The Rotman Institute of Philosophy is excited to announce the second annual Rotman Graduate Student Conference, taking place in person on Thursday May 12 and Friday May 13, 2022. We are pleased to announce Philosopher, Dr. Angela Potochnik (University of Cincinnati) and Professor of Astronomy, Dr. Sarah Gallagher (Western University) as our keynote speakers.
Call for Papers: The theme of this year’s conference is “Models and Idealizations”, and will focus on metaphysical, epistemological, and conceptual aspects regarding the use of models and idealizations in the sciences. We encourage graduate students to submit original papers that address important problems or are motivated by questions concerning models and idealizations, broadly construed.
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Submissions are accepted through: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rgsc2022
Maximum 5000 words, including footnotes and appendices (but not references). If the paper includes tables, figures, or equations, an appropriate number of words should be subtracted from the limit.
Papers should be accompanied by an abstract that is no longer than 300 words.
Papers are to be prepared for anonymous review (meaning your name should not appear within the paper).
Deadline: Friday Feb 18th, 2022
Accepted Papers: Each presenter will be allocated an hour-long time slot; presentations should be approximately 30 minutes long with 30 minutes for a Q&A period
Examples of topics may include but are not limited to:
Conceptual engineering as it relates to models, simulations, and idealizations in the sciences and social sciences.
Methodological implications of idealized models.
The role of idealizations in the explanation of the behavior of complex systems.
The classification of scientific idealizations.
Additional information can be found on our website: https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/
Please send any questions to the RGSC Committee: rgsc@uwo.ca
All the best,
The 2022 RGSC Committee
2/18/2022
