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CFP: Society of Christian Philosophers – Eastern Regional Conference – “Theistic Metaphysics and Naturalism”

CALL FOR PAPERS
Eastern Regional Conference
“Theistic Metaphysics and Naturalism”
October 24-26, 2013

University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

Conference Website:
http://philosophyconference.wordpress.com/

Keynote Speakers:
Trenton Merricks (University of Virginia)
Christina Van Dyke (Calvin College)

The Eastern Regional Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP) will be held October 24-26 at the University of South Florida. Submissions are welcome from all theological perspectives, and we welcome Christian and non-Christian presenters and participants. The theme this year will be “Theistic Metaphysics and Naturalism.” Paper submissions on any topic of philosophical interest, however, will be given equal consideration.

Submissions should be 3,000 words or less and prepared for blind review (please send a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file with no identifying ‘marks’). Submissions should also include a cover letter with your name, institutional affiliation, email address, paper title, and an abstract of 150 words or less.

Deadline for submissions: August 3rd, 2013. Submissions should be sent to eastern.scp.usf@gmail.com.

There is a $500 SCP-funded award for the best graduate student paper. If you would like to be considered for the award, please indicate this in your cover letter.

For additional information, please contact Daniel Collette (dpcollet@mail.usf.edu) or Jeffery Steele (jwsteele@mail.usf.edu).

7-08-2013 | Comments Off

CFP: Mental Actions and Mental Agency

CALL FOR PAPERS
Mental Actions and Mental Agency
Special Issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology
Guest Editors: Anika Fiebich, and John Michael
Deadline for Submissions: February 1st 2014

In recent decades, mental actions have been discussed intensively in
the scientific debate on intentional actions. Within this debate ‘mental
agency’ has been defined as the capacity to bring about specific mental
states through one’s own mental processes. In this sense, typical mental
actions include recalling something, forming a judgment, solving a
problem and making an action plan.
Most discussions of mental action have so far focused on establishing
it as an interesting and legitimate category and addressing fundamental
conceptual issues that it raises. Building upon this foundational work,
the present special issue aims to bring together attempts to make use of
the notion of mental action as a theoretical tool, i.e. in
conceptualizing neglected types or aspects of intentional action and
action preparation, in theorizing about empirical findings, in
generating new questions for empirical research.
Aspects of mental actions and mental agency include (but are not
restricted to):
•       Typology of Mental Action. Are there types of action that have not
yet been discussed in the literature and which might be illuminated by
conceptualizing them as mental actions (e.g. forming the intention not
to act, ‘mind-wandering’ while in a resting state)?
•       Intentional Structure. Are mental actions accompanied by an intention
to (mentally) act? What is the intentional structure of mental agency?
Is there a sense of agency for mental acts? If so, how is it constituted
and (how) does it differ depending on whether the mental acts in
question precede intentions to act or intentions to not to act?
•       Action preparation. What role does mental agency play for the
preparation of bodily actions? (How) can the notion of mental agency
assist us in conceptualizing novel findings from neuroscience or
psychology (e.g., Aaron Schurger’s and colleagues challenging follow-up
study of the Libet-experiment)? How can empirical research enrich our
understanding of mental agency and mental preparations of bodily
actions?
•       Mental acts in groups. What are the peculiarities of mental acts
performed in groups such as group reasoning? What is mental agency in
groups? Does mental agency in groups presuppose the assumption of some
kind of super-agent?

Invited Contributors:
Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis)
Joelle Proust (IJN Paris)
Aaron Schurger (INSERM), and Sebo Uithol (University of Parma)

Word limit: 8000 words
Deadline for submissions: February 1st 2014
Publication is expected in September 2014

How to submit
Prospective authors should register at: www.editorialmanager.com/ropp
to obtain a login and select Pictorial and Spatial Representation as the
article type. Manuscripts should be approximately 8,000 words and
conform to the author guidelines available on the journal’s website.

About the journal
The Review of Philosophy and Psychology (ISSN: 1878-5158; eISSN:
1878-5166) is a peer-reviewed journal, published quarterly by Springer,
which focuses on philosophical and foundational issues in cognitive
science. The journal’s aim is to provide a forum for discussion on
topics of mutual interest to philosophers and psychologists and to
foster interdisciplinary research at the crossroads of philosophy and
the sciences of the mind, including the neural, behavioural and social
sciences. The journal publishes theoretical works grounded in empirical
research as well as empirical articles on issues of philosophical
relevance. It includes thematic issues featuring invited contributions
from leading authors together with articles answering a call for papers.

