CFP Merleau Ponty Circle

This recently was sent to me from MP Circle:

Dear MPCircle Friends,

I am writing on behalf of Prof. Susan O'Shaughnessy, Concordia College, USA, to remind you that the deadline for paper and abstract submissions for the fall conference is May 15, 2011.  You will find attached the Call for Papers with further information.  You may also refer yourself to the conference website: http://www.concordiacollege.edu/dept/phil/merleauponty/index.html

Live Plantinga Lectures

From: http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com

This will be worth hearing. Live broadcast lectures. Go here.

2011 Lecture Series
May 10th and 12th at 7:00 PM
Western Washington University, Arntzen Hall 100
Bellingham, Washington
Guest Lecturer Alvin Plantinga
Free Admission

Map and Directions

The Bellingham Lectures in Philosophy and Religion (BLPR) are designed to facilitate informed, articulate thinking and civil conversation regarding the Big Questions present in philosophy, religion and science.

Sponsored by Western Washington University and the John Templeton Foundation, the BLPR is bringing together academics, students, religious leaders and community members to create an open and inspiring atmosphere in which to inspiring atmosphere in which to discuss topics such as God, Character and Free Will.
This year, our distinguished guest lecturer is Alvin Plantinga, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

Plantinga has chosen two themes for his lectures:

May 10th: “God and Evolution: Where the Conflict Really Lies”
May 12th: “Does Science Show That Miracles Can’t Happen”

We invite you to join us for these discussions either in person, on the campus of Western Washington University, or by participating in our live lecture stream May 10th and 12th.

Since the summer break is nearly here, I thought I'd remind folks of the Younger Scholars Prize so that the summer break could be used to write/finish entries. Here's the ad we have on Leiter Reports:

http://prosblogion.ektopos.com/archives/2011/05/younger-scholar.html

More details: http://ammonius.org/

CFP: Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at Southern Illinois University

6th Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 

Keynote Speaker: 

Professor Eric Brown from the Washington University 

The Department of Philosophy and Phi Sigma Tau (Illinois Pi Chapter)
of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are pleased to announce
that they will be hosting the 6th  Annual Undergraduate Philosophy
Conference, November 4th-5th, 2011.  All undergraduate students are
encouraged to submit papers on any topic of philosophical interest. 

Submission Deadline: September 30th, 2011
Submission Guidelines:
•     Papers should be 12-15 pages in length (20-25 minutes
presentation time).
•     All personally identifying information should be removed from
the body of the paper.
•     A cover sheet including your name and contact information should
be attached separately.
•     Electronic submissions only; they should be emailed to:
blu...@siue.edu (Subject Line: “Undergraduate Conference Submission”)
•    For compatibility reasons, please be sure to save the files
in .rtf or .doc 

Please visit our website for further information and updates about
our
conference: 

http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/philosophy/upc 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Bryan
Lueck
at blu...@siue.edu.

Workshop on Agency and Responsibility

From: http://groups.google.com/group/philosophy-updates/browse_thread/thread/992eb2802e538617

I'm pleased to announce the availability of the program for the first
New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility (NOWAR), to be held
this coming November 3-5 at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans.
The program can be found here:
http://murphy.tulane.edu/pdfs/NOWAR2011Program.pdf.  Other information
about the workshop, including the link to hotel reservations, may be
found here:
http://murphy.tulane.edu/events/center-conferences-symposia/1888.php.
There are a limited number of rooms that have been set aside at the
Intercontinental Hotel at a discounted rate for conference attendees.
Please pass along this information to any colleagues or students you
think might be interested. 

Registration is free and simply requires an e-mail to David Shoemaker at
dshoe...@tulane.edu  with a request to register. 

CFA: Experimental Philosophy Month

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ophers to develop and submit original ideas for new experimental studies. Students and professors who wish to submit a proposal for experiment month  are invited to contact the experiment month staff for feedback and suggestions before submitting.

All experiment proposals WERE due September 1st, 2010.

You can participate by filling out surveys and the like.

CFP: Environmental Philosophy

*CALL FOR PAPERS * 

Meeting of 

*The International Association for Environmental Philosophy * 

at the annual meeting of the 

American Philosophical Association---Eastern Division 

December 27-30, 2011 

Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC 

The International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP)
invites paper proposals in the form of full (1-2 page) abstracts.
Proposals for either individual papers or sessions organized around a
specific topic (3-4 presenters) will be considered. 

*The deadline for submission of abstracts is Monday, May 2, 2011.
*Presenters are required to have current IAEP membership. Notice of
selection will arrive by early June. 

** 

2011 SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY IN PHILOSOPHY

Rutgers University will sponsor the 2011 SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY IN PHILOSOPHY. This seven day program is designed to introduce undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to the various areas of specialization within the discipline of philosophy, give students a better idea of what graduate studies in philosophy is about, and explore various views about what it means to be a professional philosopher.   Up to fifteen students will be given the opportunity to interact in formal and informal settings with a group of talented graduate students and distinguished faculty members from a number of universities.



