de lavi | sept. 21, 2012 | Call for papers
The Journal of Early Modern Studies is seeking contributions for its second issue (Spring 2013). It will be a special issue, devoted to the theme:
Creative experiments:
Heuristic and Exploratory Experimentation in Early Modern Science
Editor: Dana Jalobeanu
The past decade has seen a renewed interest in multiple aspects of early modern experimentation: in the cognitive, psychological and social aspects of experiments, in their heuristic and exploratory value and in the complex inter-relations between experience, observation and experiment. Meanwhile, comparatively little has been done towards a more detailed, contextual and specific study of what might be described, a bit anachronistically, as the methodology of early modern experimentation, i.e. the ways in which philosophers, naturalists, promoters of mixed mathematics and artisans put experiments together and reflected on the capacity of experiments to extend, refine and test hypotheses, on the limits of experimental activity and on the heuristic power of experimentation. So far, the sustained interest in the role played by experiments in early modern science has usually centered on ‘evidence’- related problems. This line of investigation favored examination of the experimental results but neglected the “methodology” that brought about the results in the first place. It has also neglected the more creative and exploratory roles that experiments could and did play in the works of sixteenth and seventeenth century explorers of nature.
This special issue of the Journal of Early Modern Studies aims to bring together articles devoted to the investigation of particular cases of early modern experiments or early modern discussions of experimental methodology. We aim to put together a selection of interesting and perhaps relevant case studies that would further what might prove to be an interesting line of research, namely the investigation of the heuristic, analogical and creative role of early modern experiments.
JEMS is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal of intellectual history, dedicated to the exploration of the interactions between philosophy, science and religion in Early Modern Europe. It is edited by the Research Centre “Foundations of Modern Thought”, University of Bucharest, and published and distributed by Zeta Books. For further information on JEMS, please visit http://www.zetabooks.com/journal-of-early-modern-studies.html.
We are seeking for articles no longer than 10,000 words, in English or French, with an abstract and key-words in English. Please send your contribution by the 1st of November 2012 to dana.jalobeanu@gmail.com.
de lavi | iul. 3, 2012 | Anunturi, Call for papers
Classes, room and board (but not transportation!) are paid by the organizers within the limit of 25 applicants.
Prospective schedule:
Wednesday, 5th
7pm: Dinner
Thursday, 6th:
2pm:Lunch
5pm:
Book launch.
Schmidtz, David. 2012. Elements of Justice, tr. R. by Tudor Glodeanu and Ionut Sterpan:
Elemente ale dreptatii. Bucuresti: Humanitas.
7pm: Dinner
Friday, 7th
12am:
Virgil Storr:
Entrepreneurship and Post-Disaster Recovery.
2pm:Lunch
5pm:
David Schmidtz:
When is Private Appropriation Required, When is Communal Property Preferable.
7pm: Dinner
Saturday, 8th
10am:Workshop on the Evolution of Social Norms.
12am:
Jerry Gaus:
Social Rules. The Outcome of Evolution and the Object of Rational Improvement.
2pm:Lunch
7pm: Dinner
10pm: Farewell Party
Sunday, 9th
11pm:Workshop on Civil Society and Political Participation in the US, Germany, Romania.
1pm: Lunch
How to apply:
In less than half a page, please state, in English, your thoughts about a political, economic or social doctrine.
Please send your applications to Ionut at ionut.sterpan[a]
cadi.ro by July 30.
Make sure you mention your name, affiliation and contact data.
Successful applicants will be notified by August 10.
de lavi | iun. 21, 2012 | Anunturi, Call for papers
Revista Morphe constituie un proiect editorial realizat prin inițiativa studenților Facultății de Filosofie, Universitatea din București, luând naștere din nevoia de a accentua importanța dialogului filosofic, de a coagula și de a reuni reflecțiile acestora în domenii de interes și cercetare academică distincte. Acest proiect reprezintă totodată un adjuvant al activităților de cercetare independentă derulate de către studenți, masteranzi si doctoranzi aflați sub îndrumarea cadrelor didactice ale Facultății de Filosofie. În acest sens, considerăm că prezenta inițiativă editorială va situa în concordanță scrierile tinerilor ancorați în domeniul filosofic, cu exigențele publicațiilor în literă academică, provocând totodată la un tratament critic direcționat în egală măsură atât către dimensiunile filosofiei analitice cât și către sfera filosofiei practice.
Cel de-al doilea număr al publicației este destinat temei: FILOSOFIE ȘI MODERNITATE: DE LA ARHETIPURI LA IMPOSTURI.
