Summer Course on “Human Rights and Drug Policy”

July 16-27, 2012

Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary

PSA Women's Caucus Prize - Call For Nominations

Nominations are now open for the 2012 Philosophy of Science Association Women's Caucus Prize. The Prize is awarded biennially for the best book, article, or chapter published in English in the area of feminist philosophy of science within the five years prior to each PSA meeting. The winner will receive a cash award of $500, which will be presented at the November 2012 PSA meeting in San Diego, California. The deadline for nominations is May 1, 2012. To be considered, works must have been published between May 1, 2007 and May 1, 2012. Articles posted electronically on journal websites in final (accepted) form prior to May 1, 2012 are eligible for consideration. Self-nominations are allowed but are limited to one per person. To make a nomination, please provide information about the article, book or chapter you are nominating by clicking on the link below. 

The 35th International Wittgenstein Symposium

The 35th International Wittgenstein Symposium will be held from August 5th through 11th, 2012, in Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. Contributions are now invited on this year's general topic: "Ethics – Society – Politics", and on all aspects of the philosophy, work and life of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Sections:

1. Wittgenstein

2. Living – Healing – Dying

3. Justice – Society – Economy

4. Power – Ethics – Politics

5. Humanity – Nature – Technology

6. History – Concepts – Theories

7. Knowledge – Truth – Science

Subjectivity, selfhood and agency in the Arabic and Latin Traditions - An international conference on the history of philosophical psychology and moral psychology

August 15-18, 2012, Uppsala, Sweden

ESSLLI Workshop Logic & Cognition

                                                                 13-17 August

                                                                 Opole, Poland

                                                                 2nd Call for Papers

                                                                 Deadline: March 2, 2012

                                                               

Ethics, Values and Civil Society - Historical, Professional and Political perspectives

The Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics is very pleased to announce the AAPAE Annual Conference 2012 will be held at St John's College, University of Queensland from 28th June to 1st July 2012. Convened by the Rev. Professor John Morgan, the theme of the conference will be:  Ethics, Values and Civil Society - Historical, Professional and Political perspectives .

International Conference on the Philosophy and Science of Well-being and their Practical Importance

University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

July 26-27, 2012

The 19th conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion: "Embodied Religion"

August 30th- September 2nd 2012

Soesterberg (near Utrecht), Netherlands

  

LOFT10 2012: Tenth Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory

University of Sevilla, Spain

June 18-20, 2012

O que é uma lei da natureza?

Autor: Rodrigo Cid

O objetivo desta dissertação é defender a posição filosófica do substantivismo ante rem contra as suas supostas alternativas. Para isso serão apresentadas quatro posições com relação à natureza das leis naturais, duas formas de realismo e duas formas de anti-realismo, e as avaliaremos criticamente. As desvantagens de cada uma dessas teorias serão apresentadas a fim de mostrarmos que elas são insuficientes para fornecer uma metafísica capaz de explicar a contrafactualidade, a universalidade e a regularidade do mundo, e que apenas uma versão de uma das teorias realistas, o novo substantivismo ante rem, o consegue. Esse objetivo é importante, pois o conceito de lei natural é amplamente utilizado em inúmeras áreas das ciências e da filosofia e, de acordo com a posição que aceitarmos, ele poderá cumprir certos papéis teóricos, e não outros. Pretendemos mostrar que as leis do novo substantivismo ante rem são capazes de cumprir todos os papéis que os cientistas esperariam das leis naturais. 

A Call for Manuscripts: Current Trends in African Political Philosophy

Deadline for submission: January 30,2012

The journal Philosophia Africana is soliciting manuscripts for a special volume (14:1&2) on the theme of Current Trends in African Political Philosophy. What shape, form or direction (if any) has African Political philosophy taken since the pro-independence, anti-colonial discourses of such leaders as Nkrumah, Senghor and Nyerere? What are its dominant themes (If any)? What contributions have been made by those, such as female philosophers, that are not represented in Oruka's nationalist-ideological trend? What impact (if any) has the end of apartheid in South Africa made on the current discourse? Should the discourse be taking a particular direction? These are only some of the possible topics for relevant manuscripts.

