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                CFP: Topical Collection, EJPS---Philosophical Perspectives on the

Replicability Crisis



The European Journal for Philosophy of Science



PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE REPLICABILITY CRISIS

   http://philsci.eu/TC-5/







GUEST EDITORS

Mattia Andreoletti (University of Turin)

Jan Sprenger (University of Turin)



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submit your paper through the EJPS Editorial Manager. Submitted papers will be

peer-reviewed as per usual journal practice. Typically, two reviewers will be

assigned to each paper and final decisions will be taken by EJPS Editors in

Chief, following the recommendation of the Guest Editors, which is based on

the reviewers reports. Please prepare papers for blind review.



DATES AND DEADLINES

The submissions portal will be open between 1 October and 31 December 2019.



DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE TOPICAL COLLECTION

The discourse about causes, extent and solutions of the replicability crisis

in science has so far been firmly in the hand of (meta-)scientists and

methodologists. However, the crisis is entangled with core philosophical

problems, such as the foundations of statistical inference, the role of values

and bias in scientific reasoning, and the social structures and conventions of

science. Solution proposals in the literature (e.g., compulsory

pre-registration) are mainly on a technical level, while we believe they

deserve more philosophical analysis.



This topical collection will integrate the epistemic and social study of

science in order to close this gap. In particular, it will gather, combine and

contrast different methodological techniques, such as specific case studies,

sociological approaches, general and more formal approaches from philosophy of

science (e.g., philosophy of statistics and meta-science).



Questions we would like to consider include, but are not limited to:

---What counts as a replication of a research result?

---How does successful replication contribute to scientific knowledge?

---How does the replicability crisis differ among research fields?

---How does the social structure of scientific communities affect

reproducibility of research findings?

---How do (epistemic and non-epistemic) values contribute to the crisis?

---Do replication projects help science to self-correct its mistakes?

---Do replication failures impact on the epistemic authority of science and

the acceptance of expert advice?

---How can statistical, social or methodological reforms address the

replicability crisis?

---Should we change our expectations about the scientific method in the light

of the crisis?



This topical collection will be a comprehensive and systematic topical

collection on the replicability crisis. It will be unique in spanning a wide

range of approaches from philosophic to social studies of science, thus

bringing together the different ends of the methodological spectrum. The

topical collection will show how philosophical analyses sheds light on the

causes, the nature, and the consequences of the crisis. It will also provide a

critical perspective on existing solution proposals and contribute to

developing new ways out of the crisis. In this way, philosophers can

demonstrate the relevance of philosophical analysis for scientific practice,

enter a constructive dialogue also with (meta-)scientists and methodologists,

and pave the way for fruitful cross-disciplinary collaborations.



We appreciate submissions from philosophy of science and social studies of

science scholars, and also from scholars in the sciences or related fields,

who would like to make a philosophical contribution to understanding the

replicability crisis.

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