News for March 2010

HOPOS Journal Editors Seek Papers for Inaugural Spring 2011 Issue

The University of Chicago Press and the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science are pleased to announce the launch of the society's new journal entitled HOPOS. In advance of a formal launch event to be held this June at the society's biennial meeting in Budapest, Hungary, the editors are seeking submissions for the journal’s first issue, scheduled for online and print publication in spring 2011.

HOPOS seeks to publish the highest-quality scholarship concerning the history of philosophical discussions about science. The history of philosophy of science is broadly construed to include topics in the history of related disciplines, in all time periods, and all geographical areas, using diverse methodologies. HOPOS scholarship is firmly concerned with situating philosophical understandings of science within the broader historical and philosophical settings in which they were developed, and against the backdrop of mainstream issues in philosophical thought, covering epistemological, methodological, metaphysical, and moral issues relevant to the growth of our knowledge of the world and human nature.

Our aims in publishing this journal are threefold. First, the journal provides an outlet for interdisciplinary work, which is not often easy to publish in existing journals due to both subject matter and length restrictions that do not allow for the extensive bibliographical references so often required in works that are of both a philosophical and a historical nature.

Second, the journal is devoted to raising the level of work in the history of philosophy of science by publishing scholarship that helps to explain the links among philosophy, science, and mathematics, along with the social, economic, and political context, which is indispensable for a genuine understanding of the history of philosophy. Finally, the journal is meant to increase the already unusually high level of cooperation among international scholars in the history of the philosophy of science.

Rose-Mary Sargent of Merrimack College will serve as the journal's first editor, along with co-editors Menachem Fisch of Tel Aviv University, Don Howard of the University of Notre Dame and Laura J. Snyder of St. John’s University. Warren Schmaus of Illinois Institute of Technology will serve as book review editor.

Each issue will contain a minimum of four articles (with a flexible length requirement), an essay book review of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, and 6 to 10 shorter (1500 word) reviews. Annually, the journal will publish an extensive review of the recent scholarship in a growing area of our field. Articles will be blind reviewed by two or three referees.

The journal does not limit submissions to HOPOS members. Scholars from all related disciplines are encouraged to submit.

Complete author guidelines and a link to the journal's online submission system are now available on the journal's website: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hopos/current.

Models and Simulations 4 Program

The program for Models and Simulations 4 (University of Toronto, 7-9 May 2010) is now available, with abstracts and further information, on the conference website: http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/ms4/.

There is no registration fee for MS4, but anyone wishing to attend must register by sending an email message with their name, institutional affiliation, and contact information to ModelsSimulations4@gmail.com ***by 9 April 2010***.

Information regarding the conference banquet and other details will be sent to registrants. The PhilSci electronic archive will host MS4 papers that authors may like to share. Please check in the MS4 section of the archive, which can be found at http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/.

Announcing the Launch of a New Journal

We are pleased relay the announcement of the launch of a new journal: Metatheoria - Journal of Philosophy and History of Science

• Editors-in-Chief: César Lorenzano (Tres de Febrero National University, Argentine) and Pablo Lorenzano (Quilmes National University, Argentine)
• Editorial Board: Valter Alnis Bezerra (ABC, Brasil), Otávio Bueno (Miami, EUA), Walmir Cardoso (São Paulo, Brasil), Christián Carman (Quilmes, Argentine), Mario Casanueva (Mexico City, Mexico), José Díez (Barcelona, Spain), Santiago Ginnobili (Buenos Aires/Quilmes, Argentine), José Luis Falguera (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Roman Frigg (London, United Kingdom), Carlos López Beltrán (Mexico City, Mexico)
• The Editorial Team will be assisted in its work by an Advisory Editorial Board of highly reputed philosophers of science from around the world.

Metatheoria intends to publish first-rate research in the field of philosophy of science – including not only systematic, synchronic, and formal philosophy of science, but also historical, diachronic approaches to the field as well as historical epistemology, and history of science from a philosophical point of view that contribute to deepen our understanding of Science. The journal now welcomes submissions via the on-line portal (http://metatheoria.com.ar) or by email to the Editorial Secretariat (redaccion@metatheoria.com.ar).

Metatheoria is published twice a year (April and October), beginning in April 2010. Its official laguages are Spanish, English, and Portuguese.

