PSA June Newsletter

Table of Contents:

Election Results
Barcelona Principles for a Globally Inclusive Philosophy
PSA22 Pittsburgh Update
PhilSci Archive
New Prize/Syllabus Repository
A Thank You to our May and June Donors
PSA Biennial Meeting Sponsor Update
Donor Spotlight: Alison Wylie
Calendar of Events & Calls for Papers - Upcoming Dates

Election Results

The PSA 2022 Election is complete! Thanks to everyone who voted, you make the PSA better. We would also like to extend a thank you to all of the candidates that stood for election.

Congratulations to Craig Callender, who will serve as President-Elect of the PSA starting on January 1, 2023 before assuming the role of President on January 1, 2025.

We would also like to welcome Jonathan Tsou and James Weatherall to the Governing Board. Their terms will start January 1, 2023

Barcelona Principles for a Globally Inclusive Philosophy

During the spring Governing Board meeting it was voted that the PSA should endorse the Barcelona Principles for a Globally Inclusive Philosophy. The PSA is proud to join the roughly 700 signatories from around the world that are dedicated to making Philosophy a more inclusive discipline.

PSA22 Pittsburgh Update

Thanks to the tireless work of Holly Andersen and the Program Committee, the preparations for PSA22 are coming along nicely. We are currently finilazing room assignments for symposia and contributed papers. We anticipate releasing the schedule and opening registration in early July - keep an eye out for the announcement via email and PSA social media.

PhilSci Archive

Just a reminder to upload your preprints to the PhilSci Archive. For those of you with upcoming presentations at PSA22, you can upload your paper here if you wish.

Top 5 Downloaded Items:

Idealist Philosophy: What is Real ? Conscious Experience Seen as Basic to All Ontology. An Overview

Zeno's Paradoxes: A Timely Solution

Visual Representations in Science

What is a complex system?

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in the Higgs mechanism

New Prize/Syllabus Repository

The Philosophy of Science Association invites submissions of course syllabi showcasing effective and creative teaching of the philosophy of science reaching beyond the Anglophone mainstream. The aim: To build a library of new ideas and good practices from around the world to help those trying to internationalize the subject and introduce it to new audiences. Eligible syllabi will be available on the syllabus repository and can be accessed freely via the PSA website.

PSA members may make submissions to the Chair of the PSA International Relations Committee, Prof. Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge, via e-mail: <hc372@cam.ac.uk>. Entries are considered for an annual prize, awarded at the biennial PSA conference or at a separate online event (deadline for 2022 prize: 15 July 2022).

A Thank You to our May and June Donors

During this time of economic uncertainty and new global challenges, our members' support is all the more crucial, especially as we try to build programs to make philosophy of science more accessible and inclusive.

The PSA would like to recognize the recent support and donations of the following individuals:

Robert Fallin
Kareem Khalifa
Anya Plutynski
Sean Valles

Alison Wylie

PSA Biennial Meeting Sponsor Update

The PSA is thrilled to announce the following sponsors for our upcoming biennial meeting in Pittsburgh!

It is because of our sponsors that we are able to provide a full conference experience that includes welcome receptions, public events, community-building luncheons, and other services for conference attendees.

The PSA office wishes to express grateful recognition of our sponsors' support.

New PSA22 Sponsors:

Carnegie Mellon University Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences
University of California Irvine Department Logic & Philosophy Of Science
Arizona State University Center for Biology & Society
Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh Department of Philosophy
University of Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science

We couldn't do this without you.

The PSA thrives because of its engaged members and generous sponsors.

Donor Spotlight: Alison Wylie

The PSA wishes to recognize Alison Wylie for her generous donation to our Sponsor-a-Scholar Fund and for funding the new International Syllabus Prize. Alison currently serves as Past President on the PSA Governing Board and has provided invaluable guidance to the organization over the years. It is because of her generosity and leadership that we are able to support international scholars, and we hope others will join her in contributing to the cause!

Calendar of Events & Calls for Papers - Upcoming Dates

Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Ninth Biennial Conference

Ghent University

7/2/2022 - 7/4/2022

The Kuhn Centennial Conference: Thomas Kuhn and the 21st Century Philosophy of Science

University of Kent

7/13/2022 - 7/15/2022

Foundational Problems of Global Structure in Semi-Classical Gravity

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU Munich)

7/21/2022 - 7/23/2022

3rd International Rationality Summer Institute (IRSI3)

Butenschoen Haus, Landau, Germany