Jes=FAs Zamora-Bonilla (Mad= rid).

PSSRT:

The Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable serves as a forum for communica= tion among philosophers and social scientists who share an interest in disc= ussion of epistemology, explanatory paradigms, and methodologies of the soc= ial sciences.

Programme Committee: James Bohman (St. Louis), Mark Risjord (Atlanta), Paul= Roth (Santa Cruz), Stephen Turner (Tampa), Alison Wylie (Seattle)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

CFP: Models and Decisions (Munich, April 2013)

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6th Munich-Sydney-Tilburg conference on

MODELS AND DECISIONS

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

10-12 April 2013

http://www.lmu.de/ModelsAndDecisions2013

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Mathematical and computational models are central to decision-making in a wide-variety of contexts in science and policy: They are used to assess the risk of large investments, to evaluate the merits of alternative medical therapies, and are often key in decisions on international policies – climate policy being one of the most prominent examples. In many of these cases, they assist in drawing conclusions
from complex assumptions. While the value of these models is undisputed, their increasingly widespread use raises several philosophical questions: What makes scientific models so important? In which way do they describe, or even explain their target systems? What makes models so reliable? And: What are the imports, and the limits, of using models in policy making? This conference will bring together philosophers of science, economists, statisticians and policy makers to discuss these
and related questions. Experts from a variety of field will exchange first-hand experience and insights in order to identify the assets and the pitfalls of model-based decision-making. The conference will also address and evaluate the increasing role of model-based research in scientific practice, both from a practical and from a philosophical point of view.

We invite submissions of extended abstracts of 1000 words by 15 December 2012. Decisions will be made by 15 January 2013.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Luc Bovens (LSE), Itzhak Gilboa (Paris and Tel Aviv),
Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck), Michael Strevens (NYU), and Claudia Tebaldi (UBC)

ORGANIZERS: Mark Colyvan, Paul Griffiths, Stephan Hartmann, Kaerin
Nickelsen, Roland Poellinger, Olivier Roy, and Jan Sprenger

PUBLICATION: We plan to publish selected papers presented at the
conference in a special issue of a journal or with a major a book
publisher (subject to the usual refereeing process). The submission
deadline is 1 July 2013. The maximal paper length is 7000 words.

GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS: A few travel bursaries for graduate students are
available (up to 500 Euro). See the website for details.

Special Issue: Kuhnian Perspectives on the Life and Human SciencesSCIENCES

To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a Kuhn-and-revolutions-themed special issue of articles from Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences is now available for free downloading at the journal's website:

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-science-part-c-studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-biological-and-biomedical-sciences/

In the main journal, articles from the current (September 2012) issue include:

* Anna Maerker on Florentine anatomical wax models in eighteenth-century Vienna
* Roberta Millstein on Darwin, race and sexual selection
* Leon Rocha on Needham, Daoism and Science and Civilization in China

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Call for Nominations: BJPS Kuhn's SSR Anniversary Virtual Issue

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science plans to publish a special virtual issue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The issue will be composed of specially selected papers on the topic of Kuhn's work that have been published in the journal over the past 50 years, together with a major review essay. The Editors of the journal would like to invite readers to nominate their favourite piece on Kuhn's ideas for inclusion in the journal.

Nominations (one per person only, please) of papers previously published in the BJPS should go to Beth Hannon at

BJPS@leeds.ac.uk

by Sept. 30th.

The Editors' decision on what papers to include will be final!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Visiting Fellowships (Sydney)

The University of Sydney is currently inviting applications for one-semester visiting fellowships for either second semester (August to November) 2013 or first semester (February to May) 2014. This program is associated with The Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science (SCFS), a research centre promoting work into the logical, philosophical, and historical foundations of science (further details below). We are hoping to receive applications from leading historians and philosophers of science (including the special sciences and biomedical sciences) at any post-PhD career stage. This is the sixth round of such fellowships and we anticipate being able to offer them each year.

Up to four fellowships are available, and each fellowship will come with a travelling allowance of up to AUD 6,000. These fellowships will provide opportunities for academics on sabbatical from their home institution to spend a semester in a productive and collegial research environment (in a beautiful city), to work with members of the SCFS and with other visiting fellows. It is important that the applicant has a position at their home institution that extends beyond the term of the intended stay in Sydney and is on salary from their home institution for the duration of their intended stay. The allowance is to help offset some of the travelling and living-away-from-home expenses; it is not a salary. The successful applicants will be expected to work on a specific research project currently being conducted in the SCFS. See the SCFS website for current research projects. One of the aims of the SCFS is to strengthen international links in history and philosophy of science, so expressions of interest from researchers outside Australia are particularly encouraged.

Applications should including a cover letter, a CV, an indication of which of the current research projects you intend to work on and what your contribution to that project will be. Applications should be sent electronically to:

Dr Rodney Taveira
Administrative Officer
Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
A14, Main Quadrangle
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, 2006
Australia
Email: rodney.taveira@sydney.edu.au

by 14th November 2012. Applicants will be informed of decisions by 19th December 2012.

About The Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science
The SCFS is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Sydney. We draw together researchers from philosophy, history, history and philosophy of science, science and medicine, with research concentrations in and around foundations of physics, decision theory, history and philosophy of biology, history of early modern science, history of medicine, and decision theory. Senior members of the SCFS include, Warwick Anderson, Stephen Bartlett, Alison Bashford, David Braddon-Mitchell, Mark Colyvan, Clio Cresswell, Ofer Gal, Stephen Garton, Stephen Gaukroger, Paul Griffiths, Ian Kerridge, Dominic Murphy, Maureen O'Malley, Hans Pols, Dean Rickles, Nick Smith, and Karola Stotz. We also have a number of mid-career and junior faculty, as well as several postdoctoral fellows and graduate students associated with the SCFS. Further details can be found on our website: http://sydney.edu.au/foundations_of_science/

Saturday, September 8, 2012

CFP: Dimensions of Measurement (Bielefeld, March 2013)

A philosophical and historical conference on "Dimensions of Measurement" will take place March 14 to 16, 2013, in Bielefeld, Germany.

Plenary speakers are Marcel Boumans, Hasok Chang, Nadine de Courtenay, Laura Dassow Walls, Michael Heidelberger, Martin Kusch, Luca Mari, Joel Michell, Mary Morgan, Simon Schaffer, and Eran Tal.

The conference will explore aspects of measurement in the natural, engineering, social, and human sciences and from a variety of philosophical perspectives with Weberian, Foucauldian, logical empiricist, phenomenological, social constructivist and other traditions converging on questions of method, of standardization, of world-making in measurement.

Submissions for individual contributions or symposia (three or four papers) are invited - see www.bicoda.info for a more detailed call for papers. Submit abstracts for individual contributions (400-500 words) or symposia (1000-1200 words) at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dom2013

Deadline: October 30, 2012 (notifications will be sent December 1).

For further information and suggestions, contact the conference organizers Alfred Nordmann ([email protected]) and Oliver Schlaudt ([email protected]).

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