| Event date | October 18, 2018 - October 20, 2018 |
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| Submission deadline | May 07, 2018 |
| Location | Switzerland |
| Host(s) | Institute of Philosophy, University of Zurich |
| Event website/information | http://conceptformation2018.weebly.com |
WORKSHOP: CONCEPT FORMATION IN THE NATURAL AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
LOCATION: Institute of Philosophy, University of Zurich
DATE: Thursday, 18 October – Saturday, 20 October, 2018
ORGANIZERS: Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich) and Sebastian Lutz (Uppsala University)
WEBSITE: http://conceptformation2018.
This workshop will bring together historians and philosophers of the natural and the social sciences to investigate the nature of concept formation and the relation between concept formation in the natural and the social sciences. Some of the investigations will be abstract, analyzing the conditions of concept formation in general, other investigations will focus on specific historical or philosophical issues in a natural or a social science.
We invite submissions of contributed papers in English to conceptformation2018@gmail.com
o How were central concepts of the natural or social sciences developed?
o What role do empirical results play in concept formation?
o What role do conventions play in concept formation?
o What is the relation between concept formation in the natural and the social sciences?
o What role does concept formation play in measurement?
o What are the general features of concept formation?
o When is concept formation possible?
Invited speakers: Georg Brun (University of Bern), Adam Caulton (University of Oxford), Uljana Feest (University of Hannover), James Justus (Florida State University), Samuli Reijula (University of Helsinki), Hanna Pułaczewska (University of Szczecin), Mark Risjord (Emory University), Jo E. Wolff (King’s College London)