The Organizing Committee cordially invites historians, philosophers and all scientists interested in HPS from all over the world to participate at the Second Open Congress of Russian Society for History and Philosophy of Science (RSHPS) entitled “Science as a public good”, to be held on September 25-27, 2020, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The Congress will be organized by the Russian Society for History and Philosophy of Science and Saint Petersburg State University.

Organizing Committee

I.T. Kasavin (Head), D.A. Bayuk, V.A. Bazhanov, I.N. Griftzova, T.G. Leshkevitch, I.D. Nevvazhai, V.Yu. Perov,  A.V. Rodin, A.Yu. Sevalnikov, E.E. Chebotareva (Secretary), E.O. Trufanova, V.E.Terekhovich, G.L. Tulchinsky, M.M. Shakhnovich, L.V. Shipovalova (Deputy Head)

Program Committee

S.I. Dudnik (Head), I.T. Kasavin, V.A. Lektorsky, V.I. Markin, V.V. Mironov, V.N. Porus, B.I. Prushinin, I.E. Sirotkina, V.A, Surovtsev, V.V. Tselishchev,  S. Fuller, B. Löwe.

The Congress covers all areas of HPS & STS, which are present today in Russia, including new emerging areas, which only begin to develop in this country. With the theme “Science as a public good” the Second Congress will emphasize the issues in relationships between philosophical, scientific, technological research and society in the modern times and historical perspective. Among them are the connection of scientific activity with significant public purposes, the place of scientific expertise in topical public discussions, the ability of scientific knowledge to respond to the big challenges of our time.

The working languages of the Congress are Russian and English

Keynote speakers and plenary lecturers

Jasanoff Sheila S, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

Annemarie Mol, Professor Anthropology of the Body, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Otávio Bueno, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami

John Duprė, the director of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society and professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter, UK

Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology at the Department of sociology at University of Warwick, UK

Axel Gelfert, Prof. Dr., Philosophy chair, Technische Universität Berlin

Ilya Kasavin, Prof. Dr., Chair in Social Epistemology, Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Vladislav Lektorsky, Prof. Dr., Full Member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia,

RAS Institute of Philosophy

Registration and Conference Fee : 

Early-bird Registration: 1000 Russian Rubles (regular) and 500 Russian Rubles (for students);

Late Registration: 1500 Russian Rubles (regular) and 750 Russian Rubles (for students).

The fee covers coffee breaks, welcoming party and Russian visa support.

Modalities of registration and payment of the registration fee will be published on the Congress website and communicated to contributors by December 1, 2019.

Submissions

Potential contributors are asked to send abstracts up to 10 000 character or up to 1500 words by October 15, 2019 to congress20 (at) rshps (dot) org as attachments in RTF or DOC format (or PDF in case of complex formulas and graphs). In the beginning of the abstract please specify your full name, affiliation, email and the name of section or round table you prefer to participate in. Then add a short abstract (up to 100 words) and the main body of the submission. Please use automatic endnotes rather than footnotes.

Note that each person (or group of co-authors) may submit only one abstract. Accepted abstracts will be published in the Congress Proceedings. The Organizing Committee reserve the right to offer a contributor a plenary or section time slot, participate in a round table or make a poster presentation. Abstracts must not be or have been published, presented at or submitted to any other meeting prior to the Congress.

Important dates:

 Dates of the Conference ……………………….September 25-27, 2020

 Deadline for Abstract Submission …………..October 15, 2019

Notification of Acceptance……………………..December 1, 2019

Early-bird Registration ends…………………..December 31, 2019

 Late Registration ends………………………….March 1, 2020

 

 Sections:

History and Philosophy of Mathematics

(organizers: V.A. Bazhanov, A.N. Kritchevetz, G.I. Sinkevich).

Historical and Philosophical Issues of Natural Sciences

(organizers: D.A. Bayuk, A.Yu. Sevalnikov, I.S. Dmitriev, A.A. Pechenkin, V.E. Terekhovich).

Philosophy of Mind and Philosophical Problems of Cognitive Science

(organizers: V.V. Vasiliev, S.M. Levin).

Philosophical Logic

(organizers: V.I. Markin, I.B. Mikirtumov).

History and Philosophy of Social Sciences and Humanities

(organizers: I.E. Sirotkina, G.L. Tulchinsky).

History and Philosophy of Psychology

(organizers: V.M. Allakhverdov,  A.V. Jurevitch, V.F. Petrenko, I.N. Karitsky, N.M. Savchenkova, I.A. Kazakova).

Philosophical Issues of Digital Reality and Information Technologies

(organizers: T.G. Leshkevich, N. A. Yastreb, E.E. Elkina, and K.A. Ocheretyany).

Rhetoric of Science

(organizers: I.N. Griftzova, E.N. Lisaniuk, G.V. Sorina).

History and Philosophy of Science in Russian Tradition

(organizers: S.S. Ilizarov, A.V. Malinov).

History of logical methods in science

(organizers:  I..A. Gerasimova, L.G. Tonoyan).

Round Tables:

Ethics and Normativity in the Context of Modern Science and Technology Transformations (organizers: I.D. Nevvazhai, V.Yu. Perov).

Ethical Issues in Medicine and Biotechnology

(organizers: E.G. Grebenshchkova, O.V. Popova, P.D. Tischenko, L.P. Churilov).

Science as a Vocation (organizers: I.T. Kasavin, K.S. Pigrov, E.E. Chebotareva).

Science and Religion (organizers: M.S. Kiselyova, M.M. Shakhnovich).

Science and Art (organizers: A.M. Sergeev, B.G. Sokolov).

Communication in Science Community (organizers: E.O. Trufanova, S.A. Dushina).

Relationships between Science and Society: History and Perspectives.  (organizers: O.E. Stoliarova, L.V. Shipovalova)

Issues in Teaching the Philosophy of Science and Technology

(organizers: N.I. Kuznetsova, M.I. Mikeshin)

Logical paradoxes and Contemporary Epistemology

(organizers: V.A. Surovtsev, Yu.Yu. Chernoskutov).

Transcendental Method and Contemporary Science

(organizers: S.L. Katrechko,  A.B.Patkul, V. P. Filatov).

 

Contact Information:

 Office 22, 5 Mendeleevskaya Liniya, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

Tel: +7 (812) 328 94 21 (1846)

ladaship(at)gmail(dot) com (for questions) – Lada Shipovalova, deputy head of the Congress organizing committee