Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting. Please find below a CfP related to explorations of practices in the formal sciences, construed rather broadly, extending towards mathematics, and also computing, and informatics, e.g. in relation to logic, and pure mathematics. We are, among others, interested in papers based on field work related to these practices, against the traditional stance exploiting papers and publications. Hoping that you will be interested in this CfP Best regards, Sandra Mols ---- Forwarded Message ---- From: Sandra Mols <Sandra.Mols@UNIV-NANCY2.FR> To: MERSENNE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Sent: Fri, 4 March, 2011 11:34:11 Subject: EXTENDED DEADLINE (20th of March): CfP: "From Practice to Results in Logic and in Mathematics" in Philosophia Scientiae Dear colleagues, With apologies for crossposting. Please find below our extended (till March 20th, 2011) CfP for contributions dedicated to philosophical and knowledge making-focused exploration of practices in the formal sciences (broadly construed: mathematics, logic, etc.). Submissions - which will be peer-reviewed - ought to fit within a format of about 20 pages, and be in French or English, and, thematically, in the general themes described below and the agenda of Philosophia Scientiae. We are also, among others, looking for submissions exploiting field work studies, e.a. on mathematics, logic, mathematics and computers, etc. Details on the themes and format etc. can be found below in this e-mail. Looking forward to hear about your work and research. Best regards Sandra Mols, on behalf of the Editors ****************** CfP Contributions for a special issue of Philosophia Scientiae dedicated to the theme "From Practice to Results in Logic and Mathematics" (February 2012) Guest editors: Valeria Giardino, Amirouche Moktefi, Sandra Mols, & Jean Paul Van Bendegem Contact Person: Valeria Giardino: Valeria.Giardino@ens.fr Submission Deadline: March 1st, 2011, extended till March 20th, 2011 Acceptance Notification: June 1st, 2011 Web & Guidelines for authors: http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/PhilosophiaScientiae/?languageId=1 The PratiScienS research group, in collaboration with Prof. Jean Paul Van Bendegem, invites the submission of articles for a thematic issue of the journal Philosophia Scientiae dedicated to the role of practices in the establishment of results in logic and mathematics. We look for papers on how the concrete practices of mathematicians and logicians may influence the results of their enquiries and, more broadly, the definition of what counts as proof. We are also interested in papers proposing a methodological reflection on the difficulties that a critical analysis of such practices in logic and mathematics implies, and on issues related to the development of the appropriate exploratory conceptual tools. Case studies are welcome, though authors should make explicit what they consider as practices and how their papers are related to the practice-focused theme of this issue of Philosophia Scientiae. We are also strongly interested in papers linking the issue’s theme with those at the core of PratiScienS, that is, the issue of practices in their relations with the construction and validation of scientific knowledge. Therefore, we are also looking for this special issue for papers discussing practices and results in logic and mathematics in relation with PratiScienS’s main research topics: Wimsatt's concept of robustness and related, the role of tacit aspects, and the contingency vs. inevitability issue, as in the case of mathematics and logic. Manuscripts should be submitted in English or French, and prepared for anonymous peer review, and send as both pdf and word format if possible. Abstracts in French and English (200-300 words) should be included. Papers should be sent by e-mail to Valeria Giardino: Valeria.Giardino@ens.fr For more about the PratiScienS group and its research & activities: http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/PratiScienS/ About Philosophia Scientiae: Philosophia Scientiae is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. It publishes research relating to epistemology, history and philosophy of science,especially in the field of mathematics, physics, and logic, without excluding any other scientific field. It is published by Kimé Editions (Paris). or any further information: http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/PhilosophiaScientiae/Accueil/. -- Sandra Mols, PhD PratiScienS project, Université Nancy 2 http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/PratiScienS/ ------------------ "I do not like experts [...] They are our goalers. [...] Experts are addicts. They solve nothing! They serve whatever system hires them. They perpetuate it. When we are tortured, we shall be tortured by experts. When we are hanged, experts will hang us. Did you not read what I wrote? When the world is destroyed, it will be destroyed not by its madmen but by the sanity of its experts and the superior ignorance of its bureaucrats." Yakov Saveleyev, The Russia House by John le Carré, 1990