CfP: Quo Vadis Selective Scientific Realism?
Quo Vadis Selective Scientific Realism?
Dates: 5th-7th August 2017
Location: Durham University, UK
Keynote speakers:
· Hasok
Chang (Cambridge)
· Michela
Massimi (Edinburgh)
· Stathis
Psillos (Athens)
· John
Worrall (LSE)
This
is a call for papers for a 3-day conference on the theme of
contemporary selective scientific realism (sometimes called 'divide et
impera' realism).
Conference Themes:
- Assessing the validity of selective scientific realism by amassing a large amount of relevant evidence from the history of science
- Bringing that evidence to bear upon selective scientific realist positions
- Evaluating philosophical and conceptual challenges to the selective realist position
- Discussing the future of scientific selective realism
Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be emailed to yafeng.shan@durham.ac.uk,
by December 20th 2016 at the latest. Decisions will be made by January 31st 2017.
A limited number of travel bursaries will be available for particularly
strong applicants who can only partially fund their own travel. Further
inquiries
may be addressed to Yafeng Shan (yafeng.shan@durham.ac.uk).
For more information on the conference, please visit the
conference website.