BSPS 2017 Annual Conference
13-14 July 2017, University of Edinburgh
About the Annual Conference
The BSPS holds a major annual conference every year in the summertime. The call for papers is typically in the fall, and deadlines for symposium and contributed paper proposals are typically between January and March. The 2017 annual conference at the University of Edinburgh will take place on 13-14 July 2017. Attendance at the conference is restricted to members of the BSPS. The BSPS Annual conference immediately precedes the 91st Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association.
2017 Programme
Plenary Speakers
Martin Kusch
University of Vienna
"The Relativism of the Strong Programme Revisited"
Anya Plutynski
Washington St. Louis
"Cancer Classification, Realism and the Pragmatic Turn"
Michela Massimi
Edinburgh
"Modelling Possibilities"
Christian Wüthrich
Geneva
"The temporal and atemporal emergence of (space-)time"
Programme and Abstracts
Local Organiser: Mark Sprevak
Attendance & Registration
Registration for the 2017 Annual Conference is now open, and can be accessed by the link below.
| EARLY BIRD Registration (By 2 June) | LATE Registration (After 2 June) |
|---|---|
| £130 Waged Early Registration Includes: Conference Attendance Coffee Breaks Lunches Conference Pack | £200 Waged Late Registration Includes: Conference Attendance Coffee Breaks Lunches Conference Pack |
| £75 Unwaged Early Registration Includes same as above For students, retirees, and other unwaged BSPS members | £120 Unwaged Late Registration Includes same as above For students, retirees, and other unwaged BSPS members |
| £55/night Optional Accommodation Chancellors Court Room Includes Breakfast | £55/night Optional Accommodation Chancellors Court Room Includes Breakfast |
| £35 Conference Dinner (Optional) Includes Wine | £35 Conference Dinner (Optional) Includes Wine |
Call for Abstracts
Submissions were invited from anyone with a scholarly interest in the philosophy of science, although you must be an active paying member of the BSPS (join here). Submissions from graduate students and underrepresented groups were particularly encouraged. (Graduate bursaries will be available.) Papers may be on a wide selection of topics within the philosophy of science (see list below) and should be suitable for presentation in 20 minutes, which will allow 10 minutes discussion. Abstracts were be received no later than Monday 6th February 2017. Abstracts were then anonymously refereed, and successful contributors notified in late April. Abstracts were submitted via EasyChair using the following instructions. For more information, contact: assistant@thebsps.orgList of Topics
Submission Instructions (Closed)
Organisers and Programme Committee
Local Organiser
Programme Committee
Tudor Baetu (Bristol)
Helen Beebee (Manchester)
Jonathan Birch (LSE)
Rachel Cooper (Lancaster)
Erik Curiel (Munich)
Samuel Fletcher (Minnesota)
Luke Fenton-Glynn (UCL)
Nick Huggett (Chicago)
Elselijn Kingma (Southampton)
Sebastian Lutz (Uppsala)
Anna Mahtani (LSE)
Conor Mayo-Wilson (Washington)
Uskali Maki (Helsinki)
Kerry McKenzie (UC San Diego)
Cailin O’Connor (UC Irvine)
Wendy Parker (Durham)
Cedric Paternotte (Paris)
Bryan W Roberts (LSE)
Bradford Skow (MIT)
Juha Saatsi (Leeds)
Simon Saunders (Oxford)
Mauricio Suarez (Madrid)
Katie Tabb (Columbia)
Karim Thébault (Bristol)
Charlotte Werndl (Salzburg)
Accessibility Information
The conference will take place in the John McIntyre Conference Centre. All areas of the conference venue and accommodation are disabled accessible.
