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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:<div>\n      <p>\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&quot;: 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      </p>\n      <p>The 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      </p>\n    \n      \n      <p
 >\n        For more information, see\n        <a t
 arget="_blank" href="http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/p
 eople/fotfs/VII/">http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/peop
 le/fotfs/VII/</a>.\nThe conference is co-located w
 ith the workshop PhiMSAMP-4 (25-26 october 2008).\
 n      </p>\n    </div><div>\n      <p>\n        T
 he Programme Committee cordially invites all resea
 rchers\n        to submit their\n        papers fo
 r presentation.\n        Deadline for submission: 
  15 July 2008\n      </p>\n      </div>
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 24-October-2008-Foundations-of-the-Formal-Sciences
 -VII-FotFS-VII-Bringing-Together-Philosophy-and-So
 ciology-of-Science-Vrije-Universiteit-Brussel-Belg
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