CFCUL – PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY | CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Centre for Philosophy of Science of the University of Lisbon (CFCUL) is pleased to announce the Second Lisbon International Conference on Philosophy of Science: Philosophy of Science in the 21st Century – Challenges and Tasks, that will be held at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal, in December 4th to 6th, 2013.
The conference intends to identify and to discuss the main problems, questions and research lines that Philosophy of Science faces today or will be forced to face in near future.
Therefore, the CFCUL invites submissions of abstracts for oral presentations and proposals for symposia on topics considered as new emerging research issues in current Philosophy of Science, such as:
– New Cartographies of Knowledge;
– The return of Metaphysics;
– Realism and Anti-realism;
– Image and Visualization;
– Models and Fiction;
– Science and Democracy;
– Science, Ethics and Bioethics;
– Science, Technology, and Technoscience;
– Heuristics, Controversy and Argumentation;
– Humanities and Cognitive Sciences;
– Emergence and Reductionism;
– Chaos and Complexity;
– Science and Art;
– Others…
Guidelines for abstract/proposal submission
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Abstracts for oral presentations (not exceeding 20 minutes) can maximally contain 300 words (references, heading and authorship not included), should be written in English, and include the following information:
– Title (as concise as possible)
– First and Last name (+co-authors)
– Affiliation
– Contact address
– E-mail
(Main body of text must be justified; Single spacing throughout)
SYMPOSIUM
A symposium is designed to be a thematic session in which 3 speakers present their approaches to the common proposed subject matter, problem, or question. The symposium should consist of a chairperson briefly introducing the topic, followed by 3 individual speakers (in any case, not least than 2 but no more than 4). The symposium is expected to end with a discussion period (of about 30 minutes) where audience will have the opportunity to address questions and proponents to present concluding remarks. A symposium session will run for 120 minutes.
The symposium proposal cannot contain more than 500 words (references, heading and authorship not included), should be written in English, and should be structured as follows:
– Title of the symposium
– List of authors (including the symposium organizer as first author)
– Introduction and objectives of the symposium
– Preliminary program of the symposium including: Speakers presentation titles, first and last names of each one, cities and countries
(Main body of text must be justified; Single spacing throughout)
How to submit an abstract/proposal?
Abstracts and proposals should have the format of a Word document (.doc or .docx) and be sent as e-mail attachment to Mr. Ricardo Santos with the subject line ‘Philo-Sci21_abstract‘.
Please include your full address and contact details of the main author and the presenting author in the email and indicate whether you are submitting an oral presentation or a symposium.
Important dates
– Deadline for abstract/proposal submission is 15 September 2013.
– Decisions on submitted abstracts will be made before 30 September 2013. Acceptance and rejection e-mails will be sent to all applicants on or before this date.
Please remember the Author Registration Deadline: All speakers from accepted presentations, and all organizers of accepted symposiums and their invited speakers and attendees must register by the registration deadline of 30 October 2013.
Proceedings
The proceedings of the Conference will be published in a special issue of an international journal.
Contacts and Further information
Centre for Philosophy of Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
Campo Grande, C4.3.24
1749-016 Lisbon
Portugal
Phone: (+351) 217 500 365
E-mail: rssantos@fc.ul.pt