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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Please find below the call for abstracts for BSPS 2026. Questions about submissions should be directed in the first instance to the programme organiser, Ellen Clarke (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a href="mailto:e.clarke@leeds.ac.uk" title="mailto:e.clarke@leeds.ac.uk" data-outlook-id="94ffef0e-9ad7-4834-b37f-52397654cdce" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">e.clarke@leeds.ac.uk</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> ).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Call for Abstracts</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The Call for is now open for papers at the
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a href="https://www.thebsps.org/annual-conference/2025-glasgow/" title="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebsps.org%2Fannual-conference%2F2025-glasgow%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cnad42%40universityofcambridgecloud.onmicrosoft.com%7Cac2d1d81def64b0eaf6608de327470d1%7C49a50445bdfa4b79ade3547b4f3986e9%7C1%7C0%7C639003672840286027%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AKuD%2FPjM0GO8n2dTsBaQPymYbm%2FxNmcto9JHFTX%2FxkE%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.thebsps.org/annual-conference/2025-glasgow/" data-outlook-id="c5c7b9e2-cc2c-4bbb-b1d1-db38deae8ae5" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">British
Society for Philosophy of Science 2026 Annual Conference</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> in Leeds on 21<sup>st</sup>-23<sup>rd</sup> July 2026.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Papers may be on a wide selection of topics within the philosophy of science (see list below) and should be suitable for presentation in 20 minutes, which will allow 10 minutes discussion.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Abstracts should be received no later than
<b>11<sup>th</sup> February 2026</b> (symposium applicants will have heard back by 4<sup>th</sup>February). Abstracts should be a maximum of 500 words (not including indicative bibliography). Abstracts will be anonymously refereed by the programme committee,
and successful contributors notified by 18<sup>th</sup> March 2026. Abstracts should include an outline of the central argument of the paper. To ensure full consideration, please also include a short bibliography of 2-5 representative references. We do not
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">No one will be permitted to present more than once at BSPS 2026. As such, please do not submit more than one abstract on which you will be the presenting author. You may submit additional
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">List of Topics:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">1. General philosophy of science<br>
2. Philosophy of the physical sciences<br>
3. Philosophy of the life sciences<br>
4. Philosophy of the cognitive sciences<br>
5. Philosophy of the social sciences<br>
6. Formal philosophy of science<br>
7. Integrated history, philosophy, and social studies of science<br>
8. Science and values<br>
9. Philosophy of AI<br>
10. Philosophy of medicine</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Please submit your anonymised abstract via this link:
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Neil Dewar</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">University Associate Professor</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge</p>
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