Call for Papers for Special Edition of ‘Global Discourse’

Issue title: The Crisis of the Twenty-First Century: Empire in an Age of Austerity

Deadline:  Initial submission of 300-500 word abstracts: 1^st February 2012. Submission of 6,000-8,000 word articles on invitation: 1^st May 2012 / Date of issue publication: September 2012 

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON 'PERSONAL AND SHARED INTENTIONS'

 

 May 3-5 2012

 Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (Germany)

 

Social Ontology and Collective Intentionality – An Interdisciplinary Workshop

Macquarie University, Sydney
May 3-4, 2012

NATURALISM AND NORMATIVITY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

May 10-12, 2012

University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Three Remarks on the Interpretation of Kant on Incongruent Counterparts

Autor: Rogério Passos Severo

Kant’s treatments of incongruent counterparts have been criticized in the recent literature. His 1768 essay has been charged with an ambiguous use of the notion of ‘inner ground’, and his 1770 claim that those differences cannot be apprehended conceptually is thought to be false. The author argues that those two charges rest on an uncharitable reading. ‘Inner ground’ is equivocal only if misread as mapping onto Leibniz notion of quality. Concepts suffice to distinguish counterparts, but are insufficient to specify their spatial forms. Kant’s claims are reasonable and plausible, and have been reaffirmed repeatedly in contemporary discussions of demonstrative identification.

RELIGION AND CIVIL SOCIETY: THE CHANGING FACES OF “RELIGION” AND “SECULARITY”.

7th. – 8th. June 2012

At Harvard University

Sobre o primeiro fundamento da distinção de direções no espaço

Tradutor: Rogério Passos Severo

O ensaio a seguir traduzido foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1768 no Wochentliche Königsbergsche Frag- und Anzeigungsnachrichten (n. 6, 7 e 8). Foi o único trabalho publicado por Kant entre 1766 e 1770, período crucial para o desenvolvimento do que posteriormente viria a ser o idealismo transcendental, em particular de sua doutrina do espaço e do tempo. O ensaio de 1768 marca uma ruptura com concepções leibnizianas do espaço que Kant mantivera até então, ainda que com reservas.

Theories and Reality: Five essays on Quine and underdetermination

Autor: Rogério Passos Severo

A tese da subdeterminação recebeu bastante atenção nas últimas décadas, mas pouco consenso se alcançou sobre o que diz. Mesmo seu mais influente defensor, W.V. Quine, mudou de opinião várias vezes sobre sua formulação e implicações. Este trabalho contém uma análise comparativa das concepções de Quine e os debates contemporâneos sobre o tema.Argumenta-se que 1) holismo e subdeterminação são teses distintas e que embora a primeira tese empreste credibilidade à segunda, é insuficiente para estabelecê-la; 2) a formulação de Quine da tese da subdeterminação é significativamente mais fraca do que comentadores têm suposto; 3) a rivalidade entre teorias empiricamente equivalentes é melhor compreendida em termos de não-intertraduzibilidade; 4) algumas críticas recentes da tese são vazias, pois indevidamente fortalecem-na a ponto de torná-la indefensável, e algumas defesas recentes da tese são inanes uma vez que se apóiam em uma concepção demasiado frouxa do que conta como sendo uma teoria rival; 5) contrariamente a uma suposição freqüente na literatura, a tese da subdeterminação não precisa ser pensada como sendo incompatível com o realismo epistêmico.

Knowledge Organization and Data Modeling in the Humanities

Providence, Rhode Island

March 14-16, 2012

5th Colloquium on Ethics and Applied Ethics

Monday, June 18 - Thursday, June 21

International Workshop * KNOWLEDGE AND DISAGREEMENT *

March 15-16 2012
Instituto de Filosofia da Linguagem
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Portugal

NEOPLATONISMO ANTIGO E MEDIEVAL

Seminário de Pós-Graduação - FLUL - Semestre Par

Quarta-feira | 14.00 - 17.00 | 2012

Coordenação: Maria Leonor Xavier e Filipa Afonso, contando com a participação de membros e colaboradores do CFUL.

Linguagem e Valor: Entre o Tractatus e as Investigações

O Instituto de Filosofia da Linguagem da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa tem o prazer de anunciar a publicação do livro *Linguagem e Valor: Entre o Tractatus e as Investigações*, organizado por *Nuno Venturinha*, na sua série *Biblioteca Colloquia*.

