University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
ABOUT: The Joint Session is a philosophy conference run by the Aristotelian Society in conjunction with the Mind Association. It is a key event in the annual philosophical calendar, attracting prestigious UK and international speakers working in a range of philosophical areas. Inaugurated by the incoming President of the Mind Association, the Joint Session includes symposia, open and postgradaute sessions, and a range of satellite conferences.
The 85th Joint Session will be held at the University of Sussex on the weekend of 8-10 July 2011. The local organiser is Dr. Kathleen Stock.
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: Early registration for the 2011 Joint Session is now open. The early, discounted rate applies until 1 June 2011.
Details on how to register are available at the Joint Session website:
www.sussex.ac.uk/
www.sussex.ac.uk/
INVITED SPEAKERS
Inaugural Address:
E.J. LOWE (Durham)
"Locke on Real Essence and Water as a Natural Kind: A Qualified Defence"
Symposia:
TIM CRANE (Cambridge) & JODY AZZOUNI (Tufts)
"The Singularity of Singular Thought"
MARK SAINSBURY (Texas - Austin) & RUTH MILLIKAN (Connecticut)
"An Originalist Theory of Concepts"
KATHLEEN STOCK (Sussex) & STACIE FRIEND (Heythrop)
"Fictive Utterance and Imagining"
ALAN MILLAR (Stirling) & JONATHAN KVANVIG (Baylor)
"Why Knowledge Matters"
ALEX BYRNE (MIT) & MATTHEW BOYLE (Harvard)
"Transparency, Belief, Intention"
SUSAN JAMES (Birkbeck) and ERIC SCHLIESSER (GHENT)
"Creating Rational Understanding: Spinoza as a Social Epistemologist"
OPEN AND POSTGRADUATE SESSIONS
The programme for the Open and Postgraduate Sessions is in the process of being finalised. Please check the Joint Session website for updates:
www.sussex.ac.uk/
www.sussex.ac.uk/
PROCEEDINGS: The invited papers for the 2011 Joint Session will be published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume LXXXV. The 85th volume will be available by June 2011 and will be produced in both digital and hardcover formats.
Please visit the Society's website for subscription details:
www.aristoteliansociety.org.
www.aristoteliansociety.org.
SUBSIDIES: A small number of subsidies are available for students and unwaged members of either the Aristotelian Society or the Mind Association. Please visit the Society's website for further details:
www.aristoteliansociety.org.
www.aristoteliansociety.org.
MEMBERSHIP
Conference delegates must be members of either one of the organising bodies.
CONTACT & FURTHER INFO
For enquiries regarding the Supplementary Volume (i.e, invited speakers), the Postgraduate Session, and Subsidies:
mail@aristoteliansociety.org.
mail@aristoteliansociety.org.
2011 Joint Session: www.sussex.ac.uk/
The Mind Association: www.mindassociation.org
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