2nd CFP – Workshop on Scientific Imperialism

Helsinki, 15-17 April, 2015.

Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the  
Social Sciences [TINT] http://www.helsinki.fi/tint

The recent research and emerging debate on “scientific imperialism”  
(see e.g. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 3/2013)  
are putting the topic on the agenda of philosophy of science. One goal  
is to understand interdisciplinary relations emerging from the  
incursion of one scientific discipline into one or more other  
disciplines, such as when the conventions and procedures of one  
discipline or field are imposed on other fields, or more weakly when a  
scientific discipline seeks to explain phenomena that are  
traditionally considered proper of another discipline’s domain. The  
possibility of distinguishing imperialistic from non-imperialistic  
interactions between disciplines and research fields is among the  
issues to be addressed.

The workshop brings together philosophers, sociologists and historians  
of science interested in issues of scientific imperialism and wishing  
to contribute to its conceptual clarification, empirical  
identification and examination, as well as its normative assessment.  
We welcome abstracts for papers that deal with scientific imperialism  
in general as well as with actual cases of imperialism that involve  
particular disciplines (such as economics, evolutionary biology,  
neuroscience, anthropology, physics, and more). Papers will be  
selected so as to ensure the representation of different disciplinary  
traditions and methodological approaches in the programme. An edited  
publication (special issue of a journal or a book) will be considered.

Keynote Speakers
Stephen Downes (University of Utah) “Is the Appeal to Evolution in  
Explanations of Human Behavior a Case of Scientific Imperialism?”
Steven Medema (University of Colorado) “Negotiating Economic Analysis  
of Law: Economists, Lawyers, and the Coase Theorem”

Instructions for submission
Deadline for submission: 1 December 2014.
Notification expected by the end of December 2014.
Please prepare a 500-600 word abstract for anonymous review.
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We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Uskali Mäki, Manuela Fernández Pinto, Adrian Walsh




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Uskali Mäki
Academy Professor
TINT Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Department of Political and Economic Studies
University of Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/tint
http://www.helsinki.fi/tint/maki
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