Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

Episteme, an International Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy, announces the scheduled publication of volume XVIII, September 2007.

Episteme will consider papers written by undergraduate students in any area of philosophy. Papers are evaluated according to quality of research, depth of inquiry, creativity, original insight and clarity.

1. Maximum of 5,000 words.
2. Cover sheet with author’s name, mailing address (current and permanent), email address, telephone number, college or university name, and submission title.
3. Title page. (Author’s name should not appear on title page or in text.)
4. Works Cited page in Chicago style. Please use endnotes as a supplement.
5. Three double-spaced copies with numbered pages and one electronic copy formatted for
   Microsoft Word, submitted as an attachment.

Submissions must be postmarked by February 12, 2007, and addressed to:
The Editors, Episteme
Department of Philosophy, Blair Knapp Hall
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023

Episteme is an annual student-run publication, founded in 1990, that aims to recognize and encourage excellence in undergraduate philosophy by providing students and faculty with examples of strong work.

Our September 2006 issue contained the following papers:

• “Revisiting Singer’s “Famine, Affluence and Morality” by Welsley Halcrow Holliday, Stanford University
• “Bratman on Intending” by Joseph Alberts, Rice University
• “Hilary Putnam’s Semantic Scientism: A Critique” by Gregory R. Warner, Wilfred Laurier University
• “A Logical Absurdity: Jeremy Bentham and the Auto-Icon” by Anna Brenton Brawley, Denison University
• “An Analysis of Freedom and Rational Egoism in ‘Notes from Underground’ ” by Michael Hannon, York University

Please direct all questions to the editors — Denison seniors Will Fortin and Jake Neiheisel — at episteme@denison.edu.