THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES [ENPOSS]

Steering comittee    

• Alban Bouvier (Paris),
• Byron Kaldis (Athens),
• Thomas Uebel (Manchester),
• Julie Zahle (Copenhagen),
• Jesús Zamora-Bonilla (Madrid)

Call for Papers:

First European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences Conference

University of Copenhagen

September 21-23, 2012

The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites contributions to its inaugural conference. Contributions from all areas within the philosophy of the social sciences are encouraged. Moreover, contributions from both philosophers and social scientists are welcome.

Keynote speakers:

• Peter Hedström (University of Oxford) 
• Philip Pettit (Princeton University)
• Stephen Turner (University of South Florida)
• Björn Wittrock (Uppsala University)

Submissions :

• An abstract of no more than 1000 words suitably prepared for blind reviewing should be submitted electronically.
• Opening for submissions: January 15, 2012. Information about how to submit will be available at www.enposs.eu shortly.
• Each abstract will be reviewed by two members of the Scientific Committee. Members of this year’s committee are: Anna Alexandrova, Kevin Binmore, Luc Bovens, Antonella Carassa, Malinda Carpenter, Igor Douven, Jan Faye, Wulf Christian Gartner, Francesco Guala, Harold Kincaid, Hartmut Kliemt, Martin Kusch, Tony Lawson, Eleonora Montuschi, José Antonio Noguera, William Outhwaite, Elisabeth Pacherie, Julian Reiss, Kristina Rolin, Federica Russo, Hans Bernard Schmid, Paul Sheehy, Dan Steel, David Teira, Deborah Tollefsen and Erik Weber.

• Deadline for submission: March 15, 2012

• Date of notification of acceptance: May 15, 2012

ENPOSS:

• The purpose of ENPOSS is to promote, encourage and facilitate academic discussion and research in the philosophy of the social sciences broadly conceived.
• Its Steering Committee consists of Alban Bouvier (Paris), Byron Kaldis (Athens), Thomas Uebel (Manchester), Julie Zahle (Copenhagen), and Jesús Zamora-Bonilla (Madrid).

Local organizers:

Julie Zahle and Finn Collin both from the Section of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen.

Conference homepage:

• For more information about the conference and ENPOSS, see  www.enposs.eu

Publication:

• Selected papers from the Conference will be published in an annual special issue of the journal Philosophy of the Social Sciences