Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

[ September 18, 2007; ] The Relationship between Animal Abuse and Human Violence Begins: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Ends: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 Location: Oxford UK Last date for paper submission: Tue, 29 May 2007 Link: www.oxfordanimalethics.com/index.php This conference will highlight the importance of animal ethics by exploring the following questions:

Is there empirical evidence of a link between animal abuse and violence to humans or anti-social behaviour?
How should [...]

[ September 13, 2007 to September 15, 2007. ] 2007 Conference on Agency and Responsibility Begins: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 Ends: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 Location: Indiana University Bloomington, IN USA Registration fee: $40 Link: http://www.indiana.edu/~agenresp This conference will bring together philosophers from the diverse areas of ethics, metaphysics, and the cognitive sciences at their intersection point of human agency. Invited speakers include Richard Holton (MIT), Jennifer Hornsby (Birkbeck College), Al Mele [...]

[ June 20, 2007; September 1, 2007 to September 5, 2007. ]
Kazimierz Naturalised Epistemology Workshop ‘07
Theme: naturalised epistemology, naturalism

Begins: Sat, 01 Sep 2007

Ends: Wed, 05 Sep 2007

Location: Kazimierz Dolny, Poland

Registration fee: 100 EUR (50 EUR reduced rate)

Last date for paper submission: Wed, 20 Jun 2007

Organizer: Konrad Talmont-Kaminski

Organizer: Marcin Miłkowski

Link: KNEW ‘07

The prospective key speakers are:
* Don Favareau (Singapore)
* Maria Frapolli (Granada)
* Stevan Harnad (Quebec / [...]

[ May 15, 2007; August 27, 2007; ] Gender and Animal Studies Conference Begins: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 Ends: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 Location: Uppsala Sweden Last date for paper submission: Tue, 15 May 2007 Link: http://www.gender.uu.se/node25 The gender and animal studies conference aims at scientists and Ph.D. students active in the field of human-animal studies. The conference is intended for discussions regarding human-animal studies and to facilitate research cooperation [...]

[ June 15, 2007; September 6, 2007 to September 8, 2007. ] The Metaphysics of Time Begins: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 Ends: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 Location: University of Bergamo Bergamo Italy Last date for paper submission: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 Link: www.unibg.it/metaphysics-of-time Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Craig Bourne (Cambridge University)
Joseph Diekemper (University of St Andrews)
Mark Heller (Syracuse University)
Jonathan Lowe (Durham University)
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