Netzwerk Hermeneutik Interpretationstheorie (NHI): 8. Jahrestagung / Call for Papers
Sprache und Aussersprachlichkeit – Ist alles Sein, das verstanden werden kann, Sprache?
Keynotes
Gottfried Boehm (Kunstwissenschaft, Basel)
Inga Mai Groote (Musikwissenschaft, Zürich)
Thomas Wabel (Theologie, Bamberg)
Zum Thema
Keine der mittlerweile zahlreich proklamierten ‘Wenden’ hat nachhaltig die gleiche Berühmtheit erlangt wie der von Richard Rorty 1967 beschriebene ‘linguistic turn’. Zunächst mit der analytischen Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts verknüpft, lässt sich anhand des Begriffs eine Hinwendung zur Sprache beschreiben, die in verschiedenen Strömungen der Philosophie sowie anderen Disziplinen beobachtbar ist und sich bereits bei Denkern der Aufklärung abzeichnet. Wenn auch das Problem der Sprache selbst älter ist als die Philosophie, die Zuspitzungen, die es im letzten Jahrhundert erfahren hat, begleiten uns bis in die Gegenwart, nicht zuletzt auch in der Hermeneutik.
Schriftlich fixierte sprachliche Äusserungen bilden seit jeher den Hauptgegenstand hermeneutischer Bemühungen. Denker wie Hans-Georg Gadamer hat das zur These geführt, das Sprachverstehen sei nicht nur Paradigma für Verstehen, sondern Sprachlichkeit mache überhaupt den Charakter des hermeneutischen Gegenstandes aus. Wer die Universalität der Hermeneutik aufgrund der sprachlichen Konstituiertheit der Welt behauptet, wird aber erklären müssen, inwiefern Erfahrungen, die wir zumindest nicht primär als sprachlich ansehen – ästhetische Erfahrungen von Kunst in Musik, Bildern oder etwa praktische Fähigkeiten, die ohne sprachliche Artikulation Anwendung finden –, in denen es aber zum Verstehen kommt, sprachlich verfasst sind.
Gehen wir hingegen davon aus, dass der Sprache Grenzen gesetzt sind, stellt sich zugleich die Frage nach den Grenzen unseres Verstehens. Einerseits hinsichtlich der Sprachlichkeit des Verstehens selbst, andererseits im Blick darauf, ob sich erarbeitete Verstehensbedingungen und Interpretationsmethoden einer allgemeinen Hermeneutik überhaupt auf aussersprachliche Phänomene beziehen lassen.
Über dieses Problemfeld als Ganzes hinaus könnten u.a. die folgenden Aspekte von Interesse sein:
- Wo wurden Annäherungsversuche zwischen Hermeneutik und Sprachphilosophie vorgenommen und wie lassen sich hermeneutische Bemühungen weiter mit verschiedenen Strömungen der Sprachphilosophie – analytisch, (post-)strukturalistisch, pragmatisch, sprachkritisch, u.a. – in Verbindung bringen?
- Welche Bedeutung haben die empirischen Befunde der Psycho- und Neurolinguistik für hermeneutische Sprachkonzepte?
- Wo greifen herkömmliche Sprachkonzepte hinsichtlich der Digitalität der gegenwärtigen Medienlandschaft zu kurz, wie wird diese in die hermeneutische Theorie und Praxis miteinbezogen?
- Inwiefern kann von nichtmenschlichen Gegenständen als Objekten des Verstehens die Rede sein?
Für die Tagung laden wir zu Beiträgen zu diesen und ähnlich grundlegenden Aspekten ein. Proposals (maximal 2’500 Zeichen, inkl. Leerzeichen) können bis zum 15. April 2023 unter folgender Adresse eingereicht werden: michaelnathan.goldberg@uzh.ch. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Vorschläge!
Die Kosten für die Referierenden der Tagung können übernommen werden. Die Beiträge werden, vorbehaltlich positiver Begutachtung, in der Buchreihe des Netzwerks (Hermeneutik und Interpretationstheorie, Verlag Schöningh/Brill, Paderborn) veröffentlicht. Bei Interesse an einer Tagungsteilnahme bzw. an der Arbeit des Netzwerks melden Sie sich bitte gleichfalls unter der genannten Adresse.
Christiane Tietz, Vorsitzende NHI
Michael N. Goldberg, Koordinator NHI
FINAL CfA : One postdoctoral and one PhD position in the Epistemology of Machine Learning Deadline: April 3, 2023, 11:59pm CET
The newly established, DFG-funded Emmy Noether Junior Research Group “UDNN: Scientific Understanding and Deep Neural Networks” invites applications for one doctoral and one postdoctoral position at the Institute for Philosophy and Political Science (IPP) at TU Dortmund University (TUDo). Together with group leader Dr. Florian J. Boge, you will conduct research on the impact of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) on science’s epistemology; specifically, on scientific understanding.