Contact
For any queries, please email the guest editors: anifiebich@gmail.com
and johnmichaelaarhus@gmail.com
—
John Michael
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Center for Subjectivity Research, Copenhagen University
& Center for Interacting Minds, Aarhus University
http://au.academia.edu/JohnMichael

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CFP: Naturalism in German Idealism

The New York German Idealism Workshop

a joint undertaking of the Philosophy departments of

Columbia University and New School for Social Research presents a Conference on

Naturalism in German Idealism

October 25-26 2013

Invited speakers:

Robert Brandom (University of Pittsburg), Eckart Förster (Johns Hopkins University),

Terry Pinkard (Georgetown University), Rachel Zuckert (Northwestern University)

We invite submission of high quality papers from dissertation phase PhD students to the ‘Naturalism in German Idealism’ Conference.

Questions concerning Naturalism hover over much of contemporary philosophy. To what degree does responsible epistemic and ethical enquiry presuppose Naturalism? On what basis might we commit to a world lacking supernatural entities or features? To what extent is our world discoverable through systematic empirical enquiry? How do we understand second nature as falling within a Naturalist picture? Naturalism has become a hallmark of a reasonable and rational philosophical view, and yet articulating a clear and substantive notion of Naturalism remains both a difficult and highly controversial affair.

Equally contested is the relation between German Idealism and such contemporary commitments to Naturalism. Thinkers ranging from Kant, Fichte and Hegel, to romanticists such as Schelling, Hölderlin, Schlegel, were concerned to articulate our place in the world, developing and critiquing accounts of the individual, scientific enquiry and the nature of systematic philosophy. But what is far from clear is whether these philosophers articulated their views in a way consistent with contemporary commitments to Naturalism. Or rather: do their own projects expand and deepen contemporary thinking about these issues? Do we dilute what is radical and challenging in these views, when we take them to be committed to a naturalistic project? Do they help us understand Naturalism in a way that takes us beyond scientism? Or help us negotiate the relationship between the space of laws and the space of reasons, between the commitments of science and normative engagement in the world?

We welcome submissions that explore such questions, or more generally deal with the relationship between German Idealism, broadly construed, and Naturalism. Papers may concern the commitments of a specific figure in the tradition, or treat the topic more generally. We also welcome papers that consider the work of more contemporary philosophers, such as Pierce, Dewey, McDowell, Brandom, insofar as they concern themselves with these broader themes.

Submissions should be suitable for blind refereeing and consist in:

• An extended abstract of 500-750 words (in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format).

• A paper of 3500-4000 words, suitable for a 30 minute talk.

• A separate cover sheet including name, title of paper, affiliation, email address and contact details.

Submissions should be sent to nygiw.naturalism@gmail.com no later than June 15, 2013. Notification of acceptance will be sent in mid July. Further details, including a provisional program, will be posted as they become available. Please check our website for updates: https://www.facebook.com/nygermanidealism.

If you have any questions, please contact the workshop organizers at nygiw.naturalism@gmail.com.

6-03-2013 | Comments Off

CFP: Learning to Love: Understanding the Virtue of Love

Call for papers on the theme Learning to Love: Understanding the Virtue of Love

The journal of Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis seeks article submissions that explore the ethical, philosophical and pedagogical assumptions and challenges in understanding the virtue of love.

Direct submissions to: Dr. Jason J. Howard, Editor, Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, Viterbo University, e-mail: jjhoward@viterbo.edu.

Submissions should follow a standardized reference format (Chicago manual of style- format references as endnotes or APA or MLA). Articles should be approximately 4000-8000 words, e-mailed as a word document or RTF, and prepared for ‘blind-review’ (with author’s name and institutional affiliation appearing on a separate page).

The deadline for article submissions is Sep. 15, 2013. Accepted articles should appear in Vol. 34 of Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis in late fall of 2013.
Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis (ATPP) is an on-line, peer-reviewed, academic journal published out of Viterbo University (La Crosse, WI) dedicated to exploring the deeper philosophical, political, and ethical implications of education. It can be accessed at http://www.viterbo.edu/atpp.

