Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

Postgraduate Papers Due 1st February 2007 (see below)

OPEN SESSIONS

A number of parallel sessions on Saturday and Sunday afternoons will be
available for the presentation of papers not previously published. There
will be a considerable number of these sessions available, allowing room
for many submissions to be included. The intention is to accommodate all
philosophical material suitable for presentation to a professional
audience, so far as time and space in the programme allow, and not to
operate a selective policy.

Each presentation should last no more than 20 minutes,
so that a further 10-15 minutes may be allowed for discussion. Presented
papers should aim to introduce material involving recent research. There
are no restrictions on the areas of philosophy which papers may address.
Philosophers whose papers are included in this part of the programme
must be or become subscribing members of one of the organising
societies.

Those wishing to make a presentation should submit by
e-mail attachment a copy of their paper (no more than 2000 words),
together with a 250-word abstract, to Anthony Everett
(anthony.everett@bristol.ac.uk) by 1st March 2007. Decisions on whether
papers have been accepted will be made by the end of April 2007.

Papers accepted for the Open Sessions will not be
published in the Supplementary Volume of the Aristotelian Society
(unlike papers invited for the plenary programme of the conference); and
expenses will not be paid.

POSTGRADUATE SESSIONS

Two parallel sessions on the Saturday afternoon will be devoted to short
presentations by graduate students (or those who have recently obtained
a postgraduate degree). Each student should speak for 20 minutes,
allowing 10 minutes for discussion.

Students wishing to participate should send their paper,
preferably by attachment in Word 98 or higher, otherwise in two hard
copies, by 1st February 2007 to: The Executive Secretary, The
Aristotelian Society, Room 281, Stewart House, Russell Square, London
WC1B 5DN. Email: mail@aristoteliansociety.org.uk.

The paper should be about 2000 words but no more than
2500 words, including notes and bibliography, and should begin with a
brief abstract. It should be typewritten in 12-point text, single-spaced
throughout (i.e. including references and quotations), on one side of
white A4 paper. All pages should be numbered and have margins of 1 inch
or more. Papers containing symbols liable to distortion in transmission
should be submitted as hard copies; otherwise electronic copy is
welcome.

Please ensure that there are no self-identifying
references in the text. Submissions should be accompanied by a separate
page containing the title of the paper, the name of the author,
institution and status, and email and postal addresses.

Authors are advised to consult supervisors about what
may be suitable for presentation to a largely professional audience.
Given the tight word-limit, they are advised to give as much space as
they can to the statement of their own ideas.

The papers will be sent to referees, and a maximum of
eight will be selected for presentation at the Joint Session. The
programme will be settled in May 2007.

The selected authors will have their conference fee and
accommodation expenses (but not their travel costs) paid by the Mind
Association and the Aristotelian Society.

Some papers may subsequently be considered for publication in the
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.

Nobody should submit a paper for both the Postgraduate and the Open
Sessions, and only one paper may be submitted per individual. However,
graduate students whose submission for the Postgraduate Sessions is
unsuccessful may subsequently be advised that their paper has been
accepted for the Open Sessions. Conference costs will not be paid by the
organisers.

INVITED SPEAKERS

So far confirmed:

Inaugural Address - Professor Chris Hookway

Symposia:

James Ladyman and Bas van Fraassen

James Lenman and Mike Ridge

Ursula Coope and Chris Shields

Peter Millican and Helen Beebee

Ted Sider and Katherine Hawley

Scott Soames and respondent (tbc)