The Journal’s website is here: http://metatheoria.com.ar

New Editors Needed for the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science is published for The British Society for the Philosophy of Science by Oxford University Press. As the current editors are coming to the end of their term, the Society invites suitably qualified individuals who would like to be considered for the post of editor to contact the secretary. Potential editors must be members of the BSPS, and should preferably be based in Britain. At present the journal is run by two co-editors and an editorial assistant, but the future structure of an editorial team is open for negotiation.

If you would be interested in being considered as a future editor of the journal can you please email Rachel Cooper r.v.cooper@lancaster.ac.uk by the 31st May. Please include a brief CV, a statement that describes why you would like to be considered for the post, and also an outline of the editorial structure you would propose (for example, the committee is prepared to consider applications from potential co-editors, or suggestions for larger editorial teams). Potential applicants are also encouraged to email Rachel Cooper prior to the deadline to begin informal discussions.

Please note that the editors of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science are not paid a salary, but receive a small honorarium. Funds are available for a part-time editorial assistant. The new editors will take over editorial responsibility for the Journal at Christmas 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter.

14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION

• Location: Nancy, France
• Sponsored by: Nancy University
• Website: http://www.clmps2011.org
• Event Contact E-mail Address: contact@clmps2011.org
• Event Start Date: 07/19/2011
• Event End Date: 07/26/2011
• Abstract Deadline: 10/31/2010

It is with pleasure that we announce the upcoming 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, a leading congress in its field, which will be held on July 19-26, 2011, in Nancy (France). The Congress will feature more than 50 invited speakers, several plenary symposia and lectures, as well as a general program for a wider audience. For the first time in its history, the Congress presents a special topic of interest that will be the focus of a series of lectures and symposia: "Logic and Science Facing the New Technologies"

The four main sections of the Congress will be:

1. Logic
2. General Philosophy of Science
3. Methodological and Philosophical Issues of Particular Sciences
4. Methodological and Philosophical Issues in Technology

Also for the first time, there will be a call for contributed symposia in addition to the call for contributed papers. Both calls will be issued on 1 June 2010, with 31 October 2010 being the submission deadline.

Further details can be found on the homepage of the Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science at the following address: http://www.clmps2011.org/

Please note the option to receive by e-mail further information by signing up for the Congress newsletter at: http://www.clmps2011.org/en/newsletter.html

The intention to attend the Congress and submit a contributed individual paper or symposium proposal can be stated there as well. Although this pre-registration is not mandatory, it would help the organizers to acquire an early idea of what to expect.

Gerhard Heinzmann (Chair Organizing Committee)
Peter Schroeder-Heister (Chair General Programme Committee)

AAAS Call for Symposia

Want to reach a broad audience of scientists and the scientifically interested public? The AAAS call for symposia is now open. Section L (History and Philosophy of Science) are seeking symposia to put forward for the 2011 meeting in Washington, D.C. (Feb. 18-21), on the theme of Science without Borders.

The general call is here: http://www.aaas.org/meetings/2010/program/symposia/submit/.

The final deadline for submission is April 27, 2010. But in order for Section L to help with proposals, symposia need to submitted to any member of the steering committee of Section L much sooner, preferably by April 1.

Section L officers can be found here: http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/organization/sections/hist.shtml.

The following are the necessary parts for a proposal:

1. Title (no more than 85 characters)
2. Synopsis (1500 characters)
3. Relation to annual theme (for 2011: Science without Borders) or relevance to general science audience (e.g. “cross-cutting activities in support of science, technology, and education”) (500 characters)
4. Scheduling requirements:
   • 90 minutes: 3 speakers with 15-30 min. of discussion
   • 180 minutes: 4-6 speakers with discussion
   Longer symposia require additional justification (1000 characters)
5. Participants (organizer, speaker, moderator, discussants, etc.) and Contact information
   • Max. of one moderator/session
   • Max. 1 discussant/ 90 minute session
6. Presentation titles for each speaker (max. 85 characters) and proposed content or perspective of the speaker, giving reasons for why the speaker will enhance the content of the session (abstracts will be sought after symposia are selected).

Generally, sessions with broad appeal on topics of general interest to scientists and the public have the best chance. Interdisciplinary and diverse panels will also do better.