CFP: Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference

By Amanda MontgomerySun, 05/23/2010 - 3:51pm

Call for Papers: 14th Annual Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference

We invite submissions of papers by graduate students to the 14th annual Oxford Graduate Philosophy Conference, to be held on the weekend of 20 – 21 November 2010. Papers should be approximately 4000 words in length, and may be on any topic in academic philosophy. We encourage papers that are accessible to a general audience, and hope to represent a diverse range of philosophical interests in our selections.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 14 August 2010

Keynote Speakers:
- Philip Pettit (Princeton)
- Ted Sider (NYU)

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Registration: Mind, Science and Everything! Graduate Conference

By John DonaldsonWed, 05/12/2010 - 1:33pm

Conference registration now open: Mind, Science and Everything!

Our understanding of the mind and experience, once the product of largely a priori reasoning and speculation, has increasingly profited from discoveries in the empirical sciences. Most obviously, philosophers have drawn on data from the neurosciences and psychology, but research from such disparate fields as biological evolution, psychiatry and quantum physics has also been claimed to have possible implications for the philosophies of mind and perception.

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J. S. MILL AND THE LEFT: One-Day Colloquium

By Selina SadatMon, 05/10/2010 - 2:06pm

CENTRE FOR APPLIED PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS & ETHICS (CAPPE)

UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON

One-Day Colloquium

J. S. MILL AND THE LEFT

Friday 11 June 2010

 

Speakers:

Tim Huzar (University of Brighton)

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Helen McCabe (Oxford University)

MILL'S SOCIALISM

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PhD Position at University of Wales, Newport

By Geoffrey FerrariFri, 03/19/2010 - 7:16pm

PhD Research Stipend

£13,290 p.a. + tuition fees waiver (full time, 3 years)

Reminder - Closing date for applications: 24 March 2010

An exciting opportunity for postgraduate research has arisen within
the Social Ethics Research Group at the University of Wales, Newport.
The successful candidate will undertake a PhD and participate in the
RESPECT Project, an international and interdisciplinary research
programme funded through the European Commission's Seventh Framework
Programme. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated
individual with a strong interest in contemporary academic debates
about respect, tolerance, equality and diversity, and their
application to issues of pressing social and political concern.

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Philosophy Conference Website

By Geoffrey FerrariWed, 03/17/2010 - 5:09pm

For all your philosophy conferences and calls for papers needs, check out http://philosophycfp.blogspot.com/.

A permanent link to this site is now available under the Planet Philosophy menu above. Please note that http://philosophycfp.blogspot.com/ has no affiiliation with the BPPA. It just seems like a very worthwhile resource.

Critical Legal Conference - Utrecht September 2010

By Geoffrey FerrariTue, 02/09/2010 - 4:52pm

 Critical Legal Conference

10-12 September, Utrecht 2010

 Call for paper and stream proposals

 

“Great Expectations”

Multiple Modernities of Law

 

Keynote speaker: Professor Gunther Teubner

 

“Constitutionalising polycontexturality” 

 

For more information, check: 

www.uu.nl/criticallegalconference2010 

 

or email: Bald de Vries or Lyana Francot 

u.devries@uu.nl – l.francot@uu.nl

 

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Graduate Conference Call for Papers: Mind Science and Everything!

By John DonaldsonThu, 02/04/2010 - 6:51pm

Our understanding of the mind and experience, once the product of largely a priori reasoning and speculation, has increasingly profited from discoveries in the empirical sciences. Most obviously, philosophers have drawn on data from the neurosciences and psychology, but research from such disparate fields as biological evolution, psychiatry and quantum physics has also been claimed to have possible implications for the philosophies of mind and perception.

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