The TUDo is a flourishing environment for research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its philosophy, featuring multiple opportunities for inter- and intradisciplinary cooperation. With the newly funded Lamarr-Institute, it is co-host to one of six AI-research centers funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Through the University Alliance Ruhr, it features close connections with researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen, working in diverse areas and on various issues of AI in science and society. The IPP at TUDo is also host to several members of the interdisciplinary project “Explainable Intelligent Systems” and is in the process of establishing a new professorship for practical philosophy with a focus on new technologies.
Both positions are advertised for up to three years. The postdoc position could potentially be extended for three further years, depending on your own as well as the project’s overall performance.
Requirements PhD position:
Suitable candidates (f/m/d) have completed (or are presently close to completing) an excellent Master’s degree in philosophy and can claim additional experience in either a natural science, mathematics, or computer science. They have an excellent command of the English language (good command of German is desirable but not required). Ideally, they can also claim some international experience, through studies abroad or an international study environment. They are willing to engage with researchers outside of philosophy (specifically: physics and theoretical biology). They also have excellent social skills and are willing to participate in, and contribute to, the project’s activities, such as: workshops, public events, regular project meetings, and online seminars. They are able to produce an internationally visible, high-quality PhD dissertation and present their work in international conferences and workshops.
To apply, please send (i) a letter of motivation, (ii) your CV (incl. a list of publications, if any), (iii) copies of your diplomas and (iv) a short summary (2 pages) of your Master’s thesis to udnn.fk14@tu-dortmund.de, using as subject line the reference number w110-22. Closing date: April 3, 2023, 11:59pm CET.
Requirements postdoctoral position:
Suitable candidates (f/m/d) have completed (or are presently close to completing) an excellent PhD in philosophy and can claim additional experience in either a natural science, mathematics, or computer science. They have an excellent command of the English language (good command of German is desirable but not required). They can claim international experience through research stays, studies abroad, or a background in an international research environment. They are willing to engage with researchers outside of philosophy (specifically: physics and theoretical biology). They also have excellent social skills and are willing to participate in, and contribute to, the project’s activities, such as: workshops, public events, regular project meetings, and online seminars. They are able to produce internationally visible, high-quality publications and present their work in international conferences and workshops.
To apply, please send (i) a letter of motivation, (ii) your CV (incl. a list of publications), (iii) copies of your diplomas and (iv) a short summary (3 pages) of your PhD thesis to udnn.fk14@tu-dortmund.de, using as subject line the reference number w111-22. Closing date: April 3, 2023, 11:59pm CET.
CfP: minimal (anti-) metaphysics, deadline: 31 December 2023
Guest editors: Tobias Henschen (Cologne), Andreas Hüttemann (Cologne)
Topical Collection Description: The metaphysics of science debate is often characterized as dividing philosophers who endorse positions of “maximal” metaphysics and “maximal” anti-metaphysics: philosophers who believe and philosophers who refuse to believe that the content or practice of science is to be explained in terms of unobservable entities, that these entities exist independently of the content and practice of science, that explanations in terms of these entities are (approximately) true, and that we can come to know that these explanations are true, and the negation of this position. What often remains unnoticed is that the metaphysics of science debate has shifted: that the leading participants in the debate have moved toward more moderate positions – positions that can be referred to as positions of “minimal” metaphysics and “minimal” anti-metaphysics. Like maximal metaphysicians, minimal metaphysicians believe that the content or practice of science is to be explained in terms of unobservable entities (for instance, structure), and that these entities exist independently of the content and practice of science. But unlike maximal metaphysicians, minimal metaphysicians emphasize the fallibility of their positions and restrict their ontological commitments to some minimal set of entities. Like maximal anti-metaphysicians, minimal anti-metaphysicians believe that the content or practice of science is not to be explained in terms of unobservable entities that exist independently of the content or practice of science. But unlike maximal anti-metaphysicians, minimal anti-metaphysicians believe that the content or practice of science is to be explained in terms of phenomenal entities, or that scientific realism about observable entities needs to be extended to “unobservable” entities that (like subatomic particles) can be “observed” by our aided senses. The planned collection is supposed to describe the shift in the metaphysics of science debate by providing a forum for the various positions of minimal (anti-) metaphysics that have been defended more recently, for clarifications or elaborations of these positions, and for the arguments and methods that have been or can be employed in support or against these positions.
Appropriate topics for submission include
positions of (anti-) metaphysics that qualify as “minimal” in the sense described above, or in a similar sense. These positions include (but are not limited to) variants of
For further information, please contact Tobias Henschen (lead guest editor): tobias.henschen@uni-koeln.de
The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2023.
