CFA: Summer School for Underrepresented Groups in Philosophy of Science
The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh (www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr)
is pleased to
announce a call for applications for the 2017 PSP1: A Summer Program in
Philosophy of Science for Underrepresented Groups, which will be held
in the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh
from July 10 to July 14, 2017.
We
invite applications from North American women and gender minority
undergraduates and undergraduates from racial and ethnic backgrounds
that are underrepresented
in philosophy of science. Exceptions may be granted to undergraduates
not in these groups on a case-by-case basis (please explain your
situation in your cover letter). Past coursework in philosophy of
science is not a prerequisite for application to the Summer
Program.
The
Summer Program will feature two daily graduate seminars and some
shorter lectures about core issues and cutting-edge topics in general
philosophy of
science and philosophy of the special sciences (physics, biology,
cognitive science and neuroscience, social sciences). The seminars and
lectures will be given by the internationally recognized faculty in the
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh as
well as in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University.
Visiting lecturers include Quayshawn Spencer (U. Pennsylvania,
Philosophy of Biology and on Race) and Serife Tekin (Daemen
College, Philosophy of Psychiatry).
Housing,
meals, and transportation costs will be covered, and all course
materials provided. Applications are due March 1, and participants will
be notified
by April 15.
To
apply, please send a CV (indicate any philosophy courses you may have
taken) and a cover letter describing your interest in philosophy of
science (including
the philosophy of physics, biology, cognitive science, neuroscience,
social sciences, etc.) to the following email address:
cjo13@pitt.edu. A separate letter of recommendation from a faculty member should also be sent to this address.
For further questions, please contact Edouard Machery (machery@pitt.edu), the Center’s Director, or Joyce McDonald
(pittcntr@pitt.edu).