Understanding Defectiveness in the Sciences
\nIt is well known that the presence and use of defective ---false\, imprecise\, conflicting\, incomplete\, inconsistent\, partial\, ambiguous and vague--- information in science is ubiquitous and tends to be naturally seen as part of the dynamics of scientific development. Nonetheless\, it is also thought that to be satisfactorily understood\, bodies of information should fulfill certain epistemic virtues. \; All this considered\, philosophers and logicians of science should start wondering which are the possible connections between scientific understanding and the constant use of defective information in science.
The workshop welcomes formal and informal contributions on the different ways to explain and understand defective information in the sciences. \; Topics include\, but are not limited to the following:
Keynote speakers: \;Diderik Batens (University of Gent)\, \;Otá\;vio Bueno (University of Miami) and Ioannis Votsis (London School of Economics\, New College of the Humanities).
\nWe invite submissions for 40-minute presentations\, with additional time for discussion. \;
Submissions should take the form of anonymized 600-1\,000 word abstracts\, and be sent to \; \;UnderstandingDefectivenessUNAM@gmail.com \; by the 29th March. \;
Contact details\, including paper title\, affiliation and email address\, should be submitted as a separate PDF. \;
All submissions will be blind refereed. \;
Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 7th.
Scientific committee: \;Walter Carnielli (CLE-UNICAMP)\, \; Xavier de Donato Rodrí\;guez (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)\, Michele Friend (George Washington University)\, \; Francisco Herná\;ndez Quiroz (UNAM)\, Elias Okon Gurvich (UNAM)\, Ana \;Rosa Pé\;rez Ransanz (UNAM) and Dunja &Scaron\;e&scaron\;elja (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä\;t Mü\;nchen). \;