Fifth Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science (25-26 November 2016)

When & where

November 25-26, 2016
Brussels, Koninklijke Academie / Académie Royale, Hertogsstraat 1 Rue Ducale

Aims and scope:

As usual, our workshop will provide an ideal opportunity for young researchers (PhD students, young postdocs) working in the fields of Logic, Philosophy of Science and History of Science in Belgian Universities, to present their work to a larger community of emerging and established scholars in these fields.

Programme

Papers will be accepted in English, Dutch, and French. However, the lingua franca of YRD5 is English, and applicants are encouraged to present papers in this language. Paper presentations should be about 20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Paper proposals (including title, abstract, and institutional affiliation) must be submitted through yrd5@bslps.be by August 31, 2016. Abstracts should be 250-300 words in length. Confirmation of acceptance will be given before the 15th of September.

Invited speakers

Ole Hortjland (Universitetet i Bergen)
Omar Nasim (University of Kent)
Dominique Pestre (EHESS)

Organizing Committee:

Kenneth Bertrams (ULB), Steffen Ducheyne (VUB), Alexandre Guay (UCL), Bertrand Hespel (UNamur), Bruno Leclercq (ULg), Bert Leuridan (UAntwerpen), Steven Vanden Broecke (UGent), Maarten Vandyck (UGent), Geert Vanpaemel (KULeuven), Peter Verdée (UCL).
For more information, please send an e-mail to yrd5@bslps.be.
Attendance to the meeting is free of charge for all. There is no need to register.