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GENERAL INFORMATION   Dates: November 18th – 21th    2009  VENUE: Facultat de Filosofia i Ciències de l’Educació Blasco Ibáñez, 30 49010 Valencia, Spain  Organizers: - Sociedad de Lógica, Metodología y Filosofía de la Ciencia en España (SLMFCE) - Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Universitat de València, España.  Invited speakers: - Johan van Benthem  (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - Helen Longino  (Stanford University, USA) - John Worrall  (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)  Organizing committee:      - María José Frápolli Sanz (Universidad de Granada, Presidenta de la SLMFCE)     - Jesús Vega Encabo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Secretario de la SLMFCE)     - Valeriano Iranzo García (UVEG)     - Ana Sánchez Torres (UVEG)     - Jesús Alcolea Banegas (UVEG)     - Rafael Beneyto Torres (UVEG)     - Enric Casaban Moya (UVEG)     - José Pedro Úbeda Rives (UVEG)     - Jordi Valor Abad (UVEG)     - Vicente Claramonte Sanz (UVEG)  Scientific committee:     -  Atocha Aliseda Llera (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)     -  Theo A.F. Kuipers  (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)     -  Alberto Moretti (Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET)     -  Carlos U. Moulines  (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)     -  François Recanati  (Institute Jean Nicod, Paris)     -  Gabriel Sandu  (CNRS, Paris) Contributed papers: We invite submissions (in spanish, catalan or english) to the following sections: A. Logic, history and philosophy of logic. B. Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, epistemology. C. Philosophy and methodology of science. D. History of science. E. Science, technology and society.  - Deadline for the admission of abstracts (1.000 words maximum, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced, in Word or RTF): May 30th 2009. Abstracts should be submitted by email to: * Section A:    jesus.alcolea@uv.es * Section B:     jordi.valor@uv.es * Section C:    valeriano.iranzo@uv.es * Section D:     ana.sanchez@uv.es * Section E:    ana.sanchez@uv.es   To facilitate blind refereeing by a scientific committee, submissions must include two separate documents: 1) the abstract, without the author name(s), together with the title of the contribution and the section to which it belongs; 2) a document with the title and section, author name(s), centre or institution, postal address and email. - Acceptance of the paper will be notified before June 30th 2009. - Deadline for the submission of the final version of accepted papers (in order to be published in the proceedings): September 15th 2009 (2.000 words maximum, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced, in Word). - The allocated time for delivering contributed papers at the conference will be 30 minutes, including discussion.   Round tables and symposia: Conference organizers may also accept round tables and symposia to be included in the program. Proposals concerning these contributions will be submitted to the organizing committee before May 30th 2009. They must include the title of the proposal and the name of the person in charge. Acceptance will be notified before June 30th 2006. Proponents of these events will take care of their organization and funding. Proposals of round tables and symposia will be submitted by email to the above e-mail addresses. In order to be published in the proceedings, papers included in round tables and symposia should be refeered in the same way as the remaining contributed papers. Organizers of those events should decide about submitting the papers to blind refeering.   Financial support for young researchers.  The SLFMCE will provide financial support for the three best contributions submitted by young researchers. Candidates must fulfil the conditions listed below: (a) to be a master student or a PhD (doctoral dissertation read after the 30th of may, 2006) (b) to be a member of the SLMFCE when the contribution is submitted to the organizing committee (c) to get the highest rank for the submitted contribution at the blind process of refereeing   Funds are intended to cover the registration fee, travel and accommodation expenses (maximum 500€)  If there were more than three candidates who fulfil the aforementioned conditions, the organizing committee could decide about sharing the total amount (1.500 €) among them.   Further information: Updates about the conference will be posted at this website. Information on accommodation and travel can be obtained at: http://www.uv.es/fce/6congreso/alojamiento.html/  Further information about the conference can be requested: - by regular mail: VI Congreso de la SLMFCE Departamento de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia Facultad de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación Universitat de València Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 30, 7º piso 46010 Valencia - by fax: (+34) 963864809 - by e-mail: jesus.alcolea@uv.es valeriano.iranzo@uv.es                Facultat de Filosofia i Ciències de l'Educació - Universitat de València - Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 30  46010 València - ESPAÑA         ENLACES DE INTERÉS    Universitat de València   Facultat de Filosofía i Ciències de l'Educació   Departament de Lògica i Filosofia de la Ciència