Submissions via: https://www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default.aspx
Tobias Henschen (tobias.henschen@uni-koeln.de), Andreas Hüttemann (ahuettem@uni-koeln.de)
CfA: Ringvorlesung “Menschenbilder in der Wissenschaft” des Zentrums f. Wissenschaftstheorie/Münster
Die Frage nach der Stellung des Menschen in der Wissenschaft gewinnt durch die immer umfassendere wissenschaftliche Erschließung der menschlichen Lebenswelt an Bedeutung. Das Feld der damit verbundenen Phänomene erstreckt sich von der geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Menschen und seiner Lebenszusammenhänge über die Vorstellungen vom Menschen in den Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften bis hin zu praktischen Eingriffen in das menschliche Leben durch Medizin und die angewandten Wissenschaften. Nicht zuletzt sind auch die zunehmenden Verflechtungen technologischer und menschlicher Aktivitäten ein Ausdruck wissenschaftlichen Fortschreitens und fordern die Standortbestimmung des Menschen heraus. Diese Entwicklungen sind von Fragen begleitet, welche Rolle der Mensch in der Forschung spielen sollte, welche Bedeutung und Geschichte Menschenbilder in der Wissenschaft haben und welche epistemischen und ethischen Konsequenzen sich daraus ergeben. In welcher Form lässt sich heute überhaupt noch vom Menschen sprechen, ohne die sich spätestens seit dem Poststrukturalismus ausbreitenden Debatten um die Entmachtung und Dezentrierung des menschlichen Subjekts als sinnkonstituierendes Zentrum der Welt zu vernachlässigen? Post- und transhumanistische Bewegungen differenzieren das Feld einer kritischen Haltung gegenüber klassischen Vorstellungen über den Menschen immer weiter aus und verweisen vor allem auf die mangelnde Berücksichtigung anderer, nicht-menschlicher Lebensformen. Diese und angrenzende Problemlagen stoßen eine tiefgreifende Transformation der Wissenschaft an, der sich diese Ringvorlesung widmen möchte.
Vorträge (jeweils in Hörsaal F5, Domplatz 20-22, Münster)
20.04.2023 Prof. Dr. Martina Hessler (TU Darmstadt):
“Das Bild fehlerhafter Menschen in den Wissenschaften und die Konsequenzen”
27.04.2023 Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner (ETH Zürich):
“Mit Kopernikus ins Anthropozän. Das Foucaultsche Pendel und seine Menschenbilder“
11.05.2023 Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolf Singer (Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung):
“Menschenbilder aus den Perspektiven der Selbstwahrnehmung und neurobiologischer Fremdbeschreibung: Der Versuch eines Brückenschlags“
(Der Vortrag findet im Raum F4, Domplatz 20-22 statt)
25.05.2023 Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau (Universität Münster):
“Der Mensch – das andere Tier?“
22.06.2023 Prof. Dr. Katharina Block (Universität Oldenburg):
“Der Anthropos im Anthropozän”
29.06.2023 Dr. Janina Loh (Stabsstelle Ethik, Stiftung Liebenau):
“Zum Menschenbild des kritischen Posthumanismus”
Die Teilnahme ist in Präsenz oder per Zoom möglich. Der Zoom-Link für die Online-Teilnahme wird jeweils am Donnerstagvormittag per E-Mail zugestellt
(nach Anmeldung unter https://listserv.uni-muenster.de/mailman/listinfo/zfw-rv).
CfA: The 2023-24 EPSA Fellowship competition is open, Deadline: Apr 17 2023
The 2023 call for EPSA fellows is now live: 16 spots are available for Central and Eastern European junior scholars, and scholars of all levels affected by the war in Ukraine, to visit a Western European University for one month.
The deadline for applications is set to the 17th of April 2023.
You can find the full application procedure and the list of participating institutions on our website.
All the best,
The European Philosophy of Science Association.
CfP: PROGIC 2023: Combining Probability & Logic, Utrecht (The Netherlands), August 30 – September 1, 2023
PROGIC 2023: Eleventh Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic https://progic2023.sites.uu.nl/
Utrecht University,
Utrecht, Netherlands, August 30 – September 1, 2023The special focus of PROGIC2023 is Knowledge representation and reasoning. Classically, logic and probability offer competing representations of partial or incomplete information, with the former assuming a qualitative perspective on uncertainty and the latter focusing on a quantitative account. Both provide their own policies for updating on new information, combining evidence from different sources, and acting under partial information.
We solicit submissions that bridge these two perspectives. These could, for instance, apply probabilistic or other quantitative tools to the study of logical systems or use logical frameworks, classical or substructural, for understanding probabilistic approaches. They may also apply to specific sub-areas, such as game theory, network theory, causal modelling or machine learning. We especially invite submissions that combine probability and logic for knowledge representation and reasoning broadly construed.
Invited Speakers * Didier Dubois (IRIT, France)* Joe Halpern (Cornell University)* Aybüke Özgün (University of Amsterdam)
* Jon Williamson (University of Kent) SubmissionsSubmissions should consist of a short abstract (~200 words) and an *extended abstract* (~1000 words, pdf format). The submission portal is at https://progic23.sciencesconf.org/
Dates and Deadlines
* Submission deadline: *April 15, 2023*
* Notification of acceptance: *May 15, 2023*
* Conference: * August 30 – September 1, 2023*Workshop Websitehttps://progic2023.sites.uu.nl/ (general information)https://progic23.sciencesconf.org/ (submission) Special IssueThere will also be a special issue of the Journal of Logic and Computation devoted to the themes of this workshop. After the conference, we invite submissions of papers to this volume. The SeriesThe *Eleventh Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic* (*PROGIC2023*) continues the Progic workshop series
<https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/jonw/conferences/progic/>. Committees
Program Committee
* Niki Pfeifer (Regensburg)
* Jan-Willem Romeijn (Groningen)
* Marta Sznajder (Muenchen)* Gregory Wheeler (Frankfurt)
* Jon Williamson (Kent)* Francesca Zaffora Blando (CMU Pittsburgh) * Dominik Klein (Utrecht)* Dragan Doder (Utrecht)
Organizing committee
* Dominik Klein (Utrecht University)* Dragan Doder (Utrecht University)
Venue
The conference will be held at Utrecht University, in the historic city center of Utrecht.