Dr. Jason J. Howard

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Chief Editor, Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis

Research Fellow of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership

Viterbo University

900 Viterbo Dr., La Crosse, WI.

(608) 796-3700

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CFP: Central States Philosophical Association 2013

Central States Philosophical Association (CSPA)

2013 Call for Papers

The 2013 Central States Philosophical Association meeting, hosted by Oklahoma State University, will take place

October 4-5, 2013

Oklahoma State University, Tulsa Campus

Tulsa, OK 74106

Keynote Speaker: Professor Alison Jaggar (University of Colorado)

The conference hotel (where the meeting will take place) is the Holiday Inn Tulsa City Center, 17 West 7th Street, Tulsa, OK 74119.

Questions about local accommodations can be addressed to Professor Eric Reitan at [eric.reitan@okstate.edu].

You need not be a member of an institution in the central states area to participate. Colloquium papers in any area of philosophy are welcome. Submissions dealing with aspects of Profesor Jaggar’s work are encouraged. Papers are limited to 3,000 words. All submissions must include, on the title page, author information, a word count for the paper, and an abstract (not longer than 150 words). The title page and the paper should be submitted as separate documents. No author-identifying references should appear in the paper. Both the title page and the paper should be submitted as MS Word, RTF, or PDF files.

The deadline for submissions is: May 31, 2013.

Submissions should be sent by e-mail, using the subject heading “CSPA submission,” to Sandy Goldberg, at s-goldberg@northwestsern.edu. Responses to submissions will be sent by July 31, 2013.

Suggestions for commentators and session chairs (including self-nominations) are welcome.

Conference registration fees, although not yet set, are expected to be nominal.

Suggestions and questions regarding the program should be directed to Sandy Goldberg at: s-goldberg@northwestern.eduCC

5-03-2013 | Comments Off

CFP: “Exploring Awe and Wonder”

Call for papers

Interdisciplinary conference
Exploring awe and wonder

6-8 September 2013
Institute for Simulation and Training
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation’s
Research Grant: Space, Science and Spirituality
http://www.chdr.cah.ucf.edu/spaceandspirituality/

The concepts of awe and wonder occupy an important place in the history of ideas, often associated with the beginnings of philosophy and with religious experience. In contemporary times, however, they are under-studied and rarely discussed. It is not clear that such experiences are more rare in our time. One might argue that given our ability to explore more and more corners of the physical and intellectual universe using technology and advanced science, and our capacity for representing the results of such explorations in art, film and various mass media, we should expect that experiences of awe and wonder are more common.

The interdisciplinary conference, Exploring Awe and Wonder, will bring together researchers in psychology, emotion theory, neuroscience, philosophy, art history, religious studies, and other relevant fields to explore the science and phenomenology of awe and wonder. Proposals for presentations in these areas are welcome. A special session on Space, Science and Spirituality is being organized to present current research on the experience of awe and wonder during space flight.

Keynote speakers
Jesse Prinz (Philosophy, CUNY Graduate)
Michelle Shiota (Psychology, Arizona State University)

Invited speakers
Jonathan Cole (Neuroscience, Bournemouth University)
Joerg Trempler (Art History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and the Yale Center for British Art)
Jeff Williams (NASA, Astronaut)

Send abstracts and session proposals by June 15, 2013 to

Bruce Janz
Department of Philosophy
Center for Humanities and Digital Research
University of Central Florida

Bruce.Janz@ucf.edu

4-23-2013 | Comments Off

CFP: Faith, Film and Philosophy conference, “Of Fairy-stories, Fantasy and Myth”

Call for Papers:

“Of Fairy-stories, Fantasy and Myth”

