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Conference website: https://measurement2018.sciencesconf.org/
\nMeasurement at the Crossroads \;is the third interdisciplinary conference to explore the history and philosophy of measurement after \;Dimensions of Measurement \;in Bielefeld (2013) and \;The Making of Measurement \;in Cambridge (2015). The organizers of the third conference\, which will take place on 27-29 June 2018\, in Paris\, invite scholars interested in the history\, philosophy and sociology of science to address questions related to measurement across disciplines ranging from the natural sciences to the life and human sciences.
\nThe recent revival of the philosophy of measurement in the early 2000s appears to be instrumental in overcoming the tensions that obstructed science studies during much of the second half of the twentieth century. The Paris conference aspires to promote the new ways of addressing issues of quantification and measurement that are now emerging and promising to bridge the various gulfs &ndash\; theoretical versus practical\, descriptive versus normative &ndash\; that have divided the philosophical\, historical and sociological approaches to science. It is now recognized that questions of quantification transcend the earlier focus on meaning and representation which formerly attracted the attention of philosophers of science\, and that \;these questions benefit from investigation alongside the means and processes that enable scientists\, and human agents in general\, to agree on their measurement results and make them reliable bases for decision and action. The resulting shift of attention towards the uses of measurement results in inference and prediction places the new agenda of philosophy of measurement at the crossroads of conceptual\, epistemic\, historical\, material\, technological and institutional issues.
\nThe 2018 conference comes at a time when the field of metrology is about to reach an important turning point with the reform of the International System of Units (SI) that is to be announced by the end of 2018. With \;Measurement at the Crossroads \;we aspire to connect the discussions developing in the emerging field of history and philosophy of measurement with some of the issues arising from this major reshaping of the field of metrology. \;Special attention will thus be given to issues pertaining to the formation of systems of units and standards\, as well as to related institutional matters. The conference will build upon the two former ones by inscribing these issues more explicitly in a world-wide and a long-term perspective. In addition to \;the \;enquiries related to the contemporary SI reform\, time will therefore be allotted for studies concerned with how measurement units have been worked out in the past\, from Antiquity to today&rsquo\;s reform\, in different regions of the world. This will offer a cultural-anthropological outlook on metrology.
\nSome of the questions listed below might be helpful to guide contributors without in any way constraining them:
\n&bull\; Quantification and measurement practices \;
\nIs it possible to devise a conception of quantity suited for all domains of science\, and what are the specific difficulties raised by the definition of properties and quantities in the human sciences?
\nHow can one deal with scientific error\, especially experimental error? How can scientists evaluate uncertainty and risk relative to experimental results and their uses?
\nHow can the study of measurement shed new light on the relations between theory\, models\, experiment and instrumentation?
\nHow can philosophy of measurement contribute to classical problems of the philosophy of science? (e.g.: realism\, conventionalism and operationalism in science)
\n&bull\; Units\, standards and instruments
\nHow did numbers\, units and standards become separated in the course of history\, and how did units become coordinated to one another through metrological systems of units?
\nHow do standards contribute to the stabilization of facts? How do they affect human action and self-perception?
\nHow do the descriptive and the normative intertwine in measurement?
\nWhat are the reasons behind the project of the new SI? What will be its conceptual\, practical\, technical and institutional consequences?
\n&bull\; Communities\, institutions\, normativity and trust
\nWhat social and institutional constraints are required to implement a global network of communicable\, comparable and reliable measurement results?
\nHow can decisions be taken on the basis of measurement under conditions of uncertainty?
\nWhat is the role of trust in the practice of measurement and in the assessment of scientific knowledge?
\nCan the philosophical\, historical and sociological enquiry into measurement make us more aware of our responsibilities in the development of our technological society? \;
\nInvited speakers
\nKarine Chemla (CNRS\, SPHERE\, France)
\nWendy Parker (Durham University\, United Kingdom)
\nOliver Schlaudt (Heidelberg University\, Germany)
\nEran Tal (McGill University\, Canada)
\nProgramme committee
\nMieke Boon (University of Twente\, Netherlands)
\nMarcel Boumans (Utrecht University\, Netherlands)
\nThomas Coudreau (University Paris Diderot\, France)
\nOlivier Darrigol (CNRS\, SPHERE\, France)
\nMarie Gaille (CNRS\, SPHERE\, France)
\nGiora Hon (University of Haifa\, Israel)
\nMatthieu Husson (CNRS\, Observatoire de Paris\, France)
\nShaul Katzir (Tel Aviv University\, Israel)
\nAlain Leplè\;ge (University Paris Diderot\, France)
\nAlexandre Mallard (Mines ParisTech\, France)
\nLuca Mari (University Cattaneo\, Italy)
\nAlfred Nordmann (Technical University of Darmstadt\, Germany)
\nTheodore Porter (University of California\, Los Angeles\, USA)
\nLé\;na Soler (University of Lorraine\, France)
\nJohn Steele (Brown University\, USA)
\nMark Wilson (University of California\, Berkeley\, USA)
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\nAbstract submission:
\nThe conference will host individual talks and symposiums (groups of 3 talks). The talks will be 40 minutes long\, questions included.
\nSubmissions should be PDF files blinded for peer review:
\nThe individual contributors are invited to submit an abstract of 500 words.
\nContributors who wish to propose a symposium should submit in the same file a 500-word synopsis that includes the title and theme of the symposium and a 500-word abstract \;for each talk in the symposium.
\nTo submit abstracts go to the website of the conference: https://measurement2018.sciencesconf.org/ \, click on &ldquo\;Submit an abstract&rdquo\; and follow the instructions.
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Deadline for submission: January 5\, 2018
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\nRegistration
\nThe fees for the conference and dinner will be as follows:
\nResearchers: EUR 50
\nStudents (masters\, PhD): EUR 20
\nConference dinner (researchers): EUR 40
\nConference dinner (students): EUR 20
\nRegistration will be opened in February 2018.
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\nDates and deadlines
\nDeadline for submission: January 5\, 2018.
\nNotification of acceptance: January 30\, 2018.
\nRegistration: will open in February 2018.
\nConference: June 27-29\, 2018.
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\nOrganizers
\nNadine de Courtenay (University Paris Diderot\, France)
\nFabien Gré\;gis (Tel Aviv University\, Israel &\; SPHERE\, France)
\nChristine Proust (CNRS &\; University Paris Diderot\, SPHERE\, France)
\nContact
\nmeasurement2018@sciencesconf.org  \;  \;
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