Contact
All questions should be emailed to Dragan Doder, d.doder@uu.nl and Dominik Klein, d.klein@uu.nlAcknowledgements: We acknowledge generous financial support by Utrecht University’s Focus Area of Human Centered AI (https://www.uu.nl/en/research/human-centered-artificial-intelligence)
CfA: Embodied, Enacted and Represented Time, Hybrid event / 17th and 18th July 2023 / Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany / organised by Haeran Jeong & Gottfried Vosgerau, department of philosophy
Timing ability is important for social interaction, decision-making and task management. However, making a good sense of time is not always easy. Some reliable timing mechanisms of organisms have been widely assumed and empirically supported, such as internal clock theory or circadian clock. By contrast, a number of psychological and neuroscientific studies have emphasized that human temporal perception can be modulated by perceptual contexts, physiological processes and psychological or emotional states. Since full understanding of our timing ability requires taking all these factors into account, the interdisciplinary dialogue among philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists will provide a key insight into us as acting agents.
Keynote speakers (alphabetically sorted):
Chritoph Hoerl (philosopher, University of Warwick, UK)
Eve Atchariya Isham (psychologist, University Arizona, USA)
Giuliano Torrengo (University of Milan, Italy and Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
Marc Wittman (psychologist, University of Freiburg, Germany)
Peter König (neuroscientist, University of Osnabrück, Germany)
Valtteri Arstila (philosopher, University of Helsinki, Finland)
We welcome two or three papers from PhD students who are investigating temporal perception in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience and cognitive science. You can participate virtually or in person. Please submit a short overview (100-200 words) and an extended abstract (max. 1000 words) for 20-30 minutes talk to eer-time@hhu.de by 15.4.2023. Please write your name, email, affiliation and title of the talk in the email. We will carefully review it and contact you by 15.5.2023 at the latest.
For more information: https://www.philosophie.hhu.de/eer-time
CFA reminder: The International Association of Computing and Philosophy (IACAP), 2023 Conference
Call for Abstracts and Symposia Proposals
Conference: 3-5 July 2023
Location: Prague, Czech Republic, hosted by Karel Čapek Center for Values in Science and Technology (CEVAST) and the Czech Academy of Sciences. Venue: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, náměstí Jana Palacha 1/2, 116 38 Prague 1.
Conference website: http://iacap2023.auletris.com/
Abstracts (1000 words) due: March 19, 2023
After the highly successful IACAP 2022 meeting at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara California (hosted by the School of Engineering, and in collaboration with the Markkula Centre for Applied Ethics), IACAP is delighted to announce our return to Europe in 2023 with CEVAST and the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. Given the improvement of the pandemic, IACAP is pleased to put out this call for abstracts for on-site paper presentations.
http://iacap.org/
Important Dates
Abstracts due date (new): March 19, 2023
Symposia Proposals due date (new): March 19, 2023
Notification of acceptance: May 8, 2023
Submissions link
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=iacap2023
Keynote Speakers
Covey Award Address – To be announced.
Simon Award Address – To be announced.
IACAP has a long-lasting tradition of promoting philosophical dialogue and interdisciplinary research on all aspects of the digital turn. IACAP’s members have contributed to shaping the philosophical and ethical debate about computing, information technologies, and artificial intelligence. The 2023 annual meeting will continue this tradition and will gather philosophers, ethicists, roboticists, and computer scientists and engineers interested in the following topics:
● Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
● Algorithmic Opacity and Bias
● Artificial Life and Moral Agency
● Autonomous Weapon Systems
● Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition
● Computational Modelling in Science and Social Science
● Computer-Mediated Communication
● Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information
● History of Computing
● Information Culture and Society
● Metaphysics of Computing
● Philosophy of Information
● Philosophy of Information Technology
● Robotics
● Virtual Reality
… and related issues
The meeting will have a main track focusing on topics at the core of IACAP members’ interests. We invite submissions of extended abstracts (up to 1000 words) as well as submission of proposals for symposia. https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=iacap2023
Host:
The 2023 meeting will be hosted in collaboration with CEVAST which was formed in 2018 under the Czech Academy of Sciences in the historic city of Prague. CEVAST has a reputation as a leading European institution dealing with emerging issues in technology ethics.
