BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2008/newsitem/2310/21- 24-October-2008-Foundations-of-the-Formal-Sciences -VII-FotFS-VII-Bringing-Together-Philosophy-and-So ciology-of-Science-Vrije-Universiteit-Brussel-Belg ium DTSTAMP:20080410T000000 SUMMARY:Foundations of the Formal Sciences VII (Fo tFS VII): Bringing Together Philosophy and Sociolo gy of Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:S. Fuller (Warwick), Ch. Gre iffenhagen (Manchester), H. Kalthoff (Friedrichsha fen), J. McAllister (Leiden), R. Tobies (Braunschw eig) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081024 LOCATION:Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium DESCRIPTION:Both philosophy and sociology of scien ce aim at understanding the workings of scientific endeavour. Despite their different emphasis and p ossibly methodology, they deal with the same subje ct matter. And yet, they seem to be worlds apart. The study of sociology of science is strongly infl uenced by the continental tradition, whereas the p hilosophy of science has been the near exclusive p layground for analytic approaches. There is also t he central issue of the so-called "science wars": the question of the the proper relationship betwee n humanities and natural sciences. In the early da ys, the sociology of science explicitly set its ta sk as being complementary to that of philosophy, b ut current sociology of science focuses on social organization, epistemic content and cultural aspec ts of science, breaking down the barrier respected by their ancestors, resulting in an approach seem ingly incompatible and openly at odds with that of philosophy of science. The good news is that, i n the course of the last few decades, steps have b een taken towards a (partial) reconciliation. We s ee our conference FotFS VII as part of this proces s, bringing sociological aspects into philosophy o f science and philosophical aspects into sociology of science, by bringing together researchers from both areas. For more information, see http://w ww.math.uni-bonn.de/people/fotfs/VII/. The confere nce is co-located with the workshop PhiMSAMP-4 (25 -26 october 2008). The Programme Committee cord ially invites all researchers to submit their pape rs for presentation. Deadline for submission: 15 J uly 2008 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\n Both philosophy and sociology of science aim at understanding\n the workings of scientif ic endeavour. Despite their different\n emp hasis and possibly methodology, they deal with the same\n subject matter. And yet, they seem to be worlds apart. The\n study of sociolog y of science is strongly influenced by the\n continental tradition, whereas the philosophy of science has\n been the near exclusive play ground for analytic\n approaches. There is also the central issue of the so-called\n & quot;science wars": the question of the the p roper\n relationship between humanities and natural sciences. In the\n early days, the sociology of science explicitly set its task\n as being complementary to that of philosophy, but current\n sociology of science focuses on social organization, epistemic\n conten t and cultural aspects of science, breaking down t he\n barrier respected by their ancestors, resulting in an approach\n seemingly incomp atible and openly at odds with that of\n ph ilosophy of science.\n
\nThe goo d news is that, in the course of the last few deca des,\n steps have been taken towards a (parti al) reconciliation. We see\n our conference F otFS VII as part of this process, bringing\n sociological aspects into philosophy of science an d\n philosophical aspects into sociology of s cience, by bringing\n together researchers fr om both areas.\n
\n \n \n\n For more information, see\n http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/peop le/fotfs/VII/.\nThe conference is co-located w ith the workshop PhiMSAMP-4 (25-26 october 2008).\ n
\n The Pro gramme Committee cordially invites all researchers \n to submit their\n papers for pres entation.\n Deadline for submission: 15 Ju ly 2008\n
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