The\nWise Scientist: Historical and Philosophical Reflections on the Place\nof Wisdom in Science
\nInstitute\nfor the History and Philosophy of Science\, University of Toronto\,\nGraduate Conference
\n\nHAPSAT\,\nthe graduate course union of the IHPST invites scholars to submit\npaper proposals for our upcoming conference\, which will be held on\nJune 2nd\,\n2012 at the University of Toronto.
\n\nIn\nthe History and Philosophy of Science\, it has become the consensus\nview that values play a constitutive role in scientific practice.\nHowever\, relatively little attention has been paid to the\nconsequences of this conclusion: that the values that scientists\, as\nindividuals\, bring to bear on their work is of paramount importance.\nIn short\, the wisdom of scientists matters. This conference seeks to\nput this fact in its historical and philosophical context\, exploring\npast and present attitudes towards the relationship between\nscientific practice and what could broadly be called wisdom. Wisdom\nis a multifaceted concept\, including the ability to know what is\nimportant\, the skillful appreciation of how things in general hang\ntogether\, and the deep
insight\nwhich can result from a lifetime of exploring nature's depths.\nExamples of how wisdom\, or a lack thereof\, have played a role in\nscience abound\, including the illuminating critiques of feminisms\,\nthe constitutive role religious values have played in the history of\nnatural science\, and reflections on scientists as public advocates\nfor environmental responsibility. We welcome topics including but not\nlimited to:
-\nCase studies which highlight particularly wise (or spectacularly\nunwise) scientists
\n-\nThe changing role of individuals in the scientific process\, and how\nthat affects the interplay of values and epistemic goals
\n-\nThe role of scientists in society at large in shaping discourse and\nproviding guidance
\n-\nHypothesis formulation\, that unformalized creative moment in the\nscientific method
\n-\nThe need for an ongoing feminist critique of science in order to\nclear the cobwebs of ideology
\n-\nThe effect eastern and western religions can have on the epistemic\ngoals of science.
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The\nkeynote speaker will be Dr. John Vervaeke\, a professor of cognitive\nscience at UofT. He will discuss the function of wisdom as enhanced\nrelevance realization in scientific practice.
Abstracts\nshould be no longer than 300 words\, and must be received by February\n29th\,\n2012. Submissions or questions about the conference should be send to\ncory.lewis@utoronto.ca\,\nalong with your name\, e-mail and institutional affiliation. \;
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