CfA: Full Professorship in Philosophy with a focus on philosophy of (life) science and technology, University of Heidelberg Deadline: April 17, 2023
Full Professorship (W3) in Philosophy (f/m/d) with a focus on philosophy of (life) science and technology at the University of Heidelberg
at the earliest convenience. This position is intended as a bridge between the faculties of philosophy and engineering sciences and it is part of the Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials.
https://adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FDB$.startup?MODUL=LS&M1=1&M2=0&M3=0&PRO=32995
Successful candidates will have a strong and demonstrated research interest in issues concerning the relationship of technology and organisms and the constitution of (human) life. They will have interdisciplinary experience in the philosophical analysis of the development of technology and biotechnology or the life sciences, including neuroscience. Their prospective research should include questions in the areas of philosophy of science, anthropology or ethics. We expect a preparedness to cooperate in current and planned projects on topics such as synthetic biology and engineering of molecular systems at Heidelberg University.
The duties of the position include interdisciplinary teaching of philosophy of science and technology in the bachelor and master programmes in philosophy and in engineering as well as supervising PhD theses. We expect a commitment to developing new teaching modules in philosophy and innovative teaching programmes which can form a bridge between the fields. Further responsibilities include transfer, grant acquisition, and participation in academic administrative duties. Teaching responsibilities are according to the law of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The appointment requires a completed university degree, a qualified doctorate and, according to § 47 (2) of the Higher Education Law of the state of Baden-Württemberg, a habilitation, a successfully evaluated junior professorship or a comparable academic qualification The qualification in philosophy should be demonstrated by a PhD or Habilitation (or equivalent qualification). An additional qualification in science or engineering is required; this can be documented by a university degree, suitable publications, cooperations and/or acquisition of research grants.
Please submit your application in English with a curriculum vitæ including your complete research bibliography, teaching record, teaching and research statement in a single PDF to the Dean of Engineering Sciences, Prof. Dr. Guido Kanschat and to the Dean of the Philosophical Faculty, Prof. Dr. Katja Patzel-Mattern by email to applications-ing@uni-heidelberg.de. Applications received by April 17th, 2023, will receive full consideration. Feel free to use this e-mail address for questions about this position.
Heidelberg University is an equal opportunity employer and supports diversity. Qualified female candidates are especially invited to apply. Persons with disabilities will be given preference if they are equally qualified. Information on the appointment of professors and the collection of personal data are available at www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/job-market.
CfR: Workshop series “Forest – city – river: Transforming regional climate models into local climate knowledge for decision making”, March 8th – 10th, 2023
https://pretix.eu/Konferenz/Klima/
CfP: EPSA23 , European Philosophy of Science Association, Belgrade (Serbia) on 20-23 September 2023, deadline: 10 March 2023
https://philsci.eu/EPSA23/CfP
Reminder: The call for presentations is open for Inductive Metaphysics Conference, deadline: February 28, 2023
Inductive Metaphysics: Insights, Challenges and Prospects
9 – 11 August 2023University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Call for presentations is open – deadline February 28, 2023
Inductive Metaphysics is a comparatively new branch of metaphysics that justifies metaphysical principles by inductive or abductive inferences from empirical evidence, rather than by purely logico-conceptual considerations. This conference intends to give a representative picture of the state of the art in inductive metaphysics and the current debate on this branch of metaphysics. The conference is organized by the DFG-funded research group “Inductive Metaphysics” (FOR 2495) in which more than 30 philosophers from seven German universities explore the prospects and applications of inductive metaphysics.
Please find more information here: http://www.philosophie.hhu.de/im-conference.
There will be nine plenary talks given by:
Karen Bennett (Rutgers University, USA), Stephen Biggs (Iowa State University, USA), Katherine Brading (Duke University, USA), Anjan Chakravartty (University of Miami, USA), Andreas Hüttemann & Gerhard Schurz (University of Cologne & University of Düsseldorf, Germany), Jenann Ismael (Columbia University, USA), Max Kistler (University of Paris 1, France), Oliver Scholz & Ansgar Seide (University of Münster, Germany), Thomas Uebel (University of Manchester, UK).Submissions of contributed talks
There will be 24 open slots for contributed talks (30′ talk + 20′ discussion).Submissions for contributed talks are welcome! Your submission should consist of a short abstract (100 words) and longer abstract (1000 words); please send your submission to: InductiveMetaphysics@hhu.de. Submission deadline: February 28, 2023.To participate without giving a talk please register by sending an email to InductiveMetaphysics@hhu.de. Talks and discussions will be in person; hybrid online participation as an audience will be possible.
CfA: HaPoC 2023 – 7th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, October 18-20, 2023, Warsaw University of Technology, deadline: April 30, 2023
Dear all.
Submissions are now open for the 7th edition of HaPoC, to be hosted by the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences at Warsaw University of Technology from 18 through 20 October, 2023.
Important dates:
– Submission deadline: April 30, 2023
– Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 30th, 2023
– Conference: October 18-20, 2023
Conference website: https://hapoc2023.sciencesconf.org/
Submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapoc7
HaPoC website (with links to past conferences): https://hapoc.org/
About the conference:
Since 2011, the biennial History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC) conference series has contributed to building an interdisciplinary community that addresses the topics of computing and computing technology. HaPoC aims to bring together historians, philosophers, computer scientists, social scientists, legal scholars, designers, engineers, practitioners, artists, logicians, mathematicians, each with their own experience and expertise, to participate in the collective construction of a comprehensive and forward-looking image of computing.
