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Call for Papers "The Social Sciences and Democracy: A Philosophy of Science Perspective" International Conference Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University Ghent (Belgium) 28-30 September 2006 __________________________________________________ >>From Jeroen Van Bouwel <[email protected]>: The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science of Ghent University, Belgium, invites papers for a conference: The Social Sciences and Democracy: a philosophy of science perspective. 28th 30th of September 2006 Ghent, Belgium http://logica.ugent.be/SSD/ Keynote speakers are: Patrick Baert (University of Cambridge) James Bohman (Saint Louis University) Steve Fuller (University of Warwick) Harold Kincaid (University of Alabama) Philip Mirowski (University of Notre Dame) Stephen Turner (University of South Florida) The conference wants (a) to pay attention to the history of the social sciences and the relation with the development of democracy, the nation-states, the Cold War, globalisation, etc., which might help us to discuss the situation (and science policy) of the social sciences in our democracies today and in the future, and, (b) to analyse whether concepts of democratic theory might be useful in describing the relations between competing theories in the social sciences (e.g., consensus, pluralism, deliberation, minorities, etc.). Other possible topics are: scientific pluralism, explanatory pluralism, methodological pluralism; orthodox vs. heterodox theories; the division of labour in social science, etc. More details on possible topics can be found on the website: http://logica.ugent.be/SSD/ Abstracts should be minimum 150 and maximum 1000 words. Please send a Word- or PDF-file to [email protected]. Abstracts received will be acknowledged within ten days by email. Authors will be informed on acceptance or rejection as soon as possible and not later than 30 April 2006. Deadline for abstracts is 31 March 2006. On the 27th of September a workshop will be organised in Brussels that may be of interest for the visitors of the conference. More info on: http://logica.ugent.be/ssd/workshop.php Looking forward to your contributions! Best Wishes, Jeroen Van Bouwel. -- Jeroen Van Bouwel Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science Ghent University, Belgium Upcoming Congress: http://logica.ugent.be/ssd/ Homepage: http://logica.ugent.be/jeroen/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
