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SUMMARY:Theory and Practice after the Practice Turn – Where Social Theory and Empirical Philosophy meet
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DESCRIPTION:<p>Sociology and philosophy have always shared a close relationship.&nbsp\;Critical Theory famously tied the two&nbsp\;disciplines together to unravel societal phenomena\, and feminist&nbsp\;philosophers regularly borrow<br>sociological concepts to understand domination and power asymmetries. Similarly\, sociologists often&nbsp\;draw on philosophical concepts to sharpen their analyses. In recent&nbsp\;years\, this dialogue has gained new momentum through the so-called&nbsp\;"practice turn" in epistemology and philosophy of science.&nbsp\;Contemporary philosophy of science and applied epistemology increasingly&nbsp\;incorporate empirical&nbsp\;methods originally developed within the social sciences such as&nbsp\;interviews and ethnographic studies. But while empirical approaches from&nbsp\;sociology are frequently adopted\, social-theoretical concepts remain&nbsp\;&nbsp\;rarely integrated within epistemology and philosophy of science.<br><br>It is the goal of this workshop to explore the potential of social&nbsp\;theory for empirical approaches in philosophy of science and&nbsp\;epistemology. What are instances of fruitful applications of social&nbsp\;theory to philosophy of science and epistemological scholarship? How&nbsp\;does social theory transform when it is resituated in a different&nbsp\;disciplinary setting? What are caveats and best practices when using social theory as a philosopher of science/epistemologist?</p>\n<p>We are looking for workshop contributions that are focused on but not&nbsp\;limited to:<br>- Examples of using social theory along with empirical methods in&nbsp\;philosophy of science and epistemology<br>- Reflections on methodological and conceptual challenges when&nbsp\;transferring social-theoretical concepts&nbsp\;into philosophical work.</p>\n<p>Proposals should outline the topic of the presentation and how it connects to the workshop's themes and goals.</p>\n<p>Workshop contributions will also be considered for publication in a&nbsp\;<br>special issue (target journal: Synthese) on social theory in empirical&nbsp\;<br>philosophy of science &amp\; epistemology.<br><br>Send submissions to:&nbsp\;sophie.juliane.veigl@univie.ac.at</a>\;&nbsp\;<br>Riegler@em.uni-frankfurt.de</a><br><br>Timeline:<br>Submission Deadline: 14 February 2026<br>Notification of Acceptance: 1 March 2026<br>Workshop: 17 April 2026<br>Workshop for SI contributors: 1 October 2026<br>Deadline for SI submissions: 1 December 2026</p>\n
ORGANIZER;CN=Sophie Veigl;CN=Sonja Riegler:
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