Final CFA: 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop
Daniel Kostic
CFA: 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop
Final Call for Abstracts
We invite authors to submit abstracts of up to 750 words (4500 characters) for the upcoming 8th annual Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) workshop.
The workshop will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, The Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN) in Warsaw.
Submission link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SURe2026/Track/1/Submission/Create
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026
Deadline for communicating decisions: 20 February 2026
Conference dates: May 27-29, 2026
Keynote speakers
Magdalena Małecka (University of Copenhagen)
Igor Douven (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Panelists:
Finnur Dellsén (University of Iceland & Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Alfredo Vernazzani (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
For updates about the 8th edition, please visit the SURe2026 website: https://sure-workshop.weebly.com/current-workshop.html
Workshop description
Representations play a central role in scientists’ understanding of the world. From mathematical models to diagrams, different representations in highly varied contexts yield diverse insights across the physical, biological, and social sciences. Despite the fact that how a phenomenon is represented has far-reaching ramifications for how it is understood, the literatures on scientific understanding and scientific representation are largely independent of each other. The time is ripe to foster greater synergy between these two areas in the philosophy of science, as they face complementary problems—and hold the promise of complementary solutions. For more information about the workshop series, please visit: https://sure-workshop.weebly.com/about.html
Local Organizing Committee
Daniel Kostić, Anna Martin, and Marcin Miłkowski
Dr Daniel Kostic
Associate Professor
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology | Polish Academy of Sciences
Donders Centre for Neuroscience | Radboud University
Faculty of Philosophy | Theoretical Philosophy | University of Groningen
Web: daniel-kostic(dot)weebly(dot)com
E-mail: daniel (dot) kostic (at) gmail (dot) com
Tel.: +33 (0) 7 68 89 02 95
+31 (0) 6 25 08 70 01
Recent articles:
Kostic, D. and Khalifa, K. (2025). “Does Functional Connectivity Explain?” Synthese, 206:207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05296-w
Barman, K. G., Caron, S., Sullivan, E., de Regt, H. W., de Austri, R. R., Boon, M., Färber, M., Fröse, S., Golling, T., Lopez, L. G., Hasibi, F., Heinrich, L., Ipp, A., Kapoor, R., Kasieczka, G., Kostic, D., Krämer, M., Marco, J., Otten, S., Pawlowski, P., Vischia, P., Weber, E., Weniger, C. (2025). “Large physics models: towards a collaborative approach with large language models and foundation models”. European Physical Journal C, 85:1066. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14707-8
Kostic, D. (2024). “On the Role of Erotetic Constraints in Non-causal Explanations”. Philosophy of Science, 91(5), 1078–1088. doi:10.1017/psa.2023.114
Kostic, D., Halffman, W. (2023). “Mapping Explanatory Language in Neuroscience”. Synthese, 202, 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04329-6