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The Springer Series “Boston Studies in Philosophy
of Science” is interested in opening up a new thread in the Philosophy
of Pharmacology. As a first contribution to the project
we invite submissions for the collected volume: “Uncertainty in
Pharmacology: Epistemology, Methods and Decisions” edited by Barbara
Osimani, MCMP/LMU, and Adam La Caze, University of Queensland. The
volume is part of the research program being carried out
at MCMP within the ERC project: “Philosophy of Pharmacology: Safety,
Statistical Standards, and Evidence Amalgamation”:
http://www.mcmp.philosophie.
The book is structured in three parts: a
methodological section, an epistemological section, and a section
devoted to regulatory and ethical issue. Possible topics of research
are:
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Statistics in pharmacology;- Causality and risk in pharmacology;
- Evidence standards;
- Methods of evidence synthesis and amalgamation;
- Systems pharmacology;
- Drug discovery;
- Drug policy and regulatory research;
- Decision making in pharmaceutical research and product development;
- Drugs for rare diseases and fast-track drugs;
- Pharmacoeconomics;
- Pharmacosurveillance;
- Safety issues and the precautionary principle;
- History and philosophy of pharmacology.
Additional topics not mentioned in the above list may also be proposed. Feel free to contact the volume editors for enquiries:
b.osimani@lmu.de,
a.lacaze@uq.edu.au.
Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to
submit a manuscript, which will then be peer-reviewed. The complete
schedule is as follows:
6th January 2016: deadline for abstract submission (500-1000 words);
25th March 2016: notification of acceptance;
31st August 2016: deadline for manuscript submission (6000-9000 words);
1st October 2016: notification of acceptance;
End of 2016: Volume publication.
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