CALL FOR PAPERS: Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable 

May 19-20, 2017 

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

We welcome individual papers or symposia on any topic in philosophy of the social sciences. For the 2017 Roundtable, we especially encourage contributions related to social norms and values with regard to their implications for social science and its applications. We will assemble a program of workshop-format sessions so that intensive discussion can be the focus of the meeting.

Submissions

• To propose a paper or a symposium, prepare an extended abstract (500 words for a paper, 1,000 words for a symposium) for submission through EasyChair.
• Submission deadline: February 8 2017

Keynote Speaker

Cristina Bicchieri, S. J. Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics, University of Pennsylvania in the Philosophy and Psychology Departments at the University of Pennsylvania, and director of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program.

Philosophy of the Social Sciences Special Issue

Selected presenters will be invited to submit papers to a special issue of Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Program Committee 

Program chairs and local hosts: Margaret Schabas (UBC) and Daniel Steel (UBC)

Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable Steering Committee:

James Bohman (Saint Louis University);

David Henderson (University of Nebraska, Lincoln);

Mark Risjord (Emory University);

Paul Roth (UC – Santa Cruz);

Stephen Turner (University of South Florida),

Alison Wylie (University of Washington – Seattle)