BSPS 2018 Annual Conference
4-6 July 2018, University of Oxford
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 2018 annual conference at the University of Oxford will take place on 4-6 July 2018. Attendance at the conference is restricted to members of the BSPS.
Attendance & Registration
Registration for the 2018 Annual Conference is now open, and can be accessed by the link below.
- £60 Registration. Includes: Conference attendance, Coffee breaks, Conference Pack
- £66/night Accommodation. Includes: Single B&B accommodation (shared bathroom)
- £25 Conference Dinner. Thursday, 5 July Dinner.
- £10 Wine with Conference Dinner.
2018 Programme
Presidential Address
Simon Saunders
University of Oxford
“The world is the totality of quantities, not of things”
Plenary Sessions
Plenary Speakers
Anna Alexandrova
University of Cambridge
BSPS
Ron Mallon
Washington University, St Louis
BSPS
Carlo Rovelli
University of Marseille
BSPS
David Wallace
University of Southern California
BSPSCall for Abstracts
Submissions are 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 are 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 must be received no later than 5th February 2018. Abstracts will then anonymously refereed, and successful contributors notified in late April. Abstracts for contributed papers should be submitted via EasyChair using the following instructions. This year, the BSPS is also accepting submissions for symposia. Detailed instructions can be found via the link below. For more information, contact: assistant@thebsps.orgList of Topics
Submission Instructions: Contributed Papers
Submission Instructions: Symposia
Organisers and Programme Committee
Local Organiser: Chris Timpson
Programme Committee
Helen Beebee
Jonathan Birch
PItts Brian
Rachel Cooper
Foad Dizadji
Laura Felline
Sam Fletcher
Doreen Fraser
Marion Godman
Marta Halina
Liz Irvine
Yoichi Ishida
Lina Jansson
Elselijn Kingma
Liam Kofi
Sebastian Lutz
Anna Mahtani
Uskali Mäki
Casey McCoy
Kerry McKenzie
James Nguyen
Rune Nyrup
Cailin O’Connor
Alex Reutlinger
Bryan W. Roberts
Lauren Ross
Hannah Rubin
Juha Saatsi
Simon Saunders
Markus Schrenk
Kathryn Tabb
Karim Thébault
Johanna Thoma
Chris Wüthrich
Accessibility
Accessibility information for University of Oxford will be posted here before the conference.