Pentru informații suplimentare, privind exigențele de redactare a articolelor, normele editoriale și condițiile de publicare, accesați blogul: http://morphefilosofieub.wordpress.com/
de lavi | apr. 20, 2012 | Call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Journal SOCIETATE ȘI POLITICĂ is searching for articles and book reviews for its Autumn 2012 issue. This issue will focus on:
God and the Order of Nature in Early Modern Thought: Topics in Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Natural Science
Invited editors:
Laura Georgescu (University of Bucharest)
Grigore Vida (New Europe College, Bucharest & University of Bucharest)
In the contemporary world, we are used to consider science and religion as entirely separate domains. However, in the early modern period the aim of scientific inquiry was often considered to be the deciphering of God’s plan and will, as manifested in nature. It was not only theology and metaphysics that dealt with God; natural philosophy and even mathematics were also deeply tied to conceptions about God’s involvement in nature as a creator and sustainer of its order. Conceptions about God and his relation to the created world directly determined the scientific practice in terms of methodological, epistemological or metaphysical principles; at the same time, the effort to make nature intelligible ended up in revealing God’s intentions or even his “nature”. This special issue of Societate și politică aims to explore the ways in which God and the order of nature were treated in a single natural-philosophical enterprise, mutually influencing each other. Societate și politică welcomes research coming from different fields (history of philosophy, history and philosophy of science, history and philosophy of mathematics, etc.) and strongly encourages cross-disciplinary approaches.
SOCIETATE ȘI POLITICĂ is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Western University “Vasile Goldiș”, Arad, Romania. See http://uvvg.ro/socpol/. It welcomes original, high-quality research coming from the disciplines of philosophy, history of political thought,
intellectual history, history and philosophy of science, favouring interdisciplinary and cross- disciplinary approaches. Papers no longer than 8.000 words, or book reviews no longer than 800 words, should be submitted by email to Grigore Vida, grigore.vida@gmail.com and Laura Georgescu, mailgeorgescu.laura@gmail.com.
For the authors guidelines see:
http://uvvg.ro/socpol/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=53
All papers will go through a process of blind-reviewing.
Deadline 15th of June 2012
de lavi | mart. 15, 2012 | Call for papers
Call for papers:
Workshop:
“Culture and Religions in the Carpato-Balkanic region. History and Actuality”,
June, 15-16, 2012
Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy,
204, Splaiul Independenței, sect. VI, tel. +40.21.318.15.56
The dramatic political and social changes that took place in Bulgaria and Romania during the last two decades affected significantly the religious attitude of Romanian and Bulgarian peoples. In order to better understand which could be the consequences of these changes, we need to get a deeper vision on the fundamental relations between religion and its institution – the Church – on one side and various domains of life: political power, social life, economy and culture on the other side. Our research is centered on revealing especially the strong connection between religion and culture and how cultural life reflected the religious attitudes. Which were the relations between the Romanian and Bulgarian intelligentsia and the Christian Churches, especially the Orthodox one? How was religion perceived by the cultural elites in these two countries? And what cultural role did play the Church in the process of creating a cultivated society? We have to take also into consideration that in our countries, all the three monotheisms and the fundamental Christian beliefs used to have their believers since many centuries ago. How did this variety of religious attitudes succeeded in living together or, on the contrary, what made them become enemies? And what were their contributions to the cultural life of the two countries?
Another relevant aspect of this geographical region was and still is the rural religious attitude which includes and keeps active pre-Christian values and traditions.
Taking into consideration such aspects of the religious history of our countries, we could try to get answers that could be useful in understanding the new challenges of our contemporary society. Which is now the position of different religious communities in our societies and which are the consequences of the contemporary globalization process? Could one speak about certain misuse of religious believes by various social and political institutions? Is it also possible that the Church itself misuse its power in our countries?
These are questions to which our workshop “Culture and Religions in the Carpato–Balkanic region. History and Actuality” will try to get pertinent answers. Please, send your proposals (title and abstract of 200-300 words) to the email> workshop_religion@institutuldefilosofie.ro till May 25, 2012. (Final programme: June, 7, 2012
This workshop is part of a three years bilateral project between the Romanian Academy (Institute of Philosophy and Psychology) and the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy on one side and the Bulgarian Academy, Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge on the other side.
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de lavi | mart. 14, 2012 | Anunturi, Call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Philosophy of Saul Kripke
Special Issue of the Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy
Guest Editor: Mircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest)
Saul Kripke is one of the most original contemporary philosophers. His epoch-making logic and philosophical works changed the face of contemporary analytic philosophy. The Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy is editing a special issue with exegetical and critical assessments of Kripke’s achievements. We are looking for papers which explore the following topics of Kripke’s work:
- philosophical logic
- philosophy of language
- epistemology
- theory of truth
- metaphysics
- Wittgenstein and meaning
- history of analytic philosophy
- linguistics
We are also looking for book reviews of the following: Saul A. Kripke, Philosophical Troubles. Collected Papers, Volume 1. Oxford University Press, 2011; G. W. Fitch, Saul Kripke, Acumen, 2004; Christopher Hughes, Kripke: Names, Necessity, and Identity, Oxford University Press, 2004; Arif Ahmed, Saul Kripke, Continuum, 2007.
Manuscripts must be submitted till 15th May, 2012. All submissions will go through the regular double-blind review process and follow the standard norms and processes.
For more information please contact the Special Issue Editors at redactia@srfa.ro or mircea.dumitru@unibuc.eu.
The Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy is a peer-review journal which aims to bring together the contributions of analytically oriented philosophers in every field of philosophy: metaphysics, logic, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ethics, political philosophy, history of philosophy, aesthetics, etc. We use analytic philosophy „in a broad sense”, as it is proposed by the European Society of Analytic Philosophy.
