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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=markwac1x1egu><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>CALL</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> FOR PAPERS - Deadline is November 26</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Pragmatism and Measurement</span></b></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/pragmatism-and-measurement-2/">https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/pragmatism-and-measurement-2/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Workshop Dates: March 15th & 16th, 2025</span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Location: Center for Philosophy of Science, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Organizing Committee</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Sandra D. Mitchell, <i>University of Pittsburgh, HPS</i></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Holly K. Andersen, <i>Simon Fraser University, Philosophy</i></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Dana Matthiessen, <i>University of Minnesota, Center for the Philosophy of Science</i></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Dzintra Ullis, <i>University of Pittsburgh, HPS</i></span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><div style='margin-top:6.0pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Measurement is a central activity in the acquisition of scientific knowledge. With increasing attention to scientific practice, there is renewed interest determining what contributes to the reliability of measurement, its accuracy, and precision. The epistemology and metaphysics of measurement raise fundamental questions about the relationship between scientific theories and models, human actions, and the natural world. These include:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>1. The representational and informational character of measurements (What do they measure?)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>2. The evaluation of measurement outcomes (How should we assess the validity or reliability of a measurement process?)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>3. The objectivity of measurements (How is the measurement process guided by theory? How is it independent? What are the implications for the status of measurement as evidence?)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>This workshop will explore how a philosophically pragmatist epistemology and metaphysics addresses these questions, and how pragmatist frameworks might transform our understanding of the character and constituents of successful scientific measurement.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Confirmed Keynote Speakers:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span class=markzx5mqs5cb><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Nancy</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> Cartwright, UCSD and Durham</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Eran Tal, McGill University</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit'><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>In addition to the keynote lectures, the workshop will include 10 additional presentations (30 minutes (20 minutes + 10 Q&A) and a roundtable discussion. If you are interested in being a speaker, please submit an abstract of between 500-800 words (including references), by November 26, 2024, midnight anywhere, to <b><i><a href="mailto:pragmeas2025@gmail.com"><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>pragmeas2025@gmail.com</span></a></i></b><i><a href="mailto:pragmeas2025@gmail.com"><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>.</span></a></i></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Decisions will be returned by December 20, 2024.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>