From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Fri Dec 6 13:49:04 2024 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Leah M Ceccarelli via Ssnet_list) Date: Fri Dec 6 13:49:12 2024 Subject: [Ssnet_list] [CFA] Beyond Anthropocentrism: Non-human Agents and Objects in Science Message-ID: Spontaneous Generations, graduate journal for the history and philosophy of science and technology at the University of Toronto, invites abstract submissions for 2025's issue on non-human agents and objects in science. We invite submissions from the history of science, philosophy of science, and science and technology studies broadly construed. A description of the issue's topic and submission details follows. Traditional studies of science focus on human theorizing and human actions while viewing non-human factors as ancillary. Here, we aim to highlight the role of non-human objects and agents in science. How do non-humans contribute to or co-produce scientific knowledge? What kinds of science emerge from interactions with non-humans? What are the epistemological and practical implications of relegating non-human actors and natural processes to an ancillary role in scientific inquiry? For this issue, we encourage authors to conceive of "non-humans" quite broadly: tools, machines, artifacts, animals, artworks, networks, algorithms, and more. The following are some potential themes to explore: * What makes an artifact a scientific tool? What epistemic role do tools play in science? * Do animals, AI, or other non-human agents have knowledge? * How do biological organisms shape how science is done? * What is the role of biomimicry/biomimetics in the sciences? * How have certain technologies reshaped how science is done throughout history? * What are the relationships between instruments, measurements, and theory? * How has science been represented in or inspired by art? * To what degree are models in science autonomous from human agents? * What are the epistemological implications of framing natural phenomena as optimization processes in nature-inspired algorithms? * What are the disadvantages of predominantly anthropocentric science studies? What perspectives do non-human agents and objects add? Please submit an abstract of less than 500 words by January 15, 2024, at the following link: https://forms.gle/cWQiEFRh8YTYV8VU8 Successful applicants will be notified by the end of January 2025, and will be expected to submit a full paper of 8000 words or less by the end of March. The papers will then be peer-reviewed and publication is planned for summer 2025. For any inquiries, please contact us at spontaneousgenerations2025@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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