Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

The Society’s Steering Committee proposes to further interaction among younger scholars and researchers in philosophy, both from Italy and elsewhere, by promoting the first in series of graduate conferences, in this instance to discuss topics in metaphysics, the philosophy of language and the theory of knowledge, all construed as broadly as possible. The keynote speakers in these three general areas are:

• Knowledge: Timothy Williamson (Oxford University)
• Metaphysics: Kevin Mulligan (University of Geneva)
• Language: Paolo Leonardi (University of Bologna)

With the aim of including as many contributions as possible, the conference will be structured around plenary sessions with the keynote speakers and pairs of parallel sessions dedicated to contributed papers. The intention is that contributed papers should last around 30 minutes and allow around 15 minutes for discussion. The language of the conference is English.

Indicative range of topics

• Language: meaning; truth; truth-conditions and assertibility; sense and reference; semantics and syntax; form and content; the language of thought; metaphor
• Knowledge: scepticism; foundationalism and coherentism; internalism and externalism; holism and indeterminacy; justification; the a priori; perception; memory; induction; other minds
• Metaphysics: particular and universal; things, facts and events; mind and body; time, identity and cause; possible worlds; God

Submission of abstracts

Long abstracts of around 6,000 characters (roughly 1000 words) are invited on any topic in the broad areas indicated. Significantly longer or shorter abstracts may be disadvantaged. Please send abstracts as e-mail attachments (in .doc, .rtf, .pdf, .ps, .dvi) for blind refereeing to: sifa.gradconf@gmail.com before June 15th 2007, indicating in a separate document:

1. your name;
2. the title of your paper
3. your e-mail address;
4. any institutional affiliation;
5. the area to which your intended paper is a contribution; and
6. any special needs (such as overhead projector, Powerpoint or video)

All submissions will be acknowledged. If you do not receive acknowledgement by the day after the deadline, please bring this to our attention as swiftly as possible. Acceptances will be notified by July 15th 2007. Accepted abstracts will be available at the conference in booklet form. Participants who wish to circulate preliminary versions of their contributions are encouraged to do so by mailing them to: sifa.gradconf@gmail.com.