Call for Papers: Reduction and Emergence in the Sciences Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy & Center for Advanced Studies, LMU http://www.lmu.de/reductionandemergence/ Deadline: 15 May 2013 Reduction and emergence play a central role in the relations of scientific theories and disciplines. For instance, a reducible theory is in some sense replaceable but also supported by its reducing theory. In contrast, a theory that describes emergent phenomena arguably stands alone in both respects. Unfortunately, the discussion about reduction and emergence suffers from two uncertainties at once. On the one hand the concepts of reduction and especially emergence are not precisely defined, on the other hand there are few if any uncontentious cases of reduction or emergence in the sciences. This stalemate can be overcome by a thorough analysis of relations between and within scientific theories. These relations can then serve as a basis for explications of reduction and emergence that are applicable in the sciences. In this vein, we invite proposals for talks that address the inter- or intratheoretic relations of specific theories or provide precise notions of such relations for the application in the sciences. The submissions should consist of both a short abstract (max. 100 words) and an extended abstract (500-1000 words). To submit, please prepare your abstracts for blind review, and save your extended abstract as a PDF file. Then use our automatic submission system at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=res13. The deadline for submission is 15 May 2013. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 15 June 2013, and the conference will take place 14-16 November 2013. If you have further questions, please refer to the conference website at http://www.lmu.de/reductionandemergence/ or contact Sebastian Lutz ( sebastian.lutz@lrz.uni-muenchen.de). Submission deadline: 15 May 2013 Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2013 Registration deadline: 14 October 2013 Conference: 14-16 November 2013 Conference website: http://www.lmu.de/reductionandemergence/ INVITED SPEAKERS: Patricia S. Churchland (UC San Diego), Kevin Hoover (Duke), Margaret Morrison (Toronto), Samir Okasha (Bristol) ORGANIZERS: Stephan Hartmann, Sebastian Lutz, Karim Thébault