Powers, Dispositions, and Singular Causation
Published by aptaylor October 8th, 2007 in Events, Philosophy Calls for Papers, Philosophy Conferences| January 10, 2008 | ||
| April 5, 2008 |
University at Buffalo, State University of New York presents
Powers, Dispositions, and Singular Causation
University at Buffalo, State University Of New York
A Graduate Conference in Metaphysics
April 5, 2008
Keynote Address by Stephen Mumford (University of Nottingham UK)
Passing Powers Around
Do dispositions exist? If so, what is their nature? How do they differ (if at all) from “ordinary” categorical or qualitative properties? How do they relate to events, causes, and physical laws? Recent work in analytic metaphysics has explored these and other questions concerning the nature and role of the putative dispositional properties and powers. This conference will be devoted to the exploration of such problems and related questions in recent metaphysics, physics, ancient/medieval philosophy and the philosophy of mind. We welcome the submission of papers on these and related issues in the recent analytic literature of dispositions, powers, and singular causation understood broadly.
Paper Submissions should adhere to the following guidelines:
(1) Email submissions should be sent by January 10, 2008 to:
buffalo.philosophy07@gmail.com
(2) The body of the email should contain the following information:
a. Author’s name
b. Title of the paper
c. Institutional Affiliation
d. Contact information (email, phone number, mailing address)
e. The word count of the paper
(3) Attached in either Microsoft Word, PDF, or Rich Text format
should be a paper of no more than 4,500 words preceded by an abstract of
no more than 200 words.
Papers should be submitted in blind review format. Please omit any
self-identifying information within the abstract and body of the paper.
Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than February 5, 2008.