October 11th & 12th, 2013

Gonzaga University’s Faith and Reason Institute and Whitworth
University’s Weyerhaeuser Center for Faith and Learning are pleased to
announce their Seventh Annual Seminar on Faith, Film and Philosophy,
entitled “Of Fairy-stories, Fantasy and Myth.” The past decade has
seen film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, as
well as three of C.S. Lewis’s “Chronicles of Narnia,” and, most
recently, Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Although the immediate inspiration for
our seminar is the release of the first part of Peter Jackson’s
cinematic treatment of The Hobbit, our interest is neither solely nor
primarily in Jackson’s films. Instead, we wish to explore a variety of
cinematic treatments of myth, fairy-story, and fantasy, and to explore
philosophical and religious questions raised by such films. The Star
Wars saga, the various incarnations of the world of Star Trek, the
imaginative world of Pan’s Labyrinth, the Narnia films, Snow White and
the Huntsman, Prometheus, Wrath of the Titans, How to Train Your
Dragon, Arrietty, Ponyo, Hugo, Shrek, Knowing, The Road, After
Earth….These are but some of the films that fall within the purview of
our seminar. Even apart from the content of these films, the genres
touched upon in our title raise very general questions about art,
reality, meaning, and truth. For example, is film an appropriate art
form for mythopoesis? What is the nature of the reality portrayed in
these films? What truth, if any, can films of this sort explore or
convey?

Possible topics for seminar papers include the following, although
proposals on other topics or questions of relevance are certainly
welcome and encouraged.

• What constitutes a literary fantasy?
• What motivates literary fantasies? Is there a psychological payoff?
If so, what is it?
• What is the underlying neurological basis for fantasy? Why do we
fantasize in the first place and what evolutionary value might this
have?
• Gender identity in fantasy and science fiction.
• Social functions of fantasy literature, including political
functions.
• Cinematic treatments of sexual fantasies.
• Revenge fantasies.
• Heroic figures and our fantasies of being like them. (What do Iron
Man and I have in common?)
• Fantasies of the end of the world, their characteristics and
functions.
• Fantasies and reality: since most fantasies are never realized in
actuality, why do we keep having them?
• What’s the difference between a fantasy, whether literary and filmic
and outright hallucination or delusion?
• Criticisms of the work of Peter Jackson.
• Epistemological issues: what can be known by means of a fantasy that
might not be known otherwise?
• The Life of Pi as fantasy.
• Fantasy and possible worlds.

We are particularly interested in popular films from the last 20
years, although the program committee will certainly consider
exceptions to the 20-year rule.

Seminar sessions will take place on Friday (October 11th) and Saturday
(October 12th). Public lectures and other events associated with the
seminar will take place in the days leading up to the seminar. One of
the public lectures will be on the evening of October 11th, when one
of our invited speakers will give a keynote address. The invited
speakers include Michael Foley (Baylor University), Richard McClelland
(Gonzaga University), and Katherin Rogers (University of Delaware).
These invited speakers will also participate as resident “experts”
during the seminar discussions.

Proposals not longer than two pages (double-spaced), and in Word
format, should be submitted electronically to Dr. Brian Clayton at
clayton@gem.gonzaga.edu no later than 30 June 2013, and should include
title, author(s), institutional affiliation (if any), mailing address,
email address, and the text of the proposal. The seminar organizers
will send acceptances by 8 July 2013.

The seminar and its associated public events are part of a series of
jointly-sponsored programs focused on “Faith, Reason and Popular
Culture.” The conviction behind these programs is that if Christian
institutions of higher learning are to respond properly to their
charge to be places where faith seeks understanding, then they must
engage contemporary popular culture. Film is among the most powerful
and important forms of popular culture. Thus, the seminar organizers
seek scholars who will engage in two days of discussion investigating
issues of faith and philosophical import raised by contemporary
popular film. Presenters need not have any formal academic
appointment.

For further information please contact Dr. Brian Clayton, Director,
Gonzaga University Faith and Reason Institute at
clayton@gem.gonzaga.edu.

