CfP: Symposium "Climate Change: History and Philosophy of Science and NOS Challenges"
Symposium proposed by the
Inter-Divisional Teaching Commission (IDTC) of the DHST/DLPMST of IUHPST
Papers are sought for a proposed Symposium under the title “Climate
Change: History and Philosophy of Science and NOS Challenges” at next
year’s XVI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CLMPST), due to be held in Prague from 5-10
August 2019
Rationale.
The study of Climate Change as a philosophic subject was until recent
times at very early stages (Winsberg 2018). The first entry related to
‘Climate Science’ in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy appear as
late as 2018 (Parker, 2018). This is more awkward if we recall several
of the main issues related to Climate Change and the scientific practice
associated: epistemic trust, models, risk, uncertainty, probability,
values, data, instruments and complexity among many others.
Also, the bridge between research on Climate Change and policy and
social spheres create problems that are not settled such as the
epistemic trust or, in some other communities the relation between
science and non-science.
At the same time, the development of the philosophical study of Climate
Change can convey new educational insights to teach a diversity of
philosophical topics. This is particularly relevant to the philosopher
of science engaged in ‘social relevant philosophy’ but also to all the
other philosophers of science.
This Symposium aims to bring together philosophers of science prone to shed light upon the above issues and correlated ones.
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If you are interested in participating in this Inter-Divisional Teaching
Commission (IDTC) symposium, please send a 500-word abstract to Paulo
Maurício (paulo.asterix@gmail.com)
by no later than December 9th, Sunday, 2018. Please note that we ask
for a 500-word abstract because all abstracts must be submitted through
the EasycChair platform by each author, even the ones intended for the
symposium until December 15th, 2018.
For further information about the conference please see http://clmpst2019.flu.cas.cz/c
For further information about Inter-Divisional Teaching Commission of the DHST/DLMPST please see https://www.idtc-iuhps.com/
If you have any questions regarding this Call for contributions, please do not hesitate to contact us: paulo.asterix@gmail.com (Paulo Maurício)