CFP: Realism, Substantialism & Animism: epistemological obstacles and their influence on the atom conceptions

Call for Papers
Anyone who wants to present a paper at this scientific event, please send the abstract of the proposed paper (which should include the title of the communication, a brief summary and institutional affiliations), until December 14th, to Lídia Queiroz [[email protected]]. Communications may be in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese and prepared for 20m of presentation (followed by 10m of discussion). Authors will be notified of acceptance of their abstracts on October 12th.

 
IMPORTANT DATES       

14/12/2015: Call for papers deadline

15/12/2015: Acceptance Notification

22/02/2015: International Colloquium

http://cfcul.fc.ul.pt/divulgacao/actividades/2015/RealismSubstantialismAnimismCallForPapers.pdf

Details

On the 22th of February 2016 it will be held at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon an international colloquium entitled "Realism, Substantialism & Animism: epistemological obstacles and their influence on the atom conceptions", organized by the Centre for Philosophy of Science of the University of Lisbon (CFCUL).

Brief presentation of the international colloquium
We know that realism and substantialism are fundamental constituents of atomism. But both the realism as the substantialism comprise various forms. This colloquium aims to bring together papers which pay special attention to examining the diversity of substantialists and realistic positions and evaluate the impact of this debate in the successive reformulations of the atomist theory. The colloquium will also seek to discuss Bachelard's position on the atomism, given that, for Bachelard, realism and substantialism are obstacles to the advancement of knowledge of the intimate structure of matter.