Submitted by Samuel Schindler (Aarhus University).   The Centre for Science Studies at Aarhus University invites applications for the position of full professor with an expected starting date of February 2019. We seek applicants with academic expertise in either one or several of the following areas: history of science, history of technology, or history of […]

Submitted by Eric Curiel (MCMP, LMU Munich).   First Irvine-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg Conference in Philosophy and Foundations of Physics (IMPS 2018) Organizing committee: Erik Curiel (Munich), Patricia Palacios (Salzburg), Giovanni Valente (Milan), Jim Weatherall (Irvine), and Charlotte Werndl (Salzburg) Call for Papers: Over the past decades, important contributions to the mathematical and conceptual foundations of physical theories […]

Submitted by Michael T. Hicks (University of Cologne).   GWP.2019 Third International Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science Call for Papers – Call for Symposia Universität zu Köln Cologne, Germany February 25-27, 2019   Submission Deadline: July 31, 2018. Acceptance Notification: November 2018.   Plenary lectures will be given by: Martin Carrier […]

Submitted by Jürgen Landes (MCMP, LMU Munich).   Special Issue on the notion of “Reliability” with Synthese Call for Papers Guest Editors: Stefano Bonzio (UnivPM Ancona), Jürgen Landes (LMU Munich) and Barbara Osimani (UnivPM Ancona) Current political, social and even scientific debates all hinge upon whether data, inferences and/or belief forming processes are reliable (the replication crisis and fake news are […]

Submitted by Stephan Hartmann (MCMP, LMU Munich). ********************************************* The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy invites abstracts for the following event: 2nd Workshop on Decision Theory & the Future of Artificial Intelligence MCMP, LMU Munich July 26-28, 2018 http://www.decision-ai.org/2018/*********************************************This workshop will continue in the tradition established last year of bringing together philosophers, decision theorists, and AI […]

Submitted by Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich). Applications are invited for the Masterclass entitled ‘Reductionism and Anti-reductionism in Economics‘. We are pleased to have Professor Kevin Hoover (Duke University) as the lecturer. The Masterclass will take place on June 1 and 2, 2018 at the Philosophy Department of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Please find […]

Submitted by Rafael Ugarte Chacón (Leibniz Universität Hannover).   Leibniz Universität Hannover and Bielefeld University jointly seek to fill 3 Doctoral Candidate Positions (65% TV-L 13) in Ethics of Science and/or Philosophy of Science starting October 1, 2018, within the Graduiertenkolleg (research training group) GRK 2073 Integrating Ethics and Epistemology of Scientific Research. Initial appointment […]

Submitted by Meinard Kuhlmann (University of Mainz).   International Workshop  Reduction and Emergence Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin Room H 2033 (Main Building) 15th and 16th March 2018   Invited Talks Thursday, 15th March 2018 15:00–15:45 Meinard Kuhlmann — Reduction, emergence and mechanisms in magnets and markets 15:45–16:30 Stefan Bornholdt — Ising models of […]

Submitted by Stephan Hartmann (MCMP, LMU Munich). Call For Papers Synthese Special Issue — Reasoning in Physics Modern Physics provides an extremely rich testing ground for philosophical theories of scientific reasoning. In recent times, we have seen the emergence of many new forms of theory confirmation, necessitated by the empirical inaccessibility of some of the […]

Submitted by Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich).   WORKSHOP: CONCEPT FORMATION IN THE NATURAL AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES LOCATION: Institute of Philosophy, University of Zurich DATE: Thursday, 18 October – Saturday, 20 October, 2018 ORGANIZERS: Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich) and Sebastian Lutz (Uppsala University) WEBSITE: http://conceptformation2018.weebly.com This workshop will bring together historians and philosophers of […]

Submitted by Anke Bueter (University of Hannover). Call for papers – “Philosophy of medicine meets social epistemology” June 7 & 8, 2018 Location: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. The location is barrier-free. Keynote speakers: Havi Carel (University of Bristol), Rebecca Kukla (Georgetown University), Miriam Solomon (Temple University), Sean Valles (Michigan State University). Organizers: Anke Bueter (Leibniz […]

Submitted by Ludger Jansen (University of Rostock).   *** *** Call for Papers *** *** FORMAL CAUSATION *** *** 22–23 October 2018 *** University of Rostock, Germany *** *** Deadline: 15 April 2018 *** Formal causation, one of the four traditional kinds of causation distinguished by Aristotle, is currently heavily under-researched and has even fallen into disrepute. […]

Submitted by Florian Boge (University of Wuppertal).   Second Call for Applications The Research Unit Epistemology of the LHC invites applications for the Summer School Particle Physics at the Crossroads: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Particle Physics taking place 23-30 July 2018 in Wuppertal (Germany). Extended deadline: 28 February 2018   Confirmed speakers Physics: John Ellis Margarete Mühlleitner Christian Zeitnitz […]

Submitted by Simon Scheller (LMU Munich).   ********************************************* The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy invites abstracts for the following event: Computational Modeling in Philosophy (CMP) MCMP, LMU Munich June 22-23, 2018 https://tinyurl.com/y9tpvq9m*********************************************Computational models are an increasingly important tool in philosophy. They find application in diverse domains such as philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, political […]

Submitted by Stephan Hartmann.   ********************************************* Two Doctoral Fellowships at the MCMP (LMU Munich) MCMP, LMU Munich http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/news/doc_fellows_2018/index.html ********************************************* The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) seeks applications for two 3-year doctoral fellowships starting on October 1, 2018. (A later starting date is possible.) We are especially interested in candidates with research interests in at least […]