https://www.philsci.org/psa_around_the_world_2025.php
In 2023, the Philosophy of Science Association launched a new initiative
called PSA Around the World. The aim of the initiative is to reach out
to the global community of philosophers of science and spotlight the
rich diversity of practices and traditions in the field of philosophy of
science via fully online conferences with a dedicated regional focus,
running in the years when the Biennial Meeting of the PSA does not take
place.
The second PSA Around the World conference spotlights Eastern and
Central Europe and is organized by the East European Network for
Philosophy of Science (
https://eenps.weebly.com/).
The conference is open to all PSA members worldwide. Contributed papers
may be on any topic in philosophy of science. Scholars working in
Eastern and Central Europe are particularly encouraged to submit papers,
and papers exploring the philosophy of science in Eastern and Central
European contexts are most welcome.
The PSA Around the World 2025 Committee is committed to assembling a
program with high-quality papers on a variety of topics and diverse
presenters that reflect the full range of current work in the philosophy
of science. Given the time zones constraints, and with an eye to
increasing diversity of topics, there is no call for symposia for this
conference.
The conference will run fully online for three days and different time
slots to accommodate a global audience in various time zones: Thursday,
November 6; Friday, November 14; Saturday, November 22 (precise timing
for each day TBA). The conference fee is $50 and is able to be waived.
Submissions should consist of a 1000-word abstract and be prepared for
anonymous review with no information identifying the author in the body
of the abstract. For co-authored papers, the presenting author should
submit the abstract. Abstracts should be submitted using the
SciencesConf link:
http://psaatw25.sciencesconf.org. Users will need to
register for a SciencesConf account before submitting an abstract. The
deadline for submissions is March 31, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific Standard
Time. All presenters should be members of the Philosophy of Science
Association, but if this represents an unreasonable burden, please reach
out to director(a)philsci.org.
The Program Committee expects to announce its decision on papers
accepted for presentation by June 2025. Authors of accepted abstracts
are encouraged to post full-length papers as PSA Around the World 2025
Conference Papers at
philsci-archive.pitt.edu (a publicly accessible
digital archive) prior to the meeting. Paper presentation at the
conference should take no more than 15 minutes to allow 15 minutes for
questions (in a 30-minute time slot per paper). In accordance with the
current PSA policy no one is permitted to present more than once at each
PSA meeting. A scholar may appear as co-author on more than one paper
but may present only once at PSA Around the World 2025.
General questions about contributed papers should be directed to the
Co-Chair of the PSA AtW 2025 Program Committee, Tomáš Marvan, at
marvan(a)flu.cas.cz. To maintain anonymity in the review process,
questions about specific submissions should be sent to
office(a)philsci.org, as this address will be monitored by someone not
involved in the review process.