Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

Conference Dates: August 31st-September 2nd, 2006
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Submission Deadline: February 15th, 2006http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/tuomela/collint/Keynote Speakers: Michael E. Bratman (Stanford University), Margaret Gilbert (University of Connecticut), Larry May (Washington University), Georg Meggle (University of Leipzig)

The research project “The We-Perspective, Social Institutions and Social Change” (located at the Department of Social and Moral Philosophy, the University of Helsinki) and the Philosophical Society of Finland invite papers for the 5th International Conference on Collective Intentionality.

Part of the conference will be devoted to the special theme of collective responsibility, but papers on any aspect of the theory of collective intentionality are most welcome to the conference.

Although the theory of collective intentionality has for the most part been a philosophical affair, also social scientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists and computer scientists are strongly encouraged to submit papers to the conference. Please see the conference website for more information both on the special theme and on the different areas of research the conference covers.

Submission should include an extended abstract (1500-2000 words) outlining the argument of the paper and a separate title page listing the author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. There should be no identifying information in the body of the abstract. Reviewing will be blind and carried out in co-operation with the international scientific committee formed to support the collective intentionality conferences.

The material (abstract, title page) should be sent in as an attachment to an e-mail (preferably in PDF, MS Word, RTF, or PDF format) to the following e-mail address: collint-v@helsinki.fi. The closing date for submissions is Wednesday 15th February 2006.

Notification of accepted papers will be sent by 15th April 2006. Full papers (presentation time strictly no more than 30 minutes) are expected by 15th June 2006. This is to ensure that the papers can be made available at the conference website in advance of the conference.

The conference is open to all researchers and scholars. However, all participants are asked to register by sending an email to collint-v@helsinki.fi by 15th May 2006. A conference fee (amount to be confirmed) will be payable at the conference.

For more information, please consult the conference website at http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/tuomela/collint or email < a xhref="collint-v@helsinki.fi" mce_href="collint-v@helsinki.fi" >collint-v@helsinki.fi.