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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submissions are invited for the 2023 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Topic: Laws and symmetries in the practice of physics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Deadline: September 10<sup>th</sup>, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This year marks the 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the publication of Nancy Cartwright’s highly influential book,
<i>How the Laws of Physics Lie</i>. In honor of this, we invite submissions addressing the ways laws and symmetries are deployed in the practice of doing physics: in experiment, in theory, and in the interplay between them. The scope is intended to be broad,
encompassing the variety of theoretical, practical, and explanatory roles that laws and symmetries play in physics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The winner will receive $1000, an invitation to participate in a workshop on the topic of this year’s prize, and an invitation to have their paper considered for publication in <i>Studies
in History and Philosophy of Science</i>. The prize is open to graduate students and to scholars within 5 years of PhD as of the submission deadline. Submissions should not exceed 10,000 words.<br>
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The deadline for submissions is August 15th (midnight GMT). For more details of the prize and of submission requirements, see below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics is supported by Duke University and <i>Studies in History and Philosophy of Science</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Committee</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The members of this year’s prize committee are:
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Elena Castellani, Professor in Philosophy of Science, University of Florence<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nina Emery, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Mount Holyoke College<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bas van Fraassen, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, San Francisco State University, and McCosh Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Princeton University<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marc Lange, Theda Perdue Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A workshop will be held at Duke University on November 30<sup>th</sup> – December 1<sup>st</sup>, at which we will congratulate our prize-winner and honor Nancy Cartwright. We will also
celebrate several decades of wide-ranging and varied philosophical work on laws and symmetries in physics, including work by members of the committee. Bas van Fraassen’s
<i>Laws and Symmetry</i> was first published over 30 years ago. Nina Emery’s work examines laws of nature at the intersection of metaphysics and physics. Marc Lange has been publishing on laws throughout this century, including his
<i>Laws and Lawmakers</i>. The collection of papers <i>Symmetries in Physics: Philosophical Reflections</i> edited by Katherine Brading and Elena Castellani was published 20 years ago. If you would like to join the mailing list to receive registration information
for this workshop, please email Katherine Brading at </span><a href="mailto:katherine.brading@duke.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">katherine.brading@duke.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submissions must be in English<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submissions must be prepared for blind review<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submissions must be no longer than 10,000 words in length, including footnotes and references<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submitted work must be unpublished and must not be under consideration for publication<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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For details of the submission process, and for any other questions, please contact Katherine Brading (</span><a href="mailto:katherine.brading@duke.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">katherine.brading@duke.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">More information about the prize</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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The Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics celebrates excellence in philosophy of physics and promotes breadth across the field both historically and philosophically. Each year, a prize committee of senior scholars in the field invites submissions on a
particular topic. The prize winner receives feedback and support from the committee, and the paper is considered for publication in <i>Studies</i>. The goals of the prize are to support young scholars working in philosophy of physics, to strengthen the historical
and philosophical breadth of the field, and to promote some of the very best work being done by students and junior scholars.<br>
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Submissions are considered under blind review. Should a possible conflict of interest be recognized, committee members are recused accordingly.<br>
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<b>2022 Winner: Ovidiu Babeș “Mixed Mathematics and Metaphysical Physics: Descartes and the Mechanics of the Flow of Water”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Topics: Descartes’s Metaphysical Physics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Committee: Roger Ariew, Dan Garber, Dana Jalobeanu, Alison Peterman, and Sophie Roux<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2021 Winners: Jamee Elder “The ‘Direct Detection’ of Gravitational Waves”
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">and<b> Miguel Ohnesorge “Pluralizing Measurement: Physical Geodesy's Measurement Problem and its Resolution”,
</b><i>Studies in History and Philosophy of Science </i>96 51-67. 2022<i>.</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Topic: Measurement practices in the physical sciences: correlation, calibration and stabilization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Committee: Alisa Bokulich, Hasok Chang, Daniel Mitchell, and Wendy Parker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2020 Winner: Joshua Eisenthal “Hertz’s <i>Mechanics</i> and a unitary notion of force”</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">,
<i>Studies in History and Philosophy of Science</i> Part A 90 226-234. 2021.<br>
Topic: Mathematics as a tool of conceptual innovation in physical theory and/or experiment, 1780-1890.<br>
Committee: Katherine Brading, Janet Folina, Doreen Fraser, Lydia Patton and Sheldon Smith<br>
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<b>2019 Winner: Adwait Parker “Newton on Active and Passive Quantities of Matter”</b>, <i>Studies in History and Philosophy of Science</i> Part A 84 1-11. 2020.<br>
Topic: “How the parts of matter act on one another, as that issue stood at any time in the period 1680-1780”<br>
Committee: Katherine Brading, Mary Domski, Andrew Janiak, Chris Smeenk, George Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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