We invite contributions to our workshop on using large language models (LLMs) in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science (HPSS). The workshop will focus on exploring use cases and proposals for how, and to what extent, LLMs might help overcome long-standing challenges in studies of how science works. The event will take place from April 2–4, 2025, at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. Attendance (online and on site) will be free and open to the public but registration will be required. To contribute a talk, please submit abstracts of 300–600 words by December 31, 2024, to arno.simons@tu-berlin.de
April 2-4, 2025, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Organized by: Gerd Graßhoff, Arno Simons, Adrian Wüthrich, and Michael Zichert more info...
Paper submissions are invited for the special issue of Topoi entitled: Rethinking Human-Centredness: Bridging Environmental and AI Ethical Discourses. In the face of pressing issues such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity, AI-driven surveillance, biases embedded in machine learning algorithms, the special issue aims to critically examine the concept of human-centeredness in the field of applied ethics and from both historical and systematic perspectives (see the details for more about issue description and topics).
Special issue article publications often bring higher citations and visibility than regular papers and attract more relevant readership due to its scope. Topoi is indexed in the Web of Science under AHCI, currently in Quartile 1 and placed in the top-10 ranked Philosophy-Category journals, with a 2023 IF of 1,3 and CiteScore of 3,1.
April 5, 2025 @ 8:00 am - April 6, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Senior Visiting Fellow Conference by Carl Hoefer
The evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement began in the 1980s, reached its peak perhaps in the 1990s, and has since then enjoyed the status of orthodoxy, despite many criticisms being raised among medical practitioners and researchers. Philosophers of medicine have frequently criticized EBM’s hierarchies and rigid precepts, especially the “gold standard” status of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). A pluralistic approach to evidence in medicine has been increasingly popular in recent years, in which mechanistic evidence and reasoning, observational studies of many kinds and RCTs are assessed for value on a case-by-case basis. But does this trend away from the EBM hierarchy go too far and risk the reintroduction of the same biased, motivated evidence-gathering practices that originally motivated the EBM movement? What light can recent experiences in medicine and public health (e.g., during the covid-19 pandemic) shed on these issues?
The evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement began in the 1980s, reached its peak perhaps in the 1990s, and has since then enjoyed the status of orthodoxy, despite many criticisms being raised among medical practitioners and researchers. Philosophers of medicine have frequently criticized EBM’s hierarchies and rigid precepts, especially the “gold standard” status of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). A pluralistic approach to evidence in medicine has been increasingly popular in recent years, in which mechanistic evidence and reasoning, observational studies of many kinds and RCTs are assessed for value on a case-by-case basis. But does this trend away from the EBM hierarchy go too far and risk the reintroduction of the same biased, motivated evidence-gathering practices that originally motivated the EBM movement? What light can recent experiences in medicine and public health (e.g., during the covid-19 pandemic) shed on these issues?
The pragmatist tradition in philosophy has, from its beginnings, placed the conduct of inquiry at the center of its philosophical projects. The process of inquiry consists of actions, but it also aims to produce knowledge. Consequently, pragmatists’ treatments of inquiry exemplify the tradition’s reluctance to separate in a fundamental way the theoretical from the practical and the epistemic from the pragmatic. In this conference, we aim to bring together scholars drawing upon – and criticizing – this philosophical tradition, to shed light on scientific inquiry while incorporating recent insights into scientific practices and the contexts of scientific inquiry. more info...
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 Abstracts: Consciousness Network Research 2025 invites submissions on consciousness, AI, neuroscience, and cognition. Submission deadline: March 24, 2025. Event: August 5–8, 2025, Thailand.