Members of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) are invited to submit papers to be presented at the PSA 2008 meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 6-9. Contributed papers may be on any topic in the philosophy of science. The PSA 2008 Program Committee will strive for quality, variety, innovation, and diversity on the program. We encourage papers in both traditional and novel areas of philosophy of science.
The deadline for paper submissions is February 1, 2008. Some papers will be accepted for both presentation at the PSA 2008 meeting and publication in a supplementary issue of Philosophy of Science; other papers will be accepted just for presentation. Both types of accepted paper will be electronically published prior to the meeting. In each case, the Program Committee expects to make its decision by May, 2008. Final versions of all papers accepted for publication must be submitted by January 15, 2009.
The maximum manuscript length is 5,000 words, including footnotes and references. If the text includes tables or figures, an appropriate number of words should be subtracted from the limit. Submissions must include a 100-word abstract and a word count. Format and citation style should match those of the journal Philosophy of Science (see http://journal.philsci.org/Guidelines/ for details). Submissions should be prepared for blind review, with no identifying information in the body of the paper or abstract. (See http://philsci.org/conferences/psa2008/blinding.html for guidelines about blinding papers.)
Authors of accepted papers are expected to present abbreviated versions of their papers, with a time limit of twenty minutes.
Papers must be electronically submitted at http://philsci.org/conferences/psa2008/submit/
Members of the committee are listed at: http://philsci.org/conferences/psa2008/program_committee.html
NB: In accordance with long-standing PSA policy, no one will be permitted to publish more than one essay presented at PSA 2008. Symposium participants are, therefore, encouraged to let their symposium organizers know whether they also have submitted a contributed paper or are involved in more than one symposium proposal.
All presenters at the PSA 2008 meetings must be both members of the PSA and registrants at the conference.
All questions about submissions should be directed to:
Alan Richardson
Department of Philosophy
University of British Columbia
1866 Main Mall – E370
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
CANADA
psa-2008@interchange.ubc.ca