The 2025 Natural Philosophy Symposium will be held in Baltimore on May 29-31, 2025, It is sponsored by the Natural Philosophy Forum at Johns Hopkins, and will be held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. We have a web page with venue and registration information here:
We take "Natural Philosophy" to live at the intersection of science and philosophy. To that end, the Symposium will feature a diverse set of speakers, emphasizing big-picture questions, interdisciplinary connections, and open problems. more info...
Journal of Cognitive Science (http://j-cs.org) is an official journal of the International Association for Cognitive Science (IACS, http://www.cogsci.org.cn/iacs)and the Institute for Cognitive Science at Seoul National University. It is published quarterly by the Institute for Cognitive Science at Seoul National University, located in Seoul, Korea. The Association currently consists of member societies of different countries such as Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and European Union. However, paper submission by anyone in the whole world is welcome at any time. Its main concern is to showcase research articles of the highest quality and significance within the disciplines of cognitive science, including, but not limited to, philosophy, psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, aesthetics, anthropology, and education, insofar as it is deemed to be of interest to those who pursue the study of mind. In particular, we would like to encourage submissions that cross the traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Indexing:
Our articles are indexed in the following databases:
• SCOPUS
• EBSCO
• Google Scholar
• ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index, Thomson Reuters)
• KCI (Korea Citation Index)
Aims & Scope:
The Journal of Cognitive Science (JCS) is published quarterly on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, and 31 December (founded in 2000) as the official journal of International Association for Cognitive Science (IACS) by the Institute for Cognitive Science at Seoul National University. It is a SCOPUS, ESCI, EBSCO, and KCI journal. It aims to publish research articles of the highest quality and significance within the disciplines that form cognitive science, including philosophy, psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, anthropology, and education for Interdisciplinary Journal. Submissions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries in either themes or methods are especially encouraged. AI-associated Cognitive Science will be newly reinforced and papers in this area are encouraged to be submitted.
Editorial Board:
• Editor-in-Chief:
Chungmin Lee, Seoul National University
• Editors:
Cameron Buckner, University of Houston
Sook Whan Cho, The State University of New York at Stony Brook, Songdo
Alberto Greco, University of Genova
AI Assistant Editor: Taikyeong Jeong, Hallym University
The Editorial Board and Advisory Editorial Board:
Hojjat Adeli, The Ohio State University
Kenneth A. Augustyn, Michigan Technological University
Bruno G. Bara, University of Turin
Ned Block, New York University
David Chalmers, Australian National University
Ivan Enrici, University of Turin
Peter Gärdenfors, Lund University, Sweden
Merrill Garrett, University of Arizona
Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University
Etsuko Harada, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Hidehito Honda, Otemon Gakuin University
Youngbin Kwak, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Joonhwan Lee, Seoul National University
Tania Ionin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Kiwako Ito, The University of Newcastle (UON)
Hong-Gee Kim, Seoul National University
Kihyeon Kim, Seoul National University
Gary Geunbae Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Martha Lewis, University of Bristol
Chen Lin, Chinese Academy of Science
Charles Ling, Western Ontario University, Canada
Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh
Asifa Majid, University of Oxford
Klaus Manizer, Technical University of Munich
Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Kyoto University
Reiko Mazuka, Duke University
Louise McNally, Pompeu Fabra University
Byoung-Kyong Min, Korea University
Mohd Kamal bin Othman, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Joonkoo Park, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jake Quilty-Dunn, Washington University in St. Louis
Yasuhiro Shirai, Case Western Reserve University
Hua Shu, Beijing Normal University
Peter Slezak, The University of New South Wales
Hyeon-joo Song, Yonsei University
Darcy Sperlich, Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University
Li-Hai Tan, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience
Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada
Markus Werning, Ruhr University Bochum
Roman V. Yampolskiy, University of Louisville
Byoung-Tak Zhang, Seoul National University
Linmin Zhang, New York University, Shanghai
Michael Zock, Aix-Marseille Université
Submission Guidelines:
All submissions must be in English, written clearly and in sufficient detail so that referees can assess the merits of the work. Papers should be no longer than 10,000 words and should conform to the JCS style guide. (JCS style guide is distributed, if requested, via email.) Papers will be received anytime and processed as promptly as possible. All authors should send an electronic copy (MS word) to j-cs@j-cs.org. Each submission will be sent to two or three reviewers. The reviews will be forwarded to the authors, who will then have an opportunity to make revisions if warranted. more info...
