TIPS

Trust in Philosophy and Science (TIPS)
Interdisciplinary research centre in the philosophy, history, methodologies and practice of science

Aims

Trust in Philosophy and Science (TIPS) centre aims at:

  1. rethinking the foundations (historical, philosophical, methodological) of the idea of science and its applications
  2. creating an interdisciplinary environment of discussion and collaboration among ongoing ways of doing science, philosophy, and logic
  3. furthering a competent and engaged public debate on the social role of science and the value of effective science communication

History

TIPS takes its cue from the previous Trust in Science (TIS) research centre. Set up right before the covid 19 pandemic, TIS questioned the controversial features and circumstances of trust in science and of the uses of science by contemporary democratic institutions.
Four years on, and after the resolution of the pandemic crisis, questions about the credibility of science and about the choice of reliable methods, tools, models and narratives for an effective analysis of science and its applications are still open and timely.

News and events

26/02/2025 - Formal Methods in Metaphysics

Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Valent

  • 10.00-11.00 Ciro de Florio, Catholic University of Milan
  • 11.00-12.00 Claudio Calosi, Ca’ Foscari
  • 12.00-14.00 lunch break
  • 14.00-15.00 Claudio Calosi, Ca’ Foscari
  • 15.00-16.00 Vittorio Morato, University of Padua

4/04/2025 - Recent Works in Philosophical Logic

Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Mazzariol

  • 10.00-11.15 Ulrich Meyer, Colgate University
  • 11.15-11.30 coffee break
  • 11.30-12.45 Claudio Calosi, Ca’ Foscari
  • 14.45-15.00 lunch break
  • 15.00-16.15 Jonathan Payton, Bilkent University

11/04/2025 - The Logic in the Science

Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Mazzariol

  • 10.00-11.15 Hans Halvorson, Princeton University
  • 11.15-11.30 coffee break
  • 11.30-12.45 Ulrich Meyer, Colgate University

The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 14th Conference on 10-12 September 2025 at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Contributions from all areas in the philosophy of the social sciences are encouraged as well as submissions both from philosophers and social scientists.
Contributions can be either individual papers or special-theme panels and must be submitted through an online submission system. Abstract submissions will open on 15 January 2025, and the submission link will be announced beforehand. Only one submission per person will be considered.

  • For individual paper submissions, an abstract between 800 and 1000 words suitably prepared for blind reviewing should be submitted.
  • For submission of a panel on a specific topic (including book symposia), comprising 3 to 4 papers, a single document must be uploaded. It must contain the panel title, the name of the organizer(s), the names of all contributing authors and titles of their papers, a general abstract of the panel's topic (between 400 and 500 words), plus an abstract of every individual paper (between 500 and 600 words each).

Each submission, whether of an individual paper or a symposium, will be blindly reviewed by two members of the Scientific Committee.
Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of the journal “Philosophy of the Social Sciences”.

Deadline for submission: 15 March, 2025
Notification of acceptance: 1 May, 2025

  • Keynote speakers: Stéphanie Ruphy (ENS Paris), Muhammad Ali Khalidi (CUNY)
  • Local Organizing Committee: Eleonora Montuschi, Matteo Vagelli (Chair)
  • ENPOSS Steering Committee: María Jiménez-Buedo (UNED, Madrid), Chrysostomos Mantzavinos (University of Athens), Eleonora Montuschi (Ca'Foscari University, Venice), Julie Zahle (University of Bergen)
  • Scientific Committee: Sonja Amadae, Emrah Aydinonat, Sina Badiei, Marcel Boumans, Giuseppina D’Oro, Roberto Frega, Mattia Gallotti, Matteo Giannasi, Marion Godman, Roberto Gronda, Francesco Guala, David Henderson, Caterina Marchionni, Malvina Ongaro, Eugenio Petrovich, Paul Roth, Nadia Ruiz, Yafeng Shan, Clémence Thebaut, Petri Ylikoski

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