2018
Activities Other events organised by the Chair
How differences become different kinds
This content is not available in the selected language. Marjorie Rhodes de la New-York University présentera au Centre de Recherche en Éthique. Le résumé: Systems of human social categorization vary markedly across contexts, cultures, and time. The present talk will discuss how children develop beliefs that particular, culturally relevant criteria mark fundamental, stable, and informative […] Read more
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The Division of Ideological Labor
February 27th, 2018 François Claveau Generic Generalizations
SPeaker Bernhard Nickel, Harvard University, Department of Philosophy Comment Frédérick Guillaume Dufour, UQAM, Department of Sociology ORGANIZATION The event is organized by the Montréal Philosophy of Science Network, the Canada Research Chair in Applied Epistemology and the Centre de recherche interuniversaire sur la science et la technologie (CIRST). ABSTRACT The concept of ideology poses the […] Read more
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Generic Generalizations: Meaning and Social Practices
February 26th, 2018 François Claveau / Jordan Girard Generic Generalizations
The Canada Research Chair in Applied Epistemology is proud to host a workshop on generic generalizations and their social dimension. The worshop will take place on March 16th and 17th at the Université de Sherbrooke (Room A4-166). Presentations will start at 9am and end at 4pm each day. Directions Google maps coordinates HERE. Keynote Speakers : […] Read more
Événements à signaler
Histoire des sciences humaines : comment cartographier la distribution de la recherche
February 15th, 2018 François Claveau Bibliometrics
This content is not available in the selected language. Description : Les sciences, incluant les sciences humaines, sont hautement spécialisées aujourd’hui. Comment s’y retrouver à travers la multitude des spécialités? Comment les spécialités changent-elles à mesure que les années s’écoulent? Est-ce que ces changements ont un impact majeur sur les frontières disciplinaires? Cette communication présentera un projet […] Read more
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PhD scholarship in applied epistemology
François Claveau February 14th, 2018
The Canada Research Chair in Applied Epistemology offers a one-year PhD scholarship worth 20,000$ to a student who will start in September 2018 the doctoral program in practical philosophy at Université de Sherbrooke (note: French is the language used in courses). Details of the competition are here (in French). Read more
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Occasion de financement: maîtrise sur l’épistémologie de l’« humanitaire numérique »
François Claveau February 14th, 2018 François Claveau / Jean-François Dubé Humanitarian Emergency
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans le contexte de son projet de recherche sur l’épistémologie de l’urgence humanitaire et en collaboration avec Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), la Chaire de recherche du Canada en épistémologie pratique est à la recherche d’un.e candidat.e à la maîtrise en philosophie pour mener à bien un […] Read more
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Conference cycle on teaching socioscientific controversies
January 24th, 2018 Cesar S. Santos / François Claveau Critical Thinking
This conference cycle is in French. Please see the French version of the website for a description. Read more
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Nouveau livre: Experts, sciences et sociétés (avec libre accès en format numérique)
January 23rd, 2018 Anthony Voisard / François Claveau / Gilles Beauchamp / Jean-François Dubé Experts and Values
A new book (in French) with contributions from four members of the Canada Research Chair in Applied Epistemology and many researchers from the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) was just released. The book is downloadable for free in pdf and epub! Read more