July 24th-July 31st, 2011

More info: http://www.apaonline.org/documents/news/SIDP%202011%20Flyer.pdf

External Funding for Graduate Philosophy Students

Found on a great resources, includes links  for graduate student funding at http://philosophyapplicant.wordpress.com. It does not seem to keep updated, but still has some great resources.

About Philosophical Counseling

A quite entertaining summery of philosophical counselling from a fellow blogger over at Rationally Speaking.

The idea seems pretty straightforward and uncontroversial to me, but it has – perhaps predictably – run into strong opposition from a variety of parties, including philosophers themselves! Some psychiatrists accuse philosophers of practicing medicine without a license, as if wanting to talk to someone about your thoughts is an as yet undiagnosed but dangerous medical condition that ought to be treated with the latest drug from Pfeizer. Some psychologists are afraid that they'll lose clientèle if people decide that a bit of rational thinking might actually do as much good as getting in touch with one's own emotions. And some academic philosophers think that dispensing philosophy for money is an undignified way of going through life (apparently unaware that they are paid, often with public money, to deliver their lectures and to write their papers about Wittgenstein).

http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2006/06/philosophical-counseling-anyone.html

Certification: Philosophical Counseling

About the Client Counseling Program

3-Day Certification Training for Philosophical Counselors by American Philosophical Practitioners Association.Next Program: July 29-31, 2011

Location: SGI Culture Center, 7 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003

Available to MA or PHD holders.

Experimental Philosophy of Free Will Boot Camp

Just a quick note to let people know about the upcoming Experimental Philosophy of Free Will Boot Camp. The boot camp is designed to help philosophers get the skills they need to do cutting-edge work in experimental philosophy. So social psychologist David Pizarro will be providing hands-on training in experimental design and statistics, and attendees will have an opportunity (purely optional) to present their own ideas for possible projects and get feedback from the group as a whole.

Applications are due May 4.

[A big thank you to Al Mele whose Big Questions in Free Will project made this whole event possible!]

http://experimentalphilosophy.typepad.com/experimental_philosophy/2011/04/experimental-philosophy-of-free-will-boot-camp.html

Undergraduate Philosophy Journals

A short list and description of undergraduate philosophy journals. It looks really good on a graduate application if one has a publication even if it is in an undergraduate journal.

CFP: Philosophy of Sport?

Here is a call for papers on the philosophy of sport. Philosophy of sport is rather new and was started in the 1960's. I have been seeing philosophy of sport mentioned quite a bit on the internet lately but am very ignorant of it's nature myself.  The philosophy of sport definition from Penn State:

Final Call for Papers: “The Problem of the Criterion”

At least to me this is an exciting topic. Deadline: June 30th.

 "To know whether things really are as they seem to be, we must have a procedure for distinguishing appearances that are true from appearances that are false. But to know whether our procedure is a good procedure, we have to know whether it really succeeds in distinguishing appearances that are true from appearances that are false. And we cannot know whether it does really succeed unless we already know which appearances are true and which ones are false. And so we are caught in a circle. [‘The Problem of the Criterion’, 1982]"

Call for Proposals – Conference: “Advancing Publicly Engaged Philosophy”

I thought this might interest some of my readers. It is put out by the Public Philosophy Network which I have blogged about earlier.  "The Public Philosophy Network invites proposals for a Fall 2011 meeting on Advancing Publicly Engaged Philosophy.  The conference will include a mix of formal and informal sessions on various issues in practical philosophy, including concrete projects and political problems as well as discussions of larger philosophical questions about how to engage in philosophical activity outside the academy."

CFP: The 2011 Meeting of the Central States Philosophical Association

[CPF = Call for Papers, Found at http://lemmingsblog.blogspot.com/] As tradition has it, the university of the President of the Central States Philosophical Association hosts the annual meetings. So, the 2011 meeting will take place in my current hometown St. Louis. Our excellent Vice President, Paul Weirich, Curators' Professor at University of Missouri, Columbia, has just issued the following call for papers:

Munitz Essay Prize: $5000

The Milton K. Munitz Prize in Philosophy for 2011:

An award of $5000 will be offered in 2011 for the submitted works of scholars which deal, centrally (though not necessarily exclusively), with Milton Munitz’s works and ideas and specifically respond to the following question:

What is the nature and significance of Milton Munitz's concept of Boundless Existence?

Submissions of any length will be accepted until December 15, 2011.

Philosophy for Children: Mini-Conference

In conjunction with the 2011 Meetings of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association in San Diego, there will be a Mini-Conference on Philosophy for Children on April 20 and 21.  The focus of the Mini-Conference will be on the significance and impact of pre-college philosophy instruction.  Scholars from around the globe will participate in the Mini-Conference.   Attendance is open to anyone attending the Pacific Division Meetings.  If you plan on attending the Mini-Conference please register by clicking here.


Full page here: http://www.kidsphilmini.co.cc/

Philosophy Blogs

Here my readers can post their blogs or websites. I would love to take a look at what other philosophers are doing on the web. If your posting valuable content I will suggest it to my readers on this blog. Post your blog or blog suggestions in comments. Here is a list of blogs I already follow.