For HaPoC-7, we welcome contributions from researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds who intend to participate in the debates on the implications of computing and computing technologies for culture, science, and society. HaPoC participants contribute from their respective areas of expertise and are open to engage in interdisciplinary discussions across multiple fields. Topics include but are not limited to:
– Historical aspects of computing
– Philosophical aspects of computing
– Ethical and legal aspect of computing
– Social and cultural aspects of computing
– Computing and the arts
How to submit:
We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the main topics of the conference to submit two items for review:
i. a short abstract of 180-200 words and
ii. an extended abstract of at most 1.000 words (references included)
Submissions shall be made through EasyChair under this link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapoc7
All abstracts will be reviewed by the members of the Programme Committee.
We look forward to meeting you at HaPoC-7 in Warsaw!
The local organising committee
CfR: Foundations of Observational, Classical and Semi-Classical Gravitational Physics and The Problem of Agency and Laws of Nature (MCMP/LMU Munich, 28-31 March 2023)
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy invites registration for the following event:
Foundations of Observational, Classical and Semi-Classical Gravitational Physics and The Problem of Agency and Laws of Nature
MCMP, LMU Munich
28-31 March 2023
https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/fndnsphys23/index.html
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Idea and Motivation
The conference of “Foundations of Gravitational Physics and The Problem of Agency and Laws of Nature” will address various topics in theoretical physics and foundations of physics, focusing on gravitational physics and on agency and physical laws. Invited physicists and philosophers have been chosen to represent different approaches to such topics (semi-classical gravity, holography, quantum gravity theories, foundations of physics) and to discuss different kinds of issues (locality, the nature of black hole entropy, approaches to the Information-Loss Paradox, the emergence of classicality in approaches to QG, quantum reference frames, epistemology and methodology of theory and of observation, ontology, inter alia), in an attempt to foster a dialogue among the different fields. Contributed talks from theoretical physicists, observational astronomers and philosophers will be chosen in part so as to complement the perspectives of the invited speakers. Such a gathering will spur new, innovative approaches to the above mentioned problems, as well as connecting and invigorating work on existing approaches. It will also provide young researchers with a comprehensive introduction to the state of the art of the various central fields of research, and established researchers with a comprehensive overview.
Registration and venue
The conference will be held in person at LMU Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, room (D) Z003, 80539 München
Please send registration requests by 15 March 2023 using the following form:
https://forms.gle/gqaxG15547yoHfu1A
There are no fees for the conference as well for the conference dinners.
Dates and Deadlines
Registration Deadline: 15 March 2023
Conference dinners will take place on Tuesday, the 28th of March and Thursday, the 30th of March.
Organizers
Erik Curiel
Daniele Oriti
Manus Visser
Aron Wall
For information about practical matters and registration, please contact one of the organisers.
Einladung zur ZfW-Frühjahrstagung, 29.-39. März 2023, Leopoldina Halle (Saale)
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
das Leopoldina-Zentrum für Wissenschaftsforschung (ZfW) lädt Sie ganz herzlich zur Frühjahrstagung 2023 ein:
Wissenschaftsreflexion: Konzepte – Ziele – Perspektiven
29.-30. März 2023
Leopoldina Festsaal
Jägerberg 1
06108 Halle Saale
Seit einigen Jahren entzünden sich immer wieder Auseinandersetzungen über die Geltungsansprüche wissenschaftlichen Wissens sowie die Relevanz wissenschaftlicher Expertise für Politik und Gesellschaft. Die Wissenschaftsforschung ist aus diesem Grund besonders herausgefordert und sieht sich mit verschiedenen Fragestellungen konfrontiert: Wie kann die veränderte gesellschaftliche Bedeutung der Wissenschaft analysiert und verstanden werden? Welche Ziele sollte die Forschung über die Wissenschaft und über ihr Verhältnis zur Gesellschaft verfolgen? Welche Forschungsperspektiven hat sie dazu miteinander zu verbinden? Das Schlüsselwort „Wissenschaftsreflexion“ wurde in den letzten Jahren als Bezeichnung für interdisziplinäre und methodisch integrative Forschung eingeführt, die nach Antworten auf diese Herausforderungen sucht.
Die diesjährige Frühjahrstagung des ZfW am 29. und 30. März 2023 dient der Vorstellung verschiedener Konzepte und der Identifikation gesellschaftlicher Bedarfe von Wissenschaftsreflexion. Sie schließt mit einer Diskussion politischer Implikationen wissenschaftsreflexiver Forschung.
Die wissenschaftliche Leitung liegt bei Eva Barlösius (Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion/LCSS Hannover), Nadja Bieletzki (Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion/LCSS Hannover), Martin Carrier ML (Leopoldina/I2SoS Bielefeld), Max-Emanuel Geis (ZIWIS Erlangen-Nürnberg), Michael Jungert (ZIWIS Erlangen-Nürnberg), Carsten Reinhardt ML (Leopoldina/I2SoS Bielefeld) und Torsten Wilholt (Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion/LCSS Hannover).
