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Ninth Workshop on the Philosophy of Information: Information Visualisation

26-27 Jun 2018
Brussels, Belgium

# Ninth Workshop on the Philosophy of Information: Information Visualisation
June 26-27 2018
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts, Brussels
Website: www.socphilinfo.org/workshops/wpi9.

Submissions are invited for the Ninth Workshop on the Philosophy of 
Information, which will take place at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for 
Science and Arts in Brussels, 26th?27th of June 2018, just before SPSP 2018 in 
Ghent.

## Call for Papers
The theme of the workshop is **information visualisation**.
Our aim is to focus on informational artefacts that encode or convey 
information in order to try and explain why visualisations can play a certain 
epistemic role and why certain visualisation are more effective than others. A 
special attention will be given to the study of how scientists rely on 
visualisations and how visual artefacts are designed in the sciences. On this 
basis, we wish to explore convergences between the philosophy of information 
and the philosophy of science as well as between the formal sciences (logic, 
computing) and the philosophy of information. We therefore encourage scholars 
of various disciplinary backgrounds to explore the lines of inquiry we propose.

Topics of interest include:

+ Extensions and critical evaluations of visualisations as models and as 
epistemic representations in the context of data-intensive science.
+ The epistemology of data and data science in the context of visualisation.
+ The logic and epistemology of design in the context of information 
visualisation.
+ Case-studies of specific visualisation-practices or types of visualisations; 
including drawings, photographs and diagrams.
+ Meta-theoretical reflections on the status of theoretical foundations for 
information visualisation.
+ The role of formal methods for the study of visualisation.

### How to submit an abstract
Abstracts of 500-1000 words should be submitted no later than **15 March 
2018** to socphilinfo@gmail.com. Submissions will be evaluated by the programme 
committee, and notification of acceptance will be issued by 15 April 2018.

### Organisation and contact
The workshop is organised by the Society for the Philosophy of Information.
For any queries please contact Stefano 
Canali: stefano.canali@philos.uni-hannover.de.
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