Fellow-Symposium 2012: "Perceiving Objects and Persons"

Bochum, February 29th 2012

14:00-17:30, lecture room GA 3/143

1 vaga para substituto na UNESP (inscrições até dia 25/01/2012)

18 a 25 de janeiro de 2012

I Congresso Internacional de Filosofia Política e Jurídica da UFU

12 a 16 de Março de 2012

O I Congresso Internacional de Filosofia Jurídica e Política ocorrerá entre os dias 12 e 16 de março em realização conjunta dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Direito Público e Filosofia da UFU. O evento homenageará a Profª. Ágnes Heller e o Prof. Elías Diáz.

XIII Semana dos Alunos de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da PUC-Rio (SAF)

Estão abertas as inscrições para as apresentações na XIII Semana dos Alunos de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da PUC-Rio (SAF). O evento ocorrerá no primeiro semestre do ano de 2012, entre os dias 7 e 12 de maio no Auditório do Decanato do CTC.

1. DAS INSCRIÇÕES

1.1. As inscrições serão efetuadas até a data limite de 30 de Janeiro de 2012.

1.2. O expositor deverá preencher um formulário de inscrição disponível em Anexo. Este formulário consiste na identificação do aluno e em um resumo (entre 700 e 850 palavras) da proposta de trabalho a ser apresentada no evento.

ANPOF: Repúdio ao projeto de lei que regulariza a profissão de "filósofo"‏

Prezados colegas,

Tramita no Congresso Nacional, em regime conclusivo, o projeto de lei nº 2533/11, elaborado pelo depudado Giovani Cherini (PDT/RS)* . Seu objetivo é regulamentar a profissão de filósofo no Brasil. Conforme a proposta do deputado Cherini, o desenvolvimento de projetos socioeconômicos regionais, setoriais ou globais deverão contar com a participação de filósofos devidamente registrados no Ministério do Trabalho. Estarão qualificados para o exercício da profissão todos aqueles que possuírem título de bacharel em filosofia, os diplomados “em cursos similares” no exterior, após terem seus diplomas revalidados, além de mestres e doutores não diplomados que exerçam a atividade há mais de cinco anos. O mencionado projeto de lei também assegura que a profissão de “filósofo” poderá ser exercida por membros titulares da Academia Brasileira de Filosofia e “aos por ela diplomados”. 

NATURAL/UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTING AND ITS PHILOSOPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE

AISB/IACAP

2nd - 6th July 2012

VALUES AND NORMS IN MODELING (VaNiM 2012)

June 25-27, 2012.

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

[CALL FOR PAPERS]

We invite submissions for the upcoming conference Values and Norms in Modeling (VaNiM 2012) which will be held at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, June 25-27, 2012

Research Position in Philosophy and Theory of Languages

The Università degli Studi di Milano invites applications for a three-year appointment in Philosophy and Theory of Languages. After three years, the candidate will be eligible to apply for another three-year position (whose opening is contingent upon university funds). After six years, the candidate is eligible for a tenured Associate Professor position (contingent upon achieving "abilitazione" as well as upon university funds).

Keele University: Postgraduate Studentships

Funding

Keele University is advertising a series of PhD studentships and applications in Philosophy are welcome. I would like to draw your attention in particular to the availability of Graduate Teaching Assistantships, which include Home/EU fee waiver, a substantial stipend and salary.

JOBS: Manchester, Cambridge, York, Leeds, Sydney, Adelaide‏

Samuel Hall Chair in Philosophy
Humanities, School of Social Sciences, Philosophy
The University of Manchester
http://jobs.ac.uk/job/ADU515/


Lecturer in Buddhist Thought and Practice
School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
The University of Manchester
http://jobs.ac.uk/job/ADV350/

James Martin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Foundations and Future of Artificial Intelligence

University of Oxford,
Faculty of Philosophy

The Future of Humanity Institute,
Oxford Martin School

Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Research Fellowship within the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. The post is fixed-term for the period 30 January 2012 (or as soon as possible thereafter) to 30 September 2012.

PhD Scholarship at Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia

The School of Communication and Creative Industries (SCCI) at Charles Sturt University is offering a three year PhD Research Compact Funded Scholarship. The SCCI, one of the leading centres of communication and media studies in Australia, is located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Charles Sturt University is the host institution for the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE). The successful candidate will also have contact with and access to the research resources of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, located in Canberra.

