This event is jointly organised by the University of Cambridge and LSE.
Call for abstracts
We invite authors to submit abstracts (500-750 words) prepared for blind review for the upcoming 6th annual workshop Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe).
Submission deadline: 31 January, 2023
Deadline for communicating decisions: 01 March, 2024
Conference dates: June 17-19, 2024
Keynote speakers
Barbara Webb (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh).
Conference Venue will be hybrid. In person portion will take place at: London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Note about Hybrid: Choose whether you'd like to present in-person or online. Please be mindful that this cannot be changed at a later date. For example, if a paper is accepted for an in-person slot, this cannot be changed at a later date for an online slot, and vice versa if a paper is accepted for an online slot.
Workshop description
Representations play a central role in scientists’ understanding of the world. From mathematical models to diagrams, different representations in highly varied contexts yield diverse insights across the physical, biological, and social sciences. Despite the fact that how a phenomenon is represented has far-reaching ramifications for how it is understood, the literatures on scientific understanding and scientific representation are largely independent of each other. The time is ripe to foster greater synergy between these two areas in the philosophy of science, as they face complementary problems—and hold the promise of complementary solutions.
For more information about the workshop series, go here.
Local Organizing Committee
Roman Frigg, Adham El-Shazly, Phillip Hintikka Kieval, and Oscar Westerblad.
6th SURe is supported by the LSE Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, The British Society for the Philosophy of Science, and the MIND Association.
Call for abstracts
We invite authors to submit abstracts (500-750 words) prepared for blind review for the upcoming 6th annual workshop Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe).
Submission deadline: 31 January, 2023
Deadline for communicating decisions: 01 March, 2024
Conference dates: June 17-19, 2024
Keynote speakers
Barbara Webb (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh).
Conference Venue will be hybrid. In person portion will take place at: London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Note about Hybrid: Choose whether you'd like to present in-person or online. Please be mindful that this cannot be changed at a later date. For example, if a paper is accepted for an in-person slot, this cannot be changed at a later date for an online slot, and vice versa if a paper is accepted for an online slot.
Workshop description
Representations play a central role in scientists’ understanding of the world. From mathematical models to diagrams, different representations in highly varied contexts yield diverse insights across the physical, biological, and social sciences. Despite the fact that how a phenomenon is represented has far-reaching ramifications for how it is understood, the literatures on scientific understanding and scientific representation are largely independent of each other. The time is ripe to foster greater synergy between these two areas in the philosophy of science, as they face complementary problems—and hold the promise of complementary solutions.
For more information about the workshop series, go here.
Local Organizing Committee
Roman Frigg, Adham El-Shazly, Phillip Hintikka Kieval, and Oscar Westerblad.
6th SURe is supported by the LSE Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, The British Society for the Philosophy of Science, and the MIND Association.