Die Tagung findet als Präsenzveranstaltung statt. Sie richtet sich an alle Interessierten. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Um eine Anmeldung über die Website wird gebeten: www.leopoldina.org/fruehjahrstagung-zfw.
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Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme!
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CfP: Sprache und Aussersprachlichkeit. Ist alles Sein, das verstanden werden kann, Sprache? 8. Jahrestagung NHI, 6.-7. Oktober 2023, Institut für Hermeneutik und Religionsphilosophie, Universität Zürich, deadline: 15.05.2023
Netzwerk Hermeneutik Interpretationstheorie (NHI): 8. Jahrestagung / Call for Papers
Sprache und Aussersprachlichkeit – Ist alles Sein, das verstanden werden kann, Sprache?
Keynotes
Gottfried Boehm (Kunstwissenschaft, Basel)
Inga Mai Groote (Musikwissenschaft, Zürich)
Thomas Wabel (Theologie, Bamberg)
Zum Thema
Keine der mittlerweile zahlreich proklamierten ‘Wenden’ hat nachhaltig die gleiche Berühmtheit erlangt wie der von Richard Rorty 1967 beschriebene ‘linguistic turn’. Zunächst mit der analytischen Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts verknüpft, lässt sich anhand des Begriffs eine Hinwendung zur Sprache beschreiben, die in verschiedenen Strömungen der Philosophie sowie anderen Disziplinen beobachtbar ist und sich bereits bei Denkern der Aufklärung abzeichnet. Wenn auch das Problem der Sprache selbst älter ist als die Philosophie, die Zuspitzungen, die es im letzten Jahrhundert erfahren hat, begleiten uns bis in die Gegenwart, nicht zuletzt auch in der Hermeneutik.
Schriftlich fixierte sprachliche Äusserungen bilden seit jeher den Hauptgegenstand hermeneutischer Bemühungen. Denker wie Hans-Georg Gadamer hat das zur These geführt, das Sprachverstehen sei nicht nur Paradigma für Verstehen, sondern Sprachlichkeit mache überhaupt den Charakter des hermeneutischen Gegenstandes aus. Wer die Universalität der Hermeneutik aufgrund der sprachlichen Konstituiertheit der Welt behauptet, wird aber erklären müssen, inwiefern Erfahrungen, die wir zumindest nicht primär als sprachlich ansehen – ästhetische Erfahrungen von Kunst in Musik, Bildern oder etwa praktische Fähigkeiten, die ohne sprachliche Artikulation Anwendung finden –, in denen es aber zum Verstehen kommt, sprachlich verfasst sind.
Gehen wir hingegen davon aus, dass der Sprache Grenzen gesetzt sind, stellt sich zugleich die Frage nach den Grenzen unseres Verstehens. Einerseits hinsichtlich der Sprachlichkeit des Verstehens selbst, andererseits im Blick darauf, ob sich erarbeitete Verstehensbedingungen und Interpretationsmethoden einer allgemeinen Hermeneutik überhaupt auf aussersprachliche Phänomene beziehen lassen.
Über dieses Problemfeld als Ganzes hinaus könnten u.a. die folgenden Aspekte von Interesse sein:
Für die Tagung laden wir zu Beiträgen zu diesen und ähnlich grundlegenden Aspekten ein. Proposals (maximal 2’500 Zeichen, inkl. Leerzeichen) können bis zum 15. April 2023 unter folgender Adresse eingereicht werden: michaelnathan.goldberg@uzh.ch. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Vorschläge!
Die Kosten für die Referierenden der Tagung können übernommen werden. Die Beiträge werden, vorbehaltlich positiver Begutachtung, in der Buchreihe des Netzwerks (Hermeneutik und Interpretationstheorie, Verlag Schöningh/Brill, Paderborn) veröffentlicht. Bei Interesse an einer Tagungsteilnahme bzw. an der Arbeit des Netzwerks melden Sie sich bitte gleichfalls unter der genannten Adresse.
Christiane Tietz, Vorsitzende NHI
Michael N. Goldberg, Koordinator NHI
CfA: Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy / SOPhiA 2023, September 6 – 8, 2023, deadline: May 15, 2023
CfA: wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / einen wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter (m/w/d; TV-L E 13, 100%) für den Arbeitsbereich Wissenschaftsreflexion (inkl. wissenschaftsreflexiver Schlüssel- qualifikationen, Erlangen, deadline: 06.03.2023
CfP: How Should We Reason? Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives, MCMP, LMU Munich (deadline: July 1st, 2023)
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy invites submissions for the following event:
How Should We Reason? Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives
MCMP, LMU Munich
October 12-13, 2023https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/perspectives_2023/index.html
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According to a long-standing insight going back to Hume, the normative and the descriptive are distinct in kind, so that it is wrong to conclude “is” from “ought” or vice versa. And yet, in a variety of contexts, the normative and the descriptive seem to be closely intertwined in many ways. Accordingly, the relationship between the two is as yet poorly understood. This is detrimental not only to philosophical efforts at normativity, but also to descriptive research that draws on normative concepts. This workshop will comprehensively discuss this intertwining. In particular, we are interested in exploring different theoretical frameworks for theory building and examining case studies associated with new normative challenges. In doing so, the workshop will not least promote interdisciplinary dialogue on human reasoning and argumentation. The workshop is part of the AHRC-DFG funded project “Normative vs. Descriptive Accounts in the Philosophy and Psychology of Reasoning and Argumentation: Tension or Productive Interplay? ”.
