Call for Papers - Deadline 31 May 2012 (Thursday)
Background: The Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET) is an outgrowth of the Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering. fPET-2010 held an intensive day and a half meeting in May 2010 at Colorado School of Mines. The mission of the Forum is (1) to encourage reflection on engineering, engineers, and technology by philosophers and engineers alike and (2) to build bridges between existing organizations of philosophers and of engineers. fPET-2012 will be held as a three-day meeting on November 2-4 2012 (Friday-Sunday) and hosted by the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
Abstracts (500-750 words) are invited for submission in one of four tracks:Track One: Philosophy
Track Two: Engineering ethics
Track Three: Reflections of practitioners
Track Four: Engineering studies and other interdisciplinary topics on engineering
All submissions will be blind-reviewed by the program committee. Those accepted for presentation at fPET-2012 will be scheduled for 30-minute talks (inclusive of Q&A). All abstracts accepted for fPET-2012 will be published online at the Forum website and in a printed volume available at the meeting. We will seek publication of selected papers from fPET-2012 in appropriate related journals.
Instructions: Abstracts may be submitted electronically to fPET2012@gucas.ac.cn. Notification of acceptances will be sent by 1 August 2012.
Forum Co-Chairs:
Li Bocong (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Byron Newberry (Baylor University)
Executive Committee
Diane Michelfelder (Macalester College)
Carl Mitcham (Colorado School of Mines)
Mike Murphy (Dublin Institute of Technology)
Wang Nan (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Steering Committee:
David E. Goldberg (University of Illinois)
Richard Evans (Cornell)
Kenneth R. Foster (University of Pennsylvania)
Domenico Grasso (University of Vermont)
Rachelle Hollander (U.S. National Academy of Engineering)
Josephy Pitt (Virginia Tech)
Ibo van de Poel (Delft University of Technology)
Jon A. Schmidt (Burns & McDonnell)
Cherrice Traver (Union College)
Program Committee:
Hans Poser, TU-Berlin
Brock E. Barry, The United States Military Academy at West Point
Russell Korte, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Viola Schiaffonati, Politecnico di Milano
Peter Kroes, TU-Delft
Pieter Vermaas, TU-Delft
Herman Tavani, Rivier College
John Sullins, Sonoma State University
Michael Loui, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
William Lawson, Texas Tech University
John Schmidt, Burns and McDonnell