Georgetown University Philosophy Conference 2013
Reasons and Reasoning
April 20, 2013
Keynote Speaker: Japa Pallikkathayil (
Inquiry into reasons and reasoning has
long occupied a central place in the major philosophical
disciplines. From logic and ethics to epistemology and the history of
philosophy, some of our discipline’s most creative and innovative work
concerns practical and theoretical rationality. The Georgetown
University Philosophy Department invites submissions related to the
theme “Reasons and Reasoning.” Possible topics include: internalist vs.
externalist theories of reasons, reductivism vs. non-reductivism about
reasons talk, the cognitive scientific basis of reasoning, implicit
bias, the roles of background assumptions and/or practical competencies
in reasoning, historical theories of inference, etc. As this list
indicates, our theme should be interpreted liberally, including
contributions from meta-ethics, moral psychology, cognitive science,
epistemology, logic, practical reasoning, political philosophy, etc. We
encourage submissions from both the analytic and continental
traditions, whether historically or programmatically inclined.
Submissions:
The
morning session will include APA-style colloquium papers (20 minute
paper followed by a commentary and general discussion). To apply for
this session, please submit a blinded paper of 3000 words or less with
an abstract (200 words max).
Afternoon
sessions will consist of three concurrent workshops. The workshops will
be roughly organized around areas in Ethics/Metaethics, Language/Mind/
Epistemology, and History. (We will decide the final themes after
receiving submissions, so that we can group papers around themes that
promise interesting interactions). The workshops will be facilitated by
Georgetown faculty members. Those wishing to have a workshop paper
considered need only submit an abstract (500 words max.), and be
willing, if selected, to make the full paper (3000 words max.) available
to conference participants by April 1.
Please prepare submissions for blind review and submit them to https://www.easychair.org/
The deadline for submissions is January 20, 2013. Decisions will be communicated by March 1, 2013.
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