Science & Society – philosophical reflections on science, social institutions and their interaction

Submission Guidelines

We are looking for abstracts (length: 500 words max) to form the basis of a 25 minute talk followed by a 30 minute Q & A. The deadline for these is September 1st with the conference itself to take place over the weekend of September 11th-13th. Additionally there will be three keynotes talks, speakers tbc.

Topic

Recent events have throw into the spotlight a plethora of philosophical questions; about obligation, the social contract, questions about the nature of evidence and decisions under uncertainty, to name a few. But submissions needn’t have any relationship to the Covid situation. The theme of `science and society` is to be interpreted very broadly. This can include work solely around the theme of science, broadly construed, or society, broadly construed, or how they interact. We are accepting submissions, in the form of abstracts, from both masters and PhD students with an equal number of places for each. The conference will be conducted over Zoom and will include social hang out sessions as well as talks.   

Committees

Who are we?

We are a group of postgraduate philosophy students at the LSE who have been organising an online conference around the theme of Science and Society. Given the ongoing crisis a great many postgraduate students are experiencing a sense of both personal and intellectual isolation. It is our view that this is an opportunity to address both of these. The conference will be a chance to present your work and explore and critique the work of others as well as a chance to socialise with your fellow philosophers from across the UK and beyond.

Venue

The conference will be held online.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to LSEphilgradcon@gmail.com.

Please, submit your abstract to LSEphilgradcon@gmail.com by Septmber 1st as the deadline appearing here on easychair is incorrect.