4-22-2013 | Comments Off

CFP: SEP/FEP 2013, “Modern European Philosophy and its Politics”

CALL FOR PAPERS

Modern European Philosophy and its Politics

The Society for European Philosophy/Forum for European Philosophy Joint Annual Conference for 2013 will be hosted by the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP), Kingston University London
5–6 September 2013
Penrhyn Road Campus, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE

Plenary speakers
Professor Sara Ahmed, Goldsmiths/Cambridge University
Queer Will
Professor Robert Bernasconi, Penn State University
Kant and the Hottentots
Professor Tuija Pulkkinen, University of Helsinki
Thinking Intervention

The SEP/FEP conference is the largest annual event in Europe that aims to bring together researchers, teachers and others, from within different disciplines, interested in all areas of Modern European Philosophy. Submissions are therefore invited for individual papers and panel sessions in all areas of Modern European Philosophy. For 2013 submissions that address the conference’s plenary theme – Modern European Philosophy and its Politics – are particularly encouraged. This would include papers and panels that address philosophical issues in the history of Modern European Philosophy with regard to the cultural, social and political contexts of their elaboration; and those that address philosophical issues with regard to the social, cultural and political contexts of the present.

Abstracts of 500 words for individual paper submissions and proposals for panels should be sent to Stella Sandford (S.Sandford@Kingston.ac.uk) by 17 May 2013. Proposals for panels should include a 500-word abstract for each paper within the panel. Proposals from academics, graduate students and independent scholars are welcome.

Enquiries: S.Sandford@Kingston.ac.uk

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Request for Proposals – Advancing Healthy Homes/Healthy Communities Initiative, Deadline: May 15

Request for Proposals – Advancing Healthy Homes/Healthy Communities Initiative

(Deadline Extended! – May 15th, 2013)

See attachment for more details

The home and community is a place that serves many purposes besides a place of residency. Both are places where we begin and finish our day, where families and their children live, play, and grow for years, and where people have a sense of comfort and safety. Unfortunately, both the home and community for some is a place where many known and unknown environmental toxins are causing health hazards that are continuously affecting residents on a daily basis.

In response to the risks that environmental toxins disproportionately pose to children and families’ health, the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Medical Center, and Loyola Law School’s Civitas ChildLaw Center (“The Centers”) at Loyola University Chicago have developed an interdisciplinary, multi-sector initiative, Advancing Healthy Homes/Healthy Communities – Tackling Environmental Disparities (“Healthy Homes/Healthy Communities”).
As part of this initiative’s goal and the need for new or current search on healthy homes and communities, a request for proposals (RFP) is being offered to Loyola faculty/staff/students funded through a grant provided by the Provost’s office consisting of stipends between $1,000-$3,000 per proposal. The RFP is designed to encourage broad faculty involvement in the initiative’s goal and help develop a sustainable network of social, economic, political, and academic relationships, which will be a leading force in advocating for and creating healthier homes and communities.

The proposal can support:

1. Research that identifies a current or developing indoor environmental toxins OR

2. Identification of resources or assets that have/have not been previously recognized OR

3. Development of new policy ideas, interventions, or advocacy to address familiar problems

Attached you will find the RFP with more detailed information about the proposal, it’s goals, and expectations from those interested in submitting. If you have any questions, comments, or general inquiries, feel free to check out the Advancing Healthy Homes/Healthy Communities site (http://luc.edu/chrc/environmentsustainability/advancinghealthyhomeshealthycommunities/#d.en.83996) or contact:

Adrian J. Segura
Project Coordinator

Center For The Human Rights of Children
Loyola University – Chicago
6430 N. Kenmore Ave
Cuneo Hall, Room 323
asegura2@luc.edu
Ph: (773) 508-8052

ATTACHMENT: HHHCI INFO

4-14-2013 | Comments Off

CFP: NASPH 2013: Philosophical Hermeneutics

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CFP: CLIO: Hegel Research Studies

The annual series in the journal CLIO is not limited to any single “orthodox” interpretation of Hegel. It welcome researchers who argue for in some way getting past the Hegel legend and for connecting with the historical Hegel, identifying with his project, and realizing it further in the twenty-first century. The goal is to free Hegelian research from being merely esoteric by bringing it when appropriate into the contemporary public sphere. It in part seeks to bring Hegel increasingly into mainstream philosophy, and especially analytic philosophy.

Submission deadline for Hegelian Research Studies June 30, 2012.

