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  • New call for papers

    2024-10-04

    Special Issue: "Objectivity in the Sciences"

    We invite submissions for an upcoming special issue of Lato Sensu on "Objectivity in the Sciences." For a long time, the notion of objectivity was regarded as the essence of a proper scientific method: the scientists were expected to leave their ‘subjective’ beliefs at the door and handle evidences in an ‘objective’ manner. The recognition of the collective dimension of science, of the impact of community interests or biases on scientific inquiry, the ever-growing role of technologies in data production (instruments, artificial intelligence), and the importance attached to expert judgement have profoundly altered the perception of the ‘scientific subject’ and their purported neutrality. Objectivity is therefore called into question as a cardinal value of epistemology. Yet, it retains a central place in the sciences.

     

    We welcome interdisciplinary perspectives and encourage submissions from philosophers, scientists, and scholars from related fields.

    Deadline for submissions: December 31, 2024.

    Please visit journal website for submission guidelines.

    This CFP follows the first SPS summer school which was held in September 2023 in Saint-Raphaël, France. However, this special issue is open to all contributions on the topic.

     

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  • New call for papers

    2024-05-02

    Special issue: “Ignorances in the Sciences”

    In this special issue, we propose to take an epistemological stance at the ways in which ignorance is present in the sciences. It seems to play many roles. It is a social and political construct of the scientific enterprise, a heuristic and driving force in scientific discovery, while possessing an epistemological and conceptual status that distinguishes it from a simple lack of knowledge. Submission deadline : 31/01/2025

    Editors of the special issue: 

    Lucie Boël (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)

    Mathias Girel (ENS-PSL)

    Éric Pardoux (ENS Lyon - CNRS)

    Benjamin Spada (Université de Bordeaux)

    Pierre de Tuoni (Université Grenoble Alpes)

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  • New call for papers

    2024-04-25

    Special Issue: “Gender & Science”

    We are pleased to announce a special issue of Lato Sensu focusing on “Gender & Science”, in the wake of the 2023 SPS Congress. Contributors do not need to have attended the congress to be allowed to submit a contribution. Those who did are strongly encouraged to submit one.

    Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2025

     

    Guest editors:

    Thierry Hoquet (Université Paris Nanterre)

    Anne-Lise Rey (Université Paris Nanterre)

    Julie Jebeile (Institut de Philosophie de l’Universität Bern et CNRM - CNRS)

    Francesca Merlin (IHPST - CNRS/ Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

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