Experimental Philosophy

Call for Posters: Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference 2016

We have a few more open slots for poster presentation at the upcoming Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference 2016. If you wish to be considered for a poster presentation, please submit your idea ASAP to Robert Kelly (rkelly2@buffalo.edu). 

Conference dates: Fri., Sept. 9 – Sat., Sept. 10, 2016

Conference Venue: Embassy Suites Buffalo, 200 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14202, United States, 716-842-1000. 

Keynote Speaker: Helen de Cruz, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in philosophy at Oxford Brooks University.

CFP: 1st Midwest Experimental and Theoretical Association Conference

Many contemporary experimental philosophers endorse a broad conception of experimental philosophy according to which one is doing experimental philosophy whenever one uses empirical methods and techniques to help investigate philosophical questions. Other experimental philosophers -- and many critics of experimental philosophy -- have assumed a narrower conception and restricted the practice to the empirical study of philosophical intuitions. Often the narrower project is further confined to folk intuitions and the aim of such studies is also narrowly focused on the evidential value of intuitions. We aim to provoke further discussion of the scope of experimental philosophy and to encourage experimental philosophers to consider how we might advance philosophical inquiry without studying intuitions.

Therefore, the Midwest Experimental and Theoretical Association invites submissions on the theme, “Beyond Intuition: Experimental Philosophy on the Broad Conception.” Submissions reporting new empirical results as well as submissions reflecting on the scope of experimental philosophy, its motivations, or the criticisms raised against it are welcome. The conference will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 7-8, 2016. Invited speakers are Carrie Figdor, Ron Mallon, Colleen Murphy, and Justin Sytsma.

To submit, please send either a paper or an extended abstract (up to 1,000 words in length) prepared for blind review AND a separate identifying title page to Ferrin McGinness at mcginne1@illinois.edu by July 15, 2016.

CFP: Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference 2016

CFP: Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference 2016

Submission deadline: June 1, 2016

Conference dates: Fri., Sept. 9 – Sat., Sept. 10, 2016

Conference Venue: Embassy Suites Buffalo, 200 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14202, United States, 716-842-1000 (http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/embassy-suites-buffalo-BUFESES/index.html)

Keynote Speaker

Helen de Cruz, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in philosophy at Oxford Brooks University in England. De Cruz holds a PhD in both philosophy (2011, University of Groningen) and archaeology and art sciences (2007, Free University Brussels), and her main areas of specialization are philosophy of cognitive science and philosophy of religion. De Cruz is co-editor (with Ryan Nichols) of Advances in Religion, Cognitive Science, and Experimental Philosophy (2016, Bloomsbury). She has also written on issues within epistemology, aesthetics, philosophy of science, and metaphilosophy.

Paper Submissions

We invite submissions for paper presentations on any topic pertaining to experimental philosophy. Submissions can report new experimental results or contribute to broader philosophical or methodological debates over existing or possible results. Both XPhi-friendly and XPhi-critical papers are welcomed. We prefer to receive complete papers, but we will also accept extended abstracts. Participants who give paper presentations will be given 50 minute sessions within which to present their research and to respond to questions. Speakers are encouraged to allow at least 15 min. for Q&A. Speakers are also strongly encouraged to talk through their papers rather than read them verbatim.

Poster Submissions

We invite submissions for poster presentations on any topic pertaining to experimental philosophy. For poster submissions, please submit an extended abstract. A poster session and hors d’oeuvres reception will take place on the evening of Fri., Sept. 9.

New Ideas Workshop

This year’s conference will feature a half-day workshop for researchers who are new to experimental philosophy and are interested in learning more about how to further develop an idea they may have for a research project. Presenters will pitch their ideas to other workshop participants and conference attendees and will receive feedback and advice on experimental design, the construction of research materials, and statistical analysis. Anyone interested in participating in the workshop should submit a detailed description of their project idea.

Registration

The conference registration fee will be $60 for faculty and $30 for graduate students, post-docs, and independent scholars.

Submission Deadline

Submissions should be sent via email to rkelly2@buffalo.edu no later than June 1, 2016.

Organizers: Robert Kelly and James Beebe (Experimental Epistemology Research Group, University at Buffalo). The event is sponsored by the Marvin Farber Memorial Fund, the George Hourani Memorial Fund, the Peter Hare Memorial Fund, and the William Baumer Memorial Fund at the Dept. of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

CFA: Does Neuroscience Have Normative Implications?

Elisabeth Hildt and I are organizing a symposium focusing on whether and how neuropsychology might provide insight into normative ethics. We are thrilled about our lineup of invited speakers (including the Experimental Philosophy blog's own Eddy Nahmias!), and are excited about the submissions we hope to receive. The nuts and bolts are in this post; the full CFA is available at the link posted below.

Deadline for Submissions: February 1, 2016

Symposium Venue: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, April 15-16, 2016

Invited Speakers: Kurt Gray (University of North Carolina), James Giordano (Georgetown University), and Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State University)

TL;DR: Submit a 200-400 word abstract, compete for a $500 travel award, indicate whether you’d like your work included in an edited volume, give a 20-30 minute presentation.

Full CFA: http://ethics.iit.edu/neuroethicsymposium

Contact: NormativeNeuroscience@gmail.com

 

CFA Experimental Philosophy as Applied Philosophy

The 7th Conference of Experimental Philosophy UK is taking place 23-24 April 2016 in Reading. The topic is 'Experimental Philosophy as Applied Philosophy'.

There is a call for abstracts. The deadline is 15 January 2016. To see the full details Download CFA

This will also be the 2016 Ratio Conference.

Consciousness and Intention in Economics and Philosophy

We are happy to announce that Consciousness and Intention in Economics and Philosophy will be held at Kyoto Sangyo University (KSU) on the 12th and 13th, December 2015.

