Final CFP: "The History of Science and Contemporary Scientific Realism" Conference, Indianapolis, USA (19-21 Feb 2016)
The History of Science
and Contemporary Scientific Realism – Call for Papers
19th-21st February 2016
Indiana
University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
This is a call for
papers for a 3-day conference on the theme of the history of science and
contemporary scientific realism. The meeting will bring together a balance of
historians of science and philosophers of science, aiming for genuine interaction
and cross-fertilisation of research between the disciplines.
Conference Themes:
· Shedding light on episodes in the history
of science (both distant and recent) which have received little attention
in the scientific realism debate, especially cases where historical actors had
significant explanatory/predictive successes with a theory now rejected.
· Bringing historical case studies to bear on philosophical positions, especially those coming under the broad heading of ‘scientific realism’. We especially welcome papers that engage with ‘selective’ or ‘divide et impera’ realism.
Keynote speakers:
· Bringing historical case studies to bear on philosophical positions, especially those coming under the broad heading of ‘scientific realism’. We especially welcome papers that engage with ‘selective’ or ‘divide et impera’ realism.
Keynote speakers:
· Jed
Buchwald
· Anjan Chakravartty
· Helge Kragh
· Stathis Psillos
Jutta Schickore
· Betty
Smocovitis
P. Kyle Stanford
Abstracts of no more
than 500 words should be emailed to peter.vickers@durham.ac.uk, by November 20th 2015 at the latest. Decisions will be made very soon
thereafter. Submissions from historians of science are especially encouraged.
We aim for a 50:50 balance of history of science and philosophy of science
talks.
Yafeng Shan
Research Assistant
Department of Philosophy
Durham University