<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Final CFA: Alternative Approaches to Scientific Realism</span></div><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy</span></div><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">April 16-17, 2020</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class="">We welcome submission of 500 word abstracts from early career researchers on any topic related to the themes of the conference (more information below). <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Topic</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">There has been a recent move in philosophy of science towards views that in some sense reject the strict dichotomy between realism and anti-realism, or otherwise situate themselves between these two extremes. These include varieties of structuralism, perspectivalism, and pluralism/relativism, and have been applied across various scientific domains, including physics, mathematics, biology, cognitive science, and computer science. It seems plausible that each of these views might share some motivations and have in mind a similar target, i.e. the idea that there is an attitude we could hold towards our scientific theories that is somehow 'less' demanding than full-blown realism, and yet somehow 'more' rigorous than full-blown anti-realism. This conference will bring together representatives of each of these viewpoints, in order to compare the respective progress made by each approach, and to develop a shared foundation for the future development of alternatives to traditional scientific realism and anti-realism.</span></div><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Confirmed Speakers</span></div><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">James Ladyman, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">University of Bristol</span></div><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Michela Massimi,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> University of Edinburgh</span></div><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Martin Kusch, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">University of Vienna</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Natalie Alana Ashton,</b> University of Stirling</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Ana-Maria Cretu, </b>University of Edinburgh</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Fiona Doherty, </b>University of Stirling</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">James Read, </b>University of Oxford</span></font></div><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Call for Abstracts (deadline 15 December 2019)</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">We welcome submission of </span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">500 word abstracts</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> from early career researchers on any topic related to the themes of the conference. </span>Possible topics include (but are not limited to):</span></div><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><ul style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">What is the common ground between structuralist, perspectivalist, pluralist, and relativist approaches to scientific theory and practice?</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">What are the major differences between these approaches?</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">How might insights from each approach be applied to problems faced by the others?</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Should we take a different approach (qua realism) to scientific theorising in distinct fields or domains?</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Could one (or more) of these approaches be collapsed into a single shared approach?</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Are these approaches all 'stable', or do they risk collapsing into either full-blown realism or anti-realism?</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Are these approaches merely provisional, until we reach a 'completed' science, or should we adopt an 'in-principle' structuralist, perspectivalist, or relativist approach towards science?</span></div></li></ul><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" class=""><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We will be able to cover all travel and accommodation expenses for accepted speakers from Europe, and to subsidise travel expenses from further afield (enabled by a generous grant from the DFG). Abstracts should be suitably blinded, and submitted to <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aatsr19" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aatsr19</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2019</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. Questions should be directed to Joe Dewhurst (<a href="mailto:J.Dewhurst@lmu.de" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">J.Dewhurst@lmu.de</a>).</span></div><div class="">
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