We hope that it will be joined by researchers and students who are interested in experimental researches in economics, philosophy and other sciences, as the previous conferences hosted by Kyoto Experimental Economics Laboratory (KEEL) of KSU: Experiments in Economic Sciences: New Approaches to Solving Real-world Problems (2004) and How and Why Economists and Philosophers do Experiments: Dialogue Between Experimental Economics and Experimental Philosophy (2010).

The keynote speakers for the conference are

Prof. Kurt Gray

Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Prof. Shaun Nichols
Department of Philosophy
University of Arizona

Prof. Maroš Servátka

Macquarie Graduate School of Management

Prof. Masatoshi Yoshida

Department of Developmental Physiology,

National Institute for Physiological Sciences,

and the invited lecturer for the Sakura Exchange Program in Science, which is jointly organised with the conference, is

Prof. Nick Feltovich

Department of Economics,

Monash University

The conference and the program are organised by KEEL:

Prof. Sobei H. Oda, Prof. Yoshio IIda, Pof. Hiroshi Kitamura, Dr Yan Zhou

in cooperation with Prof. Jiro Okuda (Faculty of Computer Science and Technology, KSU) and Dr Masashi Kasaki (Japan Society of for the Promotion of Science).

 

CFP: Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference

We have some extra spots open for poster presentations at the upcoming Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference, Sept. 11 - 12. Please send an abstract to Robert Kelly at  rkelly2@buffalo.edu ASAP if you are interested in being considered for inclusion in the poster session. A full program for the conference will be available in a few days.

Final CFP: Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference 2015

CFP: Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference 2015

Submission deadline: Monday, June 1, 2015

Conference dates: Fri., Sept. 11 – Sat., Sept. 12, 2015

Conference Venue: Embassy Suites Buffalo, 200 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14202, United States, 716-842-1000. Click here to make a hotel reservation at the conference rate.

Keynote Speaker:

Thomas Nadelhoffer (College of Charleston)

Prof. Nadelhoffer’s main areas of research include free will, moral psychology, neuroethics, and punishment theory.

We invite submissions for paper or poster presentations on any topic pertaining to experimental philosophy. Submissions can report new experimental results or contribute to broader philosophical or methodological debates over existing or possible results. Both XPhi-friendly and XPhi-critical papers are welcomed. For paper submissions, we prefer to receive complete papers, but we will also accept extended abstracts. For poster submissions, please submit an extended abstract.

Participants who give paper presentations will be given 50 minute sessions within which to present their research and to respond to questions. Speakers are encouraged to allow at least 15 min. for Q&A. Speakers are also strongly encouraged to talk through their papers rather than read them verbatim. A poster session and hors d’oeuvres reception will take place on the evening of Fri., Sept. 11.

The conference registration fee will be $50 for faculty and $25 for graduate students and independent scholars.

Submissions should be sent via email to rkelly2@buffalo.edu no later than June 1, 2015. Organizers: Robert Kelly and James Beebe (Experimental Epistemology Research Group, University at Buffalo). The event is sponsored by the Peter Hare Memorial Fund and the Dept. of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

CFP: Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference 2015

CFP: Buffalo Annual Experimental Philosophy Conference 2015

Submission deadline: Monday, June 1, 2015

Conference dates: Fri., Sept. 11 – Sat., Sept. 12, 2015

Conference Venue: Embassy Suites Buffalo, 200 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14202, United States, 716-842-1000

Keynote Speaker:

Thomas Nadelhoffer (College of Charleston)

Prof. Nadelhoffer’s main areas of research include free will, moral psychology, neuroethics, and punishment theory.

We invite submissions for paper or poster presentations on any topic pertaining to experimental philosophy. Submissions can report new experimental results or contribute to broader philosophical or methodological debates over existing or possible results. Both XPhi-friendly and XPhi-critical papers are welcomed. For paper submissions, we prefer to receive complete papers, but we will also accept extended abstracts. For poster submissions, please submit an extended abstract.

Participants who give paper presentations will be given 50 minute sessions within which to present their research and to respond to questions. Speakers are encouraged to allow at least 15 min. for Q&A. Speakers are also strongly encouraged to talk through their papers rather than read them verbatim. A poster session and hors d’oeuvres reception will take place on the evening of Fri., Sept. 11.

The conference registration fee will be $50 for faculty and $25 for graduate students and independent scholars.

Submissions should be sent via email to rkelly2@buffalo.edu no later than June 1, 2015. Organizers: Robert Kelly and James Beebe (Experimental Epistemology Research Group, University at Buffalo). The event is sponsored by the Peter Hare Memorial Fund and the Dept. of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

http://eerg.buffalo.edu/

Call for Abstracts: Experimental Philosophy UK

Experimental Philosophy Group UK -- 6th Annual Workshop

Event Date: 29-30 June 2015

Deadline: 31 March 2015

Call for abstracts for presentations and posters.

All abstracts are welcome which either report experimental findings or otherwise discuss experimental philosophy.

While all submissions are welcome, we especially encourage submissions that concern the theme for 2015: Tackling Social Injustice. We encourage submissions which in any way bring philosophy and empirical research together to help tackle social injustice. Contributions might include, for example, empirical research on discrimination (e.g., racial, gender or religious discrimination), social mobility and accessibility to public resources or philosophical analyses of terms like ‘justice’ or ‘fairness’.

Confirmed keynotes include: 

• Kimberley Brownlee (University of Warwick)
• Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh)
• Ron Mallon (Washington University in St. Louis)

A full CFA with details about how to submit can be downloaded here.

Registration for the conference will open soon.

Contact: experimentalphilosophyuk@gmail.com

(The conference is supported by Mind Association, and Society for Applied Philosophy)