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Submissions  are invited for the  Xth Congress of the Francophone Society for the Philosophy of Science (SPS) 2025 , to be held at the  Mohammed VI Polytechnic University  in Benguerir, Morocco, from  September 10 to 12, 2025 .  The general theme of the congress is "Sciences and world representations". Submissions related to the philosophy of science that fall outside of this theme are also very much welcome. Contributions in French or in English are possible. Confirmed keynote speakers: Maouhamadou El Hady BA, Karine CHEMLA, Sébastien POINAT The deadline for submission is  April 27, 2025 :  https://sps25acppsum6p. sciencesconf.org/ More information is available at:  https://www.sps- philoscience.org/les-congres/ On behalf of the SPS,

Cartographic technologies and sciences underwent revolutionary transformations during the global Cold War (1945-1989) as military officers, scientists, governments, private corporations, universities, and think tanks sought to define and adapt to global political and historical contexts. New technologies, including radar navigation, satellite imagery, the World Geodetic System, and GPS, met the demands of new kinds of global warfare, including counter-insurgency, but also were redeployed to serve civilian and developmental ends of the Cold War. In regions like Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, where the Cold War was anything but ‘cold’, cartographic technologies played a crucial role in defining battlefields as military and paramilitary forces sought to control and conquer territory and to eradicate armed insurgents, while those same insurgents used their knowledge of local urban and rural geographies to remain hidden from the eyes of the state. Development poles in “unexploite...

Propostes de la SCHCT per conèixer quin paper juguen les dones a la història de la ciència https://schct.iec.cat/fem-ciencia-5a-temporada/   Comença la cinquena temporada de FEM ciència?, una iniciativa d’entrevistes a historiadores de la ciència sobre el paper que ocupen les dones a la cultura científica, a càrrec de Mar Rivera Colomer. Aquesta cinquena temporada posarà el focus en la física quàntica en motiu de l’any internacional que commemora el centenari de les ciències i tecnologies quàntiques (IYQ2025). Desafiant les narratives convencionals dominades per homes del nord global, molt sovint catalogats com a genis, el que reforça la imatge masculina, elitista i inaccesible d’aquest camp.  La temporada tindrà una entrevista escrita, unes 6 entrevistes en vídeo i una taula rodona amb membres de les Women in the History of Quantum Physics (WiHQP). Us animem a totes a participar a través de la taula rodona, a les xarxes socials de la SCHCT o al correu femciencia2@gmail.com.

Are we living in an age of new Authoritarianism? The rise of moderate and extreme forms of authoritarianism has become an increasingly pressing issue in both public discussion and academic debate. If the more traditional definition of this term refers to State or élite domination, today there are manifestations of this phenomenon expanding in the entire social life, through various means, among which public discourse, social media, private companies’ influence over politics. The effects of this phenomenon are multifarious: people who arbitrarily claim authority or act as one, leading to the degradation of democratic participation, the weakening of check-and-balances, the new fascinating image of strength and strong leaders, a returning wave of moral authoritarianism and moralism. In 1951, Hannah Arendt questioned the origins of totalitarianism in her well-known text on the political theory of XX Century regimes; today, a similar operation is needed to understand what the historical and...

Link to the official CfP:  https://link.springer. com/collections/efeahhigfb Guest editors: Malvina Ongaro ( Politecnico di Milano ) Giacomo Zanotti ( Politecnico di Milano ) Pavel Janda ( Politecnico di Milano ) Daniele Chiffi ( Politecnico di Milano ) Description : In a world characterized by the challenges of climate change, new technologies, globalisation, and growing instabilities, risk is increasingly relevant both in our daily life and in academic research. And yet, it still largely lacks unitary frameworks: as a concept, risk encompasses different meanings and interpretations across disciplines and, at times, even within the same field. This Topical Collection explores the definitional, epistemic, and practical complexities of risk and of its different sources. It examines from a philosophical perspective the multifaceted theoretical dimensions of risk, in dialogue with their practical implications in areas such as science, technology, and decision-making.   The g...