Call for Papers - A Population Doctrine in Neuroscience Workshop
We are pleased to announce an interdisciplinary 2-day workshop held at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. The workshop will focus on topics related to a shift in neuroscience from the investigation of single neurons to populations of neurons. The investigation of single neurons has been supported by the so-called neuron doctrine, which posits the neuron as the fundamental structural and functional unit of the nervous system. As the focus moves away from single neurons and toward populations of neurons, some have called for a new, population doctrine. But the conceptual and methodological commitments of a potential population doctrine, as well as its significance, remain under explored.
The goal of the workshop is to arrive at an interdisciplinary perspective on the nature and significance of the population doctrine and its relation to what came before. In particular, we aim to bring neuroscientists, philosophers, and historians together to answer the following questions:
-What is the population doctrine? How is it related to the neuron doctrine?
-What are the conceptual, explanatory, ontological, and methodological commitments of the population doctrine? For example,
-Are population level measures and analyzes simply providing a more compact representation of neural activity or are they providing unique insights that are not otherwise accessible?
-What are the explanatory advantages of population measures over single-unit measures?
-Does the form of explanation change or is the population doctrine just “more of the same”?
Call for Abstracts: Consciousness Network Research 2025 invites submissions on consciousness, AI, neuroscience, and cognition. Submission deadline: March 24, 2025. Event: August 5–8, 2025, Thailand.
The Center for Dewey Studies at SIU hosts a conferencing marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of John Dewey’s monumental work, Experience and Nature. more info...
We are pleased to announce an interdisciplinary 2-day workshop held at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. The workshop will focus on topics related to a shift in neuroscience from the investigation of single neurons to populations of neurons. The investigation of single neurons has been supported by the so-called neuron doctrine, which posits the neuron as the fundamental structural and functional unit of the nervous system. As the focus moves away from single neurons and toward populations of neurons, some have called for a new, population doctrine. But the conceptual and methodological commitments of a potential population doctrine, as well as its significance, remain under explored.
The goal of the workshop is to arrive at an interdisciplinary perspective on the nature and significance of the population doctrine and its relation to what came before. In particular, we aim to bring neuroscientists, philosophers, and historians together to answer the following questions:
-What is the population doctrine? How is it related to the neuron doctrine?
-What are the conceptual, explanatory, ontological, and methodological commitments of the population doctrine? For example,
-Are population level measures and analyzes simply providing a more compact representation of neural activity or are they providing unique insights that are not otherwise accessible?
-What are the explanatory advantages of population measures over single-unit measures?
-Does the form of explanation change or is the population doctrine just “more of the same”?
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
1st International Congress of the Chilean Society for Philosophy of Science
Valparaíso, January 14th-16th, 2026
The Chilean Society for Philosophy of Science (SOCHIFIC) issues an international call for abstracts (CFA) for its 1st International Congress, which shall take place at the Universidad de Valparaíso (Valparaíso - Chile) on 14th-16th January 2026. The SOCHIFIC Congress will celebrate our Society's 10th anniversary, establishing a permanent event that delivers space for the discussion, exchange of ideas, and dissemination of investigation in philosophy of science by both Chilean and international scholars.
The philosophy of science extends beyond classrooms and university offices, playing a significant role in knowledge generation, social practices, and public policy, affecting everyday issues concerning science’s roles in society. We invite researchers to submit proposals. more info...