CLIO has published Arnold Toynbee, Hayden White, H. S. Harris and numerous Hegel scholars over the years—plus first English translation of Hegelian texts. Quality Hegel scholarship serving Hegelian research also welcome. Current Hegel issue is vol. 41, Fall 2012. Contact Clark Butler, butler@ipfw.edu

3-31-2013 | Comments Off

CFParticipation for graduate students working in aesthetics: ASAGE: Authors, Book Reviewers, Blind Reviewers

Call for Participation: Authors, Book Reviewers, Blind Reviewers

ASAGE (American Society for Aesthetics Graduate E-journal)

http://www.asage.org/

ASAGE is a peer-reviewed, graduate journal of aesthetics and the philosophy of art, sponsored by the American Society for Aesthetics. We publish articles, book reviews, dissertation abstracts, and interviews. For details on how to contribute as an author or blind reviewer, please visit the site. The submission period for Issue 5.2 is now open.

Deadline for article submissions: 5/30.

Deadline for book review proposals: 4/30.

Deadline for dissertation abstracts: 5/30.

Any questions or comments can be directed to editor@asage.org.

Best,

Mike

——————

Michael Gutierrez

PhD Student, Loyola University Chicago

Editor, ASAGE

editor@asage.org

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CFP: FEAST “Envisioning Plurality: Feminist Perspectives on Pluralism in Ethics, Politics, and Social Theory,” Fall 2013

FEAST

The Association for Feminist Ethics and

Social Theory

invites submissions for the Fall 2013 conference:

Envisioning Plurality: Feminist Perspectives on Pluralism in Ethics, Politics, and Social Theory

Oct. 17-20, 2013

Fiesta Resort and Conference Center

Tempe, AZ

http://www.fiestainnresort.com/

submission deadline: February 28, 2013

Keynote speakers:

Linda Martín Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Author of Visible Identities: Race, Gender and the Self, Alcoff has initiated public discussions of pluralism, through both her Pluralist’s Guide to Philosophy and her 2012 NYT op-ed piece addressing Arizona’s censorship of the teaching of critical race theory in public schools.

Jennifer Lisa Vest is a mixedblood (Black/Florida Seminole/German) poet and philosopher who holds the position of Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida. Co-author of Philanthropy in Communities of Color, her book manuscript Sovereign Wisdom: Generating Academic Native American Philosophy is under review.

Invited Sessions:

· Viewing and discussion of film, “Precious Knowledge”
· Invited Panel on Pluralism

FEAST encourages submissions related to this year’s theme. However, papers on all topics within the areas of feminist ethics and social theory are welcome.

Description of this year’s theme:
One meaning of pluralism within philosophy is that it seeks to bring
underrepresented theoretical perspectives and underrepresented groups into the philosophical mainstream, transforming philosophy as a result. Yet what is meant by “pluralism” and how to assess whether or not pluralism has been achieved remains hotly contested.

While philosophy is often depicted as the academic field most in need of pluralistic correctives, other disciplines, too, struggle with the marginalization of those whom, due to their theoretical approaches or their bodies, have been pushed to the edges of their disciplines.

This year’s FEAST conference encourages submissions that challenge us to think in new ways about the boundaries, methodologies, and subject matter of academic subfields that pertain to feminist ethics, politics, and social theory, broadly construed. The program committee welcomes papers that take both theoretical and practical approaches to these issues. We aim to create a conference with a diverse group of presenters and a wide range of approaches, topics, and styles. FEAST strongly encourage members of groups that are underrepresented in academia to send submissions.

Call to submit a panel proposal (topic and speakers) for a lunch time “Difficult Conversation”

FEAST conferences typically feature a lunch time “Difficult Conversation” that focuses on an important, challenging, and under-theorized topic related to feminist ethics or social theory. Past topics include: Critical Understandings of Dependency and Disability; Are Academic Feminist Philosophies and Methodologies Still Too White?; A Difficult Conversation about Feminist Sexualities and Identities. We hereby invite proposals for next year’s Difficult Conversation.

Submission Guidelines

A completed paper of no more than 3000 words must be submitted for individual presenters and prepared for anonymous review. Proposals for a Difficult Conversations session or for non-paper formats (e.g., workshops, discussions, etc.) must include detailed descriptions (500-750 words).

Please send your submission, in one document (a Word file, please, so that abstracts can be posted), to feast2013@csbsju.eduby February 28, 2013. Your document must include: paper title, abstract of 100-250 words, and your paper, with no identifying information. The word count (max. 3,000) should appear on the top of the first page of your paper. In the body of the email message, please include: your paper or panel title, name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, surface mail address, and phone number. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed.

