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Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Digital Philosophy of Science (Salary Scale 13 TV-L, 75-100 %)
Announcement on GWP newsletter [Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Digital Philosophy of Science (Salary Scale 13 TV-L, 75-100 %)] MessageNachricht: I am writing this message on behalf of Prof. Dr. Catherine Herfeld. Name: Catherine Herfeld University: Leibniz University Hannover E-mail address: catherine.herfeld@philos.uni-hannover.de Type of announcement: Job Vacancy Subject of the newsletter: JOB: Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Philosophy of […]
[CfA] Workshop “Methodological Transformations in Fundamental Physics” (Sept. 16-18, Wuppertal – Germany)
Dear all, We are happy to announce our workshop “Methodological Transformations in Fundamental Physics” (September 16-18 2024, Wuppertal, Germany). A call for abstracts is open until June 1st. (For more information, please visit the https://grk2696.de/?page_id=873) AbstractThe success of science is often attributed to “the” scientific method, yet the definition and nature of this method remains a […]
CfR: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About (Scientific) Practices?, 23rd ‑ 24th May 2024, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Graduate Workshop, 23rd ‑ 24th May 2024, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany dgwp.org In recent years, many researchers working in the philosophy of science have become more and more interested in scientific practices. This so-called “practice turn” seeks to replace or amend the attention traditionally given to scientific theories (their structure, content, and ontological status) […]
CfR: Bridging the Gap: The Importance of Communicating Mathematical (& Logical) Research to laypeople and in Education, 21.05. – 24.05.2024, Hybrid: Zoom + Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
Call for Registration Bridging the Gap: The Importance of Communicating Mathematical Research to laypeople and in Education; a satellite conference of the 9th European Congress of Mathematics Dates: 21.05. – 24.05.2024https://sites.google.com/view/btg-workshop/It is possible to listen to the talks online or in person in Palma. Venue: University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain === ScheduleA […]
CfR: Virtual Ethical Innovation Lecture Series: May-July: V. Sikimić (Eidhoven), M. Gottschling (Tübingen), and A. Vučković (Belgrade)
=== Call for Registration We are excited to invite you to participate in our upcoming Virtual Ethical Innovation Lecture Series hosted by the Ethical Innovation Hub of the University of Lübeck, Germany. This lecture series will feature a diverse lineup of speakers addressing critical topics at the intersection of ethics and innovation with a particular focus on […]
CFA Probabilistic Reasoning in the Sciences, Ancona, August 29-31, 2024
We are delighted to announce the call for submissions for the upcoming Conference on Probabilistic Reasoning in the Sciences, to be held at the Marche Polytechnic University (Ancona, Italy) from August 29th to 31st, 2024. The conference aims to explore and discuss various aspects of probabilistic reasoning within scientific inquiry and will serve as the […]
Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practices with Catarina Dutilh Novaes, June 24–26, 2024
Location: Brussels, Belgium (in person)Costs: FreeDeadline for abstract submission: May 2, 2024 Deadline for registration: May 15, 2024 == Submission talkWe invite early career researchers who would be interested to present their work to send us an abstract of at most 250 words by May 2nd. Please submit your abstract, including your affiliation information, via […]
Call for Participation: 9th Quarterly Lecture on Philosophy of Science – Alastair Wilson: Four Grades of Modal Naturalism, 19 April 2024, Online
We cordially invite all interested parties to the 9th Quarterly Lecture on Philosophy of Science, which will be given by Alastair Wilson (University of Leeds) with a talk on “Four Grades of Modal Naturalism”. Abstract: How, if at all, can scientific progress improve our view of the modal facts? According to rationalist approaches to modal […]
Two postdoctoral job opportunities at TU Munich, deadline: May 6, 2024
Two postdoctoral job opportunities at Technische Universität München, in the project “Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments”, funded by a European Research Council Consolidator Award under the leadership of Sabina Leonelli The project is dedicated to the philosophy, history and social studies of open research. It relocates to TUM from the University of […]
100% Postdoc-Stelle am PAIR@Erlangen zu “Philosophy of Sensory Engineering” (DFG/AHRC-Projekt SENSOR)
