CfP: Hopos Special Issue "Building Universe(s)"
The ERC project Paradoxes and Metaphors of Time in Early Universe(s) (PROTEUS) is delighted to invite submissions for the
special issue titled “Building Universe(s). The philosophical and mathematical underpinnings of cosmology (18th-20th century)”.
Editors: Silvia De Bianchi, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Federico Viglione, Autonomous University of Barcelona.
This special issue is devoted to
the history of the philosophical and mathematical foundations of
cosmology (18th-20th century). It takes into account the period ranging
from the great revolution in observational cosmology
introduced by William Herschel up to the 20th century, including the
observation of the CMB radiation. The development of both theoretical
and observational cosmology disclosed with unprecedented precision and
depth the structure of our universe and they had
been and still are inextricably based on mathematical and philosophical
underpinnings. In this special issue both are investigated by focusing
on the work of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers that
contributed to the formulation of approaches that
were or still are of fundamental importance for the understanding of
the history and philosophy of cosmology.
We welcome contributions on both
how mathematicians and philosophers contributed to cosmological models
or on the analysis of the history of the models, such as the steady
state theory, and the concurring contribution
of various actors for their development.
Invited contributors
- Cinzia Ferrini (University of Trieste)
- Claus Beisbart (University of Bern)
- Craig Fraser (University of Toronto)
Our issue can already count on contributions on the following topics
- Kant and Schelling on cosmology
- Kant's Evolutionary View of Natural History
- The Antinomy of Pure Reason in the Light of Problems of Present-Day
Cosmology
- The reception of the first antinomy and the
cosmological debate of the middle 20th century
- Cosmology Before Slipher
Instructions for Authors:
Contributors should submit their articles by January 31, 2021. Papers must not exceed 7000 words.
Please make your submission through https://www.editorialmanager.
More information available at https://www.journals.uchicago.