Call for papers
We have a few spots for contributed speakers. If you are interested in presenting your paper (20 min presentation/10 min discussion) at the workshop, please send a short abstract (about 100 words, no references) and an extended abstract of 1000-1500 words (including references) to borut.trpin AT lrz.uni-muenchen.de by July 1, 2023.
Please use the subject line “Submission: How should we reason?”, and do not forget to include your name and institutional affiliation in the main text of the email.
Dates and Deadines
Workshop: October 12-13, 2023
Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2023
Deadline for registration: September 10, 2023
Organizers
Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck and MCMP/LMU)
Stephan Hartmann (MCMP/LMU)
Borut Trpin (MCMP/LMU)
CfA: One postdoctoral position in the Epistemology of Machine Learning (deadline: 01. March 2023)
The newly established, DFG-funded Emmy Noether Junior Research Group “UDNN: Scientific Understanding and Deep Neural Networks” invites applications for one postdoctoral position at the Institute for Philosophy and Political Science (IPP) at TU Dortmund University (TUDo). Together with group leader Dr. Florian J. Boge, you will conduct research on the impact of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) on science’s epistemology; specifically, on scientific understanding.
The TUDo is a flourishing environment for research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its philosophy, featuring multiple opportunities for inter- and intradisciplinary cooperation. With the newly funded Lamarr-Institute, it is co-host to one of six AI-research centers funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Through the University Alliance Ruhr, it features close connections with researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen, working in diverse areas and on various issues of AI in science and society. The IPP at TUDo is also host to several members of the interdisciplinary project “Explainable Intelligent Systems” and is in the process of establishing a new professorship for practical philosophy with a focus on new technologies.
The position is initially advertised for up to three years and could potentially be extended for three further years, depending on your own as well as the project’s overall performance.
Requirements
Suitable candidates (f/m/d) have completed (or are presently close to completing) an excellent PhD in philosophy and can claim additional experience in either a natural science, mathematics, or computer science. They have an excellent command of the English language (good command of German is desirable but not required). They can claim international experience through research stays, studies abroad, or a background in an international research environment. They are willing to engage with researchers outside of philosophy (specifically: physics and theoretical biology). They also have excellent social skills and are willing to participate in, and contribute to, the project’s activities, such as: workshops, public events, regular project meetings, and online seminars. They are able to produce internationally visible, high-quality publications and present their work in international conferences and workshops.
To apply, please send (i) a letter of motivation, (ii) your CV (incl. a list of publications), (iii) copies of your diplomas and (iv) a short summary (3 pages) of your PhD thesis to udnn.fk14@tu-dortmund.de, using as subject line the reference number w111-22. Closing date: 01 March 2023.
CfR: Virtuous Formalization (?) – (03.03.2023 // online)
Online Workshop: Virtuous Formalization (?)
Date: 03.03.2023
Location: Online via Zoom
Registration: Free but necessary, via https://forms.gle/AApLeuJKgVEFomHg9 or by email
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/virtous-formalization/
= Topic:
This small workshop aims to bring together scholars working on formalization and the usage of formal tools. This includes both reflection on formalizations in general and practical work done in different areas. Formal tools should in particular include different methods from Artificial intelligence, including the older approaches focusing on symbolic reasoning and the newer trends focusing on statistical methods. There is a tendency to disregard mathematical tools either quite strongly, or see them uncritically or even as objective notions that might eliminate our human shortcomings like biases. But as every tool there are chances and risks formal methods offer us.
== Speakers
Patrick Allo (KU Leuven & VUB)
Thomas Burns (OIST Graduate University)
Anna Juusela, (WE Encourage, Helsinki)
Benedikt Löwe (Amsterdam, Cambridge & Hamburg)
Catharina Vogt (Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei, Münster)
A final speaker might be announced at a later stage.
== Registrations
Registration is free but necessary: https://forms.gle/AApLeuJKgVEFomHg9
We will email you the zoom information. This is not automatized so it might take a day.
==Organizers
The workshop is organized within the FWO-project “The Epistemology of Big Data: Mathematics and the Critical Research Agenda on Data Practices”
==Support
It is supported by the FWO-project “The Epistemology of Big Data: Mathematics and the Critical Research Agenda on Data Practices”
==Contact Information
For any questions, please send an email to:
deniz.sarikaya@vub.be
For up to date information see also the webpage:
https://sites.google.com/view/virtous-formalization/