CFP: Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Venice, September 2013)

THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES & THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE

Call for Papers:

First joint European/American Conference University of Venice Ca' Foscari
3-4 September, 2013

The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences and the Phil= osophy of Social Science Roundtable invite contributions to their first joi= nt conference. Contributions from all areas within the philosophy of the so= cial sciences, from both philosophers and social scientists, are encouraged= .

Keynote speakers:

  *   Cristina Bicchieri (University of Pennsylvania)
  *   Nancy Cartwright (University of Durham/ University of California San =
Diego)

Submissions:

  *   An abstract of no more than 1000 words suitably prepared for blind re=
viewing should be submitted electronically through the Easychair system at =
  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Denpossrt2013. Only one abst= ract per person may be submitted.
  *   Deadline for submission: 27 January, 2013
  *   Date of notification of acceptance: 15 March, 2013

Local organizers:

  *   Eleonora Montuschi, Luigi Perissinotto (University of Venice Ca' Fosc=
ari, Dept. of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Philosophy Section).

Conference homepage:
For more information about the conference see www.enposs.eu<http://www.enpo= ss.eu>

Publication:

  *   Selected papers from the Conference will be published in an annual sp=
ecial issue of the journal Philosophy of the Social Sciences

ENPOSS:
The purpose of the European Network of Philosophy of the Social Sciences is=  to promote, encourage and facilitate academic discussion and research in t= he philosophy of the social sciences broadly conceived.
Steering Committee: Alban Bouvier (Paris), Byron Kaldis (Athens), Thomas Ue= bel (Manchester), Julie Zahle (Copenhagen), and Jes=FAs Zamora-Bonilla (Mad= rid).

PSSRT:

The Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable serves as a forum for communica= tion among philosophers and social scientists who share an interest in disc= ussion of epistemology, explanatory paradigms, and methodologies of the soc= ial sciences.

Programme Committee: James Bohman (St. Louis), Mark Risjord (Atlanta), Paul=  Roth (Santa Cruz), Stephen Turner (Tampa), Alison Wylie (Seattle)