deadline: 2007-11-01
Call for Papers SPECIAL ISSUE OF FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE MATHEMATICS AND ARGUMENTATION Guest Editors: Andrew Aberdein and Ian J. Dove INTRODUCTION Announcing a special issue of the journal Foundations of Science on the emerging intersection between philosophy of mathematics and argumentation theory. Foundational questions and the status of proof have long been central to philosophy of mathematics, although mathematicians do a lot more than just prove results. However, most mathematical practice may still be understood in terms of argument. Thus philosophy of mathematics needs an account of argument. Argumentation theory seems like a good place to look. The intersection of the two, although largely unexplored, has the potential to be hugely fruitful. Some philosophers of mathematics, such as Imre Lakatos, are sensitive to the structure of argument, despite seldom citing argumentation research. A few recent authors have linked the two fields explicitly. These researchers come from a diverse range of disciplines: psychology, education and computer science, as well as philosophy. We invite authors to submit original contributions furthering research explicitly related to mathematics and argumentation. POSSIBLE TOPICS * Comparison of different techniques of reasoning employed within and across mathematical subdisciplines; * Historical and/or intercultural case studies exhibiting the development of argumentational techniques in mathematics; * Studies exhibiting the relation of techniques of argument in mathematics with similar techniques in wider use; * Innovations in argumentation theory inspired by mathematical argument; * Case studies of mathematical argument, informed by argumentation theory; * Integration of existing work from different disciplines. TIME SCHEDULE Indication of intent to submit a paper: April 30, 2007 (optional, but preferred) Submission of paper: November 1, 2007 Notification of acceptance of paper: February 15, 2008 (provisional) Submission of final paper: June 30, 2008 (provisional) Publication of issue: late 2008 or early 2009 If you intend to submit a paper, please inform either guest editor, preferably by April 30, 2007, in order to receive specific guidelines for contributions. Electronic submissions preferred: MS Word or pdf. For additional information, please contact one of the editors of the special issue, or visit http://my.fit.edu/~aberdein/argmath. Andrew Aberdein, Ph.D. Humanities and Communication, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32901-6975, U.S.A. aberdein@fit.edu Ian J. Dove, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455028, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5028, U.S.A. ian.dove@unlv.edu