The Society for the Metaphysics of Science (SMS) will be hosting its 10th Annual Conference on 30 June -2 July 2025 in person at USI in Lugano\, Switzerland.
\nWe will have two keynote speakers:Elena Casetta(University of Turin) andJessica Wilson(University of Toronto). In addition\,Tyler Hildebrand(Dalhousie University) will deliver the Presidential Address.
\nSubmission is invited for papers on any aspect of the metaphysics of science\, broadly construed. We are pleased to see the flourishing of work on the metaphysics of physics and the laws of nature within the Society\, but we are equally committed to maintaining a diversity of topics. We thus warmly encourage submissions from other subfields of the metaphysics of science\, including (but not limited to) philosophy of biology\, philosophy of chemistry\, philosophy of cognitive science\, and philosophy of the social sciences.
\nPaper presentations will be 30 minutes\, with 10 minutes for a commentator\, 5 minutes for the speaker&rsquo\;s reply\, and 15 minutes for Q&\;A. Submissions should be full papers in PDF format\, of no more than 4\,500 words (excluding references and footnotes)\, and should include an abstract of 150-250 words and a word count. All papers must employ gender-neutral language and be prepared for anonymous review.
\nPlease send your paper including title and abstract as a PDF document to \;soc.mp.sci2025@gmail.com \;(with your name\, affiliation\, and the title of the paper in the body of the email and &lsquo\;Abstract Submission&rsquo\; in the subject line).
\nThe submission deadline is January 15\, 2025. Notifications of acceptance will be delivered by the end of February. Selected speakers should confirm their attendance by March 15\, 2025.
\nAs well as various presentations\, the conference will also feature an organizational meeting of the Society to elect officers\, plan future conferences\, etc. Both those interested in presenting papers and/or participating in the Society are invited to attend the conference.
\nProgram committee:
\nChair: Baptiste Le Bihan (University of Geneva)
\nCommittee Members:
Sam Baron (University of Melbourne)
Alexandre Billon (University of Lille)
\nHarjit Boghal (University of Maryland\, College Park)
\nEllen Clarke (University of Leeds)
\nChris Dorst (University of Florida)
\nDavid Glick (UC Davies)
\nMax Kistler (Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne)
\nVincent Lam (University of Bern)
\nKate Lynch (University of Melbourne)
\nKerry McKenzie (UC San Diego)
\nKristie Miller (University of Sydney)
\nMatteo Morganti (Roma Tre University)
\nAlyssa Ney (LMU Munich)
\nJames Read (University of Oxford)
\nVanessa Seifert (University of Athens)
\nPieter Thyssen (UCLouvain)
\nMarcel Weber (University of Geneva)
\nAlastair Wilson (University of Leeds)
\nChristian Wü\;thrich (University of Geneva)
\n&hellip\; Additional Members TBD
\nLocal organizers: Damiano Costa (USI)\;Cristian Mariani (USI)
\nThe SMS Annual Conference will be part of a series of events \;in the metaphysics of science and philosophy of physics in Lugano. These include the Summer School &ldquo\;The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory&rdquo\; \;withChris SmeenkandJames Owen Weatherall\, to be held at USI\, Lugano\, June 23-27. More info at: \;https://www.usi.ch/en/education/lifelong-learning/summer-winter-school/cosmology
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