[PHILOS-L] Call for Proposals: Theory and Practice after the Practice Turn – Where Social Theory and Empirical Philosophy meet

[Sophie Juliane Veigl]

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We are excited to send out this call for proposals for our upcoming
workshop:

Online Workshop: Theory and Practice after the Practice Turn – Where
Social Theory and
Empirical Philosophy meet

April 17th, 2026, hosted by: Research Center Normative Orders, Goethe
Universität Frankfurt

Call for Proposals
Sociology and philosophy have always shared a close relationship.
Critical Theory famously tied the two
disciplines together to unravel societal phenomena, and feminist
philosophers regularly borrow
sociological concepts to understand domination and power asymmetries.
Similarly, sociologists often
draw on philosophical concepts to sharpen their analyses. In recent
years, this dialogue has gained new momentum through the so-called
“practice turn” in epistemology and philosophy of science.
Contemporary philosophy of science and applied epistemology increasingly
incorporate empirical
methods originally developed within the social sciences such as
interviews and ethnographic studies. But while empirical approaches from
sociology are frequently adopted, social-theoretical concepts remain
rarely integrated within epistemology and philosophy of science.

It is the goal of this workshop to explore the potential of social
theory for empirical approaches in philosophy of science and
epistemology. What are instances of fruitful applications of social
theory to philosophy of science and epistemological scholarship? How
does social theory transform when it is resituated in a different
disciplinary setting? What are caveats and best practices when using
social theory as a philosopher of science/epistemologist?

We are looking for workshop contributions that are focused on but not
limited to:
- Examples of using social theory along with empirical methods in
philosophy of science and epistemology
- Reflections on methodological and conceptual challenges when
transferring social-theoretical
concepts into philosophical work.

Workshop contributions will also be considered for publication in a
special issue (target journal: Synthese) on social theory in empirical
philosophy of science & epistemology.

Send submissions to: sophie.jul...@univie.ac.at;
Rie...@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Timeline:
Submission Deadline: 14 February 2026
Notification of Acceptance: 1 March 2026
Workshop: 17 April 2026
Workshop for SI contributors: 1 October 2026
Deadline for SI submissions: 1 December 2026

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Dr. Sophie Juliane Veigl, BSc., BA., MSc., MA.

Institut für Philosophie, Universität Wien

African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of
Johannesburg

E-Mail: sophie.jul...@univie.ac.at

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