Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

Papers addressing topics related to the problem of the unity of science from original, non-traditional perspectives are now being sought for the first Lisbon Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science to be held October 25-28th, 2006. This colloquium is intended to stimulate, discuss and evaluate new approaches that incorporate logic, decision theory, learning theory, probability theory and other formal methods in creative and productive ways. Papers will be considered for concurrent sessions. Submissions should consist of an extended abstract of about 600 words and should be accompanied by an abbreviated C.V. for each contributor. Abstracts should be prepared for blind-reviewing (detachable title page) and final papers should be suitable for reading aloud and should not exceed 4000 words. The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 15th. Please send your abstracts and abbreviated C.V. electronically in Microsoft Word format to cmwhalin@utep.edu Sessions will include commentators on papers. Please indicate in your cover letter whether you are willing to serve as a commentator or session moderator. A selection of the papers read at the conference will be published in a special issue of Synthese. For more information please visit: http://www.lisboncolloquium.org