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CfP special issue of EJPS on "Dimensions of Applied Maths", Deadline: 31 May 2020

Davide Rizza and Matt Parker are editing one of the forthcoming EJPS 
(European Journal of Philosophy of Science) topical collections, on 
"Dimensions of Applied Mathematics":

http://www.philsci.eu/page-1075519

Dimensions of Applied Mathematics
GUEST EDITORS: Matthew W. Parker, Davide Rizza
SUBMISSIONS PERIOD: 1 May 2020 until 31 May 2020.

SYNOPSIS: Philosophical interest in the application of mathematics has 
usually been connected to indispensability arguments or Wigner’s famous 
puzzle of ‘unreasonable effectiveness’. In both cases the success of 
mathematical applications has been taken as a starting point for 
philosophical reflection and, as a result, little attention has been paid 
to the practice of applying mathematics in the course of scientific 
enquiry. This special issue is devoted to exploring the latter, relatively 
neglected topic. The study of applied mathematics as a complex of 
activities integral to scientific enquiry naturally revolves around three 
distinctive themes. First, applications of mathematics respond to specific 
problems within specific research contexts and are thus historically 
situated. Second, the application of mathematics is controlled by the 
content of scientific problems, which may demand the creation of novel 
formal instruments or methods, or novel adaptations of existing ones to 
the purpose at hand. Third, the application of mathematics may be possible 
and useful only under distinctive limitations and restrictions due to the 
lack of a smooth fit between formal resources and empirical problems.

The three themes just listed identify what may be called the historical, 
foundational and practical dimension of applied mathematics respectively. 
We encourage submissions, especially from non-mainstream areas of 
philosophy of science and/or from under-represented groups, discussing any 
of the dimensions of applied mathematics.

The guest editors have invited scholars from diverse fields to submit a 
paper, including: Christian Carman (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, 
Argentina) ; Mirna Džamonja (Paris 1 and University of East Anglia, UK) ; 
Nicolas Fillion (Simon Fraser University, Canada) ; Julie Jebeile 
(Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) ; Gabriele Lolli (Scuola 
Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy) ; Miles McLeod (University of Twente, 
Netherlands) ; Matthew Parker (LSE, UK) ; Maria Serban (TU Berlin, 
Germany) ; Kateřina Trlifajová (Charles University, Czech Republic) ; 
Sandra Visokolskis (with Hector Gervan) (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 
Argentina).

To submit, upload your manuscript (anonymised for peer review) via the 
journal’s EMS, which will be open for submissions to this collection 
between 1 and 31 May 2020. Please select the Topical Collection Dimensions 
of Applied Mathematics.
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