Turns and revolutions are as much historical phenomena as they are categories that humans have reflected on throughout their history.
As historical phenomena, turns and revolutions have either ushered new directions in the emergence and development of disciplines and approaches, or have been rhetorically designated as such.
As constructs to reflect upon or manifestos to vindicate, turns and revolutions have marked philosophical thought as well as that of the newborn educational sciences in the last few centuries.
In this vein, the 7th International Doctoral Conference in Philosophy and Education Sciences aims to explore, from a wide array of perspectives, the various epistemic, ontological, social, technological, and cultural turns and revolutions that have either occurred or been proclaimed in history.
The main objective of this conference is to open up a debate, encouraging different disciplinary approaches and historiographical discussions on the subject. For this very reason, the structure of the conference has been articulated into four different panels, each aimed at fostering debates and so representing a common ground for interdisciplinary exchange.
To this regard, we propose to explore the notions of turn and revolution in the fields of Education Sciences, History of Science, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of History, Political Philosophy, as well as in contemporary philosophical debates.
This panel will host discussions on turns and revolutions in the history of science.
We welcome contributions reflecting on continuities, discontinuities, and changes in scientific thought. A paradigmatic example is what is commonly known in historiography as the Scientific Revolution. In recent decades, this category has been heavily scrutinized concerning its chronology, the disciplines involved, the actors and institutions engaged, and the effectiveness of the metaphor of ‘revolution’. Additionally, this period is canonically associated with a process, also debated by scholars, of emancipation of Natural Philosophy from Metaphysics. We are interested in contributions addressing this controversial label from these multiple viewpoints.
Moreover, we are interested in analogous cases concerning every scientific discipline and in various historical and social contexts. Specifically, we welcome contributions discussing the emergence of scientific disciplines as autonomous fields of research in relation to philosophy (e.g., chemistry, biology, psychology). We encourage contributions examining the relationship between scientific innovation and pre-existing traditions in all their complexity. Contributions considering the role of the reception and translation of ancient and medieval works in scientific change and/or discussing the specificities of pre-modern sciences concerning the issue of turns are also welcome.
Furthermore, we encourage discussions on turning points and revolutions in science from different perspectives and methodologies. These can encompass analyses beyond prevailing or competing theories and major figures, to include the wider intellectual, social, political, and religious contexts and impacts of these changes.
This panel will host contributions on turns and revolutions in contemporary philosophy from a theoretical point of view.
Following the most widespread use in literature of the term ‘turn’, we invite contributions focused on the philosophical revolutions that led to a paradigm-shift in contemporary philosophy (e. g., whether it is legitimate to speak of a philosophical break causing the separation between analytic and continental philosophy, the linguistic and the metaphysical turn in analytical philosophy, the birth and development of the phenomenological method, the overcoming of metaphysics, the neo-Parmenidean turn etc.) as well as on the change of thought that has taken place within an individual author's development (e. g., the first-second Wittgenstein’s problem, the shift from psychologism to the discovery of phenomenology in Husserl, “die Kehre” in Heidegger etc.).
Beyond this meaningful use of ‘turn’, this notion is problematic. The deployment of this concept in a general and sometimes ideological manner carries the risk of generating narratives that fail to respect the continuity and complexity of thought. Therefore, we invite you to propose contributions that thematise and problematise the notion of turn as such, considering possibly concrete problematic examples in contemporary philosophy.
Moreover, the ‘turns’ bring to light significant theoretical issues of hermeneutic, epistemological, and metaphilosophical order. Following this theoretical approach, we would like to invite you to discuss issues like the commensurability or incommensurability between an old and a new paradigm of thought and the problems of translation, the role to assign to rationality and that to assign to persuasion when a new way of thinking encounters an old one, the search for a different perspective as an essential part of philosophical activity etc.
In this panel we host contributions addressing the topic of revolutions and turns operating in the political and historical dimensions of philosophy, deepening on the disruptive effects of such phenomena on and from political perspectives and methodologies.
For this reason, this panel welcomes contributions which deal with approaches such as: Philosophy of History, History of Philosophy and Political Philosophy.
This panel aims at clarifying the significance of turns and revolutions within the philosophy of History, through a historical-philosophical approach that focuses on the modern origins of these categories up to contemporary times.
In fact, starting from the XVIIIth century, and closely intertwined with the emergence of reflections on History, categories as “revolution” or “turns” have been re-sematised acquiring a political meaning centered on human action, also as a result of the emergence of Anthropology.
We welcome contributions which reflect on the meaning, sense and structure of human (and non-human) historical unfolding, and its relation to breaks and discontinuities (or their absence) that produce political effects during modern and contemporary ages as a result of the impact of human action on the philosophical thought.
From the Political Philosophy point of view, we welcome reflections which interrogate how several politically challenging approaches (e.g. feminism, postcolonial studies, etc.) contributed to the evolution of the general philosophical discourse; what have been their disruptive effects to the philosophical Western tradition; and in what sense these have contributed to turning points within the canonical debates.
As education transforms in response to rapid technological advancement and evolving societal needs, it faces critical ethical, social, and professional challenges.
This panel will explore how education systems can adapt to these shifts, prioritizing personal growth, learner agency, and teacher/trainer preparedness. We will discuss how technology can be harnessed to support sustainable, inclusive educational models while addressing the ethical implications of its use.
This panel brings together PhD candidates with different backgrounds to engage in a forward-looking discussion on the future of education.
By examining ethical considerations, technological innovations, and the evolving role of teachers, we aim to identify strategies that will shape a more inclusive, sustainable, and empowering educational landscape for both students and educators.
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Call for applications | 150 KB |
To submit your proposal, please fill in this online submission form.
You will be asked:
Abstracts must be submitted in the English language.
The Conference is aimed at PhD students and candidates, who can submit both theoretical contributions and presentations dealing with case studies.
Abstracts are due by 31/10/2024. For any inquiry, please do not hesitate to contact the Organising Committee at: ve.issues@gmail.com.
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