Topical Issue of *Synthese* Call for Papers: "All Things Reichenbach"

[Erik Curiel]

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Topical Issue of *Synthese* Call for Papers: "All Things Reichenbach"

Guest Editors:
Erik Curiel
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich
Black Hole Initiative, Harvard University
http://strangebeautiful.com

Flavia Padovani
English and Philosophy Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia
http://flaviapadovani.org/


Topical Collection Description:

Hans Reichenbach is among the most important philosophers of science of 
the Twentieth Century and without doubt one of the most prominent 
philosophers of physics of the first half of the past century.  His work 
has ramified in fundamental ways into virtually every major debate in 
the philosophy of science and physics.  While Reichenbach's 
philosophical project is no longer seen as viable as a whole, his work 
continues to be influential often in unnoticed but deep ways.  Although 
many of his ideas still retain their interest and are discussed in 
current philosophy of science, he remains, in fact, one of the least 
understood and least carefully studied philosophical thinkers of his 
time.  Because his own work has not been well understood, his influence 
is not widely recognized.  The primary aim of this collection is to fill 
this gap by illuminating his contributions to advances in many fields in 
philosophy, and his legacy in the context of current philosophical 
research across the discipline as a whole.  The theme of the collection, 
therefore, will be an investigation of his work both in its own context 
and in its continuing contemporary influence in current philosophy. This 
collection aims, moreover, at reviving the tradition of 
inter-disciplinary collaboration that was at the heart of Reichenbach's 
vision for intellectual work, promoting the cross-pollination of ideas 
that discussion across traditional disciplinary boundaries can create 
and so exploring ways in which his insights can continue to be valuable 
in current scientific and formal approaches to philosophy.  It is, in 
that spirit, a sequel to the conference "All Things Reichenbach" that 
took place at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU Munich) 
in July 2019 (http://www.lmu.de/reichenbach2019).


Appropriate topics for submission include, among others:

1. geometry, space and relativity
2. the relativized a priori and conventionalism
3. coordination and measurement
4. causality and time
5. statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
6. realism, empiricism and scientific philosophy
7. reasoning, induction and confirmation
8. logic and probability

Any other topic related to Reichenbach is also welcome.  As emphasized 
above, submitted papers can focus on Reichenbach's own work in its 
historical context, on the influence of his work in contemporary 
debates, or on approaches to contemporary problems inspired by his work. 
  It is the aim of the editors that the selected papers will complement 
each other, both within each category and across categories.

The link for submitting your manuscript to *Synthese*, along with 
instructions for doing so, will be sent soon in a subsequent posting.

For further information, please contact the guest editors:
Erik Curiel <erik.curiel at lmu.de>
Flavia Padovani <flavia.padovani at drexel.edu>

The deadline for submissions is 15 November 2020.

Erik Curiel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munich, Germany
Flavia Padovani, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

-- 
Erik Curiel
http://strangebeautiful.com

Assistant Professor
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftstheorie
Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Ludwigstraße 31
80539 München, Deutschland
http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de

BHI Research Fellow
Black Hole Initiative
Harvard University
http://bhi.fas.harvard.edu

Research Fellow
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Radio and Geoastronomy Division
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/rg

-- 
Erik Curiel
http://strangebeautiful.com

Assistant Professor
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftstheorie
Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Ludwigstraße 31
80539 München, Deutschland
http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de

BHI Research Fellow
Black Hole Initiative
Harvard University
http://bhi.fas.harvard.edu

Research Fellow
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Radio and Geoastronomy Division
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/rg