BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T140211Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20120831T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20120831T100000 SUMMARY:Feyerabend 2012 UID:20240329T140814Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:
Feyerabend&rsquo\;s provocative proposals continue to incite an extensive \;assortment of heated discussions across a range of inter-related \;disciplines that has proven to be of interest to a broad audience from \;diverse backgrounds all around the world.
Given the current state of the art\, the conference has two closely related \;main aims. First\, it is intended to encourage research by internationally \;renowned scholars who have worked on Feyerabend&rsquo\;s philosophy\, in an attempt \;to do justice to the notorious complexity of his ideas and their relevance \;to ongoing debates in contemporary science studies. The second main aim of \;the conference is to promote the pressing issues concerning the nature of \;science and its impact on society and how they are structured. Such issues \;were central to Feyerabend&rsquo\;s philosophy as he repeatedly redeveloped it \;from the positivist climate prevalent in the 1950s to the post-modernist \;climate of the 1990s.
Conference language: English.
Abstract Submission
To promote critical discussion of current issues in general philosophy of \;science in a Feyerabendian spirit\, we call for contributed papers on any \;topic in general philosophy of science related to some aspect of \;Feyerabend&rsquo\;s diverse and developing philosophical views. We especially \;encourage proposals concerning the nature of science and its relation to \;society (e.g.\, science\, democracy and public decision-making\, patterns of \;exclusion in science and academia)\, the rise of Western rationalism\, \;incommensurability\, epistemic pluralism\, and cultural relativism.
Please include in your proposal your academic title\, name\, affiliation\, the \;title of your contribution\, and a short abstract (max. 500 words)\, and \;submit it as an attachment to the following email address: \;feyerabend2012@gmail.com
Accepted contributed papers will be allocated 40 minutes (including \;discussion).
Conference language: English
Deadline for submission: 31 August 2012
Notification of decisions: 4 September 2012
A few travel bursaries for graduate students are available. If you wish to \;be considered please submit a CV and a travel budget in addition to your \;abstract.
For further information\, please refer to the conference website \;or contact the organizing \;committee by email at: \;feyerabend2012@gmail.com