– Project SENSORA range of new interventions targetting our sensory experiences will soon become commonplace in our society: Virtual and augmented reality, scientific sensory tools, sensory prosthetics, stroboscopic stimulation, psychedelic substances, and so on. In this project, we will study these interventions to develop a better philosophical understanding of the sensory experiences these new interventions […]
Save the Date: GWP.2025 in Erlangen, 24.-26.3.2025
Liebe GWP-Mitglieder, im Namen des Vorstandes freue ich mich, Ihnen die Daten der nächsten GWP-Konferenz bekanntgeben zu können: Die GWP.2025 wird vom 24. bis 26. März 2025 in Erlangen an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), unter Federführung des ZIWIS – FAU Kompetenzzentrum für interdisziplinäre Wissenschaftsreflexion, stattfinden. Ein ausführlicher Call for Papers wird derzeit vorbereitet und voraussichtlich […]
CFA: MCMP Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy
Event Date: 22-26 July 2024 [Idea and Motivation]The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) is organizing the Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy, which will take place from Monday 22 July to Friday 26 July, 2024 in Munich, Germany. Following a series of eight successful MCMP-organized summer schools on mathematical philosophy for female students, the MCMP will this […]
CfA: PhD position in epistemology of machine learning (3y, 65%), MCMP, LMU Munich
The Emmy Noether junior research group “From Bias to Knowledge: The Epistemology of Machine Learning,” led by Dr. Tom Sterkenburg, does work in the philosophical foundations of machine learning. The group’s main aim is to improve our understanding of inductive bias in machine learning algorithms, by building bridges between the philosophy of science and the […]
CfP: Philosophy of Science: Past, Present and Future. (October 17-19, 2024, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science)
In connection with the centenary of the Vienna Circle and the upcoming 75th anniversary of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, we are organizing a conference titled Philosophy of Science: Past, Present and Future. This conference will take place on October 17-19, 2024, and will be held at the University of Minnesota. The conference will […]
CALL FOR PAPERS (Salzburg, deadline: May 1, 2024)
Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy: SOPhiA 2024September 11 – 13, 2024Department of Philosophy (Humanities), University of Salzburg, AustriaMode: hybrid (online and offline), though physical presence is preferred Aim:SOPhiA 2024 provides an opportunity for students and doctoral candidates in philosophy to take a first peek into the philosophical business and to get in touch with […]
Call for Abstracts: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About (Scientific) Practices?
Graduate Workshop, 23rd ‑ 24th May 2024, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany dgwp.org In recent years, many researchers working in the philosophy of science have become more and more interested in scientific practices. This so-called “practice turn” seeks to replace or amend the attention traditionally given to scientific theories (their structure, content, and ontological status) […]
MCMP Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy, July 22-26, 2024
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) is organizing the Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy, which will take place from Monday 22 July to Friday 26 July, 2024 in Munich, Germany. Following a series of eight successful MCMP-organized summer schools on mathematical philosophy for female students, the MCMP will this year broaden its offering, with a summer […]
CfA: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About (Scientific) Practices?, Graduate Workshop, 23rd ‑ 24th May 2024, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
dgwp.org In recent years, many researchers working in the philosophy of science have become more and more interested in scientific practices. This so-called “practice turn” seeks to replace or amend the attention traditionally given to scientific theories (their structure, content, and ontological status) with a focus on the practical activities carried out by physicists, chemists, […]
CfP: The Direction of Time in a Physical World, Online-Workshop, 30-31 August 2023
Invited Speakers: Alison Fernandes, Bryan Roberts, Cristian López, Eddy Chen, Jill North, Natalja Deng, and Nina Emery Abstract: The problem of the direction of time is a central issue in contemporary philosophy of science. On the one hand, we experience many time-directed phenomena, such as causal relationships and local thermodynamic behavior; on the other hand, […]
CfR: Trivalent Suspension, Uncertainty and Reasoning with Conditionals, University of Regensburg, August 30 – September 1, 2023