Note: Panel organizers, please send the panel title and all three abstracts and papers in one document, along with word counts (3,000 for each paper). Difficult Conversations and other non-paper submissions should be marked as such.

For more information on FEAST or to see programs from previous conferences, go to: http://www.afeast.org

Questions on this conference or the submission process may be directed to the Program Chair, Jean Keller, at feast2013@csbsju.edu

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CFP: 4th annual Notre Dame/Northwestern Graduate Epistemology Conference

The philosophy departments at the University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University are proud to announce the fourth joint annual graduate epistemology conference, to be held at the University of Notre Dame April 26-27, 2013. Our keynote speaker will be Thomas Kelly (Princeton).

Submission Guidelines: We welcome submissions in the field of analytic epistemology, broadly construed. Papers should be no more than 4000 words (approx. 13 pages). Submissions should also include a second sheet with an abstract (200 words or less). Papers should be suitable for blind review: include detachable cover page with the paper’s title, author’s name, mailing address, email, phone number, school affiliation, and word count; please omit any self identifying
marks within the body of the paper.

Deadline: Papers must be received by January 15th, 2013. Papers should be emailed as an attachment to the conference organizers at nundgradconf@gmail.com preferably in PDF format. Any questions about the conference can also be emailed to this address.

Website: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/epistemology/egradconf4/

CFP: Philosophy of Art and Literature Graduate Student Conference

University of New Mexico Philosophy Graduate Student Association Presents:

2013 Annual Graduate Student Conference

Call for Papers

Philosophy of Art and Literature

April 19th and 20th

Albuquerque, NM

Keynote Speaker: Professor John Lysaker (Emory University)

Faculty Speaker: Professor Iain Thomson (UNM)

Continental philosophy is often, and unfairly, dismissed as (bad) literary criticism. While it is true that, thanks to Martin Heidegger, art and literature have played a crucial role in the development of continental thought, the past three decades have witnessed among continental thinkers an increasingly pronounced abandonment of literary and artistic obsessions in favor of an emphasis on the ethical and the political. In the meanwhile, traditionally marginalized artistic forms (film, television, graphic novels) have been granted philosophical importance, and writers traditionally regarded as literary figures (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry James, David Foster Wallace) are being considered part of the American philosophical heritage. What is the status of the aesthetic in the wake of these changes?

We invite papers that consider this question from a variety of perspectives. Some lines of inquiry that might be addressed include:

· What role can the encounter with a work of art or literature continue to play in shaping philosophical reflection?

· What relationship does the production of art and literature bear to the (political) organization of public space?

· Do literary and poetic forms have a home in philosophical discourse? Are there modes of philosophical reflection that require for their expression poetic or literary form?

· What promise remains in the Heideggerian inheritance that has, in many ways, been disregarded?

· Is there an inherent connection between the art work’s resistance (to interpretation, to appropriation) and political resistance?

· What counts as art today, and what is at stake in that decision? Have the answers to this question fundamentally changed?

· How does art shape or reshape the everyday and life as such?

We welcome papers from graduate, and advanced undergraduate, students in any area.

Please submit papers of 3,500 words or less prepared for blind review to:

Pgsa2013@gmail.com

Deadline for submission: January 15, 2013

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Category : cfp

CFP: Society of Christian Philosophers – Eastern Regional Conference – “Theistic Metaphysics and Naturalism”

CFP: Mental Actions and Mental Agency

CFP: Naturalism in German Idealism

CFP: Learning to Love: Understanding the Virtue of Love

CFP: Central States Philosophical Association 2013

CFP: “Exploring Awe and Wonder”

CFP: Faith, Film and Philosophy conference, “Of Fairy-stories, Fantasy and Myth”

Request for Proposals – Advancing Healthy Homes/Healthy Communities Initiative, Deadline: May 15

CFP: NASPH 2013: Philosophical Hermeneutics

CFP: CLIO: Hegel Research Studies

CFParticipation for graduate students working in aesthetics: ASAGE: Authors, Book Reviewers, Blind Reviewers

CFP: 4th annual Notre Dame/Northwestern Graduate Epistemology Conference

CFP: Philosophy of Art and Literature Graduate Student Conference

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