Aims:The international workshop on “Trivalent Suspension, Uncertainty and Reasoning with Conditionals” (TSUC) aims to bring together renowned researchers from philosophy, logic, formal epistemology, and mathematics to discuss the major issues, contemporary methodologies that have arisen in the study of suspension, uncertainty, and conditionals. We would like to investigate a specific perspective concerning trivalent logic, probability and conditionals. Specifically, this workshop intends […]
CfR: “Explainable AI and Society” Lecture Series, Winter Semester 23/24, online/TU Dortmund
Call for Registration: “Explainable AI and Society” Lecture Series The 4th installment of the lecture series “Explainable AI and Society” will take place during the winter semester 2023/2024, online and in person at TU Dortmund. Modern AI can be used to drive cars, to decide on loans, or to detect cancer. Yet, the inner workings […]
RUB, History, Philosophy and Culture of Science
Dear colleagues and students, please find here some information about the two-year Master program “History, Philosophy and Culture of Science” (HPS+) offered by the Philosophy Department in cooperation with other Departments at Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB): HPS+-info [1] An important novelty is that from now on a specialization in logic (next to a focus on HPS) […]
EPSA25 Venue – Call for Bids
The European Philosophy of Science Association calls for proposals for the venue of EPSA25, its 10th Biennial Conference, to be held in the autumn of 2025. The biennial conference is the main scientific event of the EPSA, typically attracting 200-300 philosophers of science from across the world. It usually comprises 200 contributed and symposia talks, […]
CfR: Netzwerk „Argumentieren in der Schule“, Workshop 2023: Ziele und Grenzen, 18. bis 20. September 2023 in Düsseldorf
Ankündigung Das Netzwerk „Argumentieren in der Schule“ richtet im Rahmen seines Arbeitstreffens einen öffentlichen Workshop mit dem Titel „Ziele und Grenzen des Argumentierens“ aus, der vom 18. bis 20. September 2023 in Düsseldorf stattfindet. Welche Ziele können und sollen im Argumentieren verfolgt werden? Wo liegen die Grenzen des Argumentierens und wie lässt sich mit ihnen umgehen? Diese […]
Call for Applications / CfA: PhD position in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Bielefeld University Deadline: July 5th, 2023
Job: PhD position (3 years) in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences at Bielefeld University, Germany (deadline: July 5th, 2023) The Faculty of History, Philosophy und Theology, Department of Philosophy (research group philosophy of science, Prof. Dr. Marie I. Kaiser/Prof. Dr. Lara Keuck/Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alkistis Elliott-Graves), has the following job opening: PhD position in the […]
CfP: 10. Jahrestagung der Carl Stumpf Gesellschaft, Deadline: 1. Juli 2023
Logikphilosophisch – psychologisch – mathematisch – informatisch Hintergrund:In seiner Erkenntnislehre unterscheidet Stumpf zwischen universalen Axiomen oder logischen Grundsätzen einerseits und regionalen Axiomen oder phänomenologischen Grundsätzen andererseits. Das so bestimmte, phänomenologisch geprägte Logikkonzept soll im Mittelpunkt der Jahrestagung stehen und mit anderen, auch aktuellen Logikkonzepten verglichen werden. Call for papers Die Carl Stumpf Gesellschaft lädt dazu ein, die Bedeutung der […]
CfA: The Unconventional Memory Workshop, deadline: July 7th, 2023
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy invites abstracts for the following event: The Unconventional Memory Workshop MCMP, LMU Munich September 12-13, 2023https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/memory_workshop_2023/index.html********************************************* Recent philosophical and scientific research has aimed to widen the boundaries of what we think memory is as well as where and how we think it occurs. This workshop is dedicated to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CfA: Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy / SOPhiA 2023, September 6 – 8, 2023, deadline: May 15, 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********************************************* 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 […]
CfP/R: Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practices with Jean Paul Van Bendegem (21 – 23 June 2023 // Brussels, Belgium (in person))
Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practices with Jean Paul Van BendegemDate: 21 – 23 June 2023Location: Brussels, Belgium (in person)Costs: FreeDeadline for abstract submission: April 1, 2023Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/mc-pmp-brussels-2023/ The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) will host its fifth Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practices on […]
CfP: Inductive Metaphysics, HHU Duesseldorf, August 9-11, 2023
CfA: Travel stipends for workshop series in philosophy and sociology of science: Forest – city – river