Scholarship Details

O PRINCÍPIO DE NÃO-CONTRADIÇÃO É REVISÁVEL?

Autor: Rogério Passos Severo

Podem existir esquemas conceituais alternativos, que são tão radicalmente distintos do nosso a ponto de não conterem nada que se pareça com o Princípio de Não-Contradição. Essa possibilidade é sugerida pelo holismo de Quine. O autor defende essa possibilidade contra três objeções, argumentando que ela é empiricamente plausível, à medida que é inteligível.

2º CFA: Primeira conferência IFL de Filosofia Analítica de Estudantes de Doutoramento

O Instituto de Filosofia da Linguagem da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, tem o prazer de anunciar a realização, no âmbito do seu projecto “Knowledge and Ability”, da primeira Conferência de Filosofia Analítica de Estudantes de Doutoramento, nos dias 31 de Maio e 1 de Junho de 2012.

Trends in Logic XI, 2012

2nd CALL FOR PAPERS: 

The 11th Trends in Logic international conference will be held at Ruhr

University Bochum, Germany, from June 3-June 5, 2012 under the title “Advances

in Philosophical Logic”. It is organized by the chair of Logic and

Epistemology at the Department of Philosophy II of Ruhr University Bochum, in

co-operation with the journal Studia Logica,

Symposium on “Philosophy in Halakhah: The Case of Intentional Action

The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism is pleased to announce a symposium on Jed Lewinsohn’s paper “Philosophy in Halakhah: The Case of Intentional Action,”

A PUZZLE ABOUT INCONGRUENT COUNTERPARTS AND THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON

Autor: Rogério Passos Severo

Kant uses incongruent counterparts in his work before and after 1781, but not in the first Critique. Given the relevance that incongruent counterparts had for his thought on space, and their persistence in his work during the 1780s, it is plausible to think that he had a reason for leaving them out of both editions of the Critique. Two implausible conjectures for their absence are here considered and rejected. A more plausible alternative is put forth, which explains that textual absence as a result of the synthetic method of presentation intended for the Critique.

Quine – Peter Hylton

Resenhista: Rogério Passos Severo

This is a review of Peter Hylton's Quine (Routledge, 2007). The review highlights three aspects of the book that make are somewhat novel in the literature: (1) Hylton points out that Quine does not reject the analytic-synthetic distinction altogether, but merely its epistemological use by Carnap and others; (2) that the thesis of indeterminacy of translation is not a central doctrine in Quine's philosophy; and (3) that besides a naturalized epistemology, Quine's philosophy contains also a "naturalized metaphysics".

ARC Workshop on Optimal Population

February 9, 2012

University of Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Place Montesquieu, 3, Salle Vives (3d floor), Feb 9, 14h-18h30

Convener : Axel Gosseries – Info : Therese Davio

PLAYING WITH FIRE. THE METAMORPHOSES OF SACRIFICE IN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA

 

 A Special Issue of “ANGELAKI – The Journal of the Theoretical Humanities” 

 Guest Editors: Costica Bradatan (The Honors College, Texas Tech University) & Camil Ungureanu (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)

 This special issue is scheduled for late 2013.

 

 

"Modeling and LHC"

 The research collaboration "Epistemology of the Large Hadron Collider 

 (LHC)" organizes a workshop entitled "Modeling and LHC", which will 

 take place at Wuppertal University from January 26th to January 28th 

 2012.

The British Society of Aesthetics 2012 Annual Conference

BSA CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS

21-23 September 2012, Queen’s College, Oxford

 Deadline for submissions: 1 April 2012

 Papers are invited in all areas of philosophical aesthetics. All submissions

 should include a 200 word abstract and must be prepared for blind review.

Religion, Civil Religion, and the Common Good

Call for Papers:

London Metropolitan University, 20^th-21^st June, 2012

Conference organised by the Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict and Cooperation (CSRCC) and the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP)

special issue: Point-free geometry and topology

 Second call for papers

 Guest Editors: Cristina Coppola, Giangiacomo Gerla (Salerno, Italy)

 Deadline for submissions: 30th June 2012

 Point-free systems of geometry and topology are those geometrical and topological theories which do not include the notion of point among their primitive concepts. On the one hand, research within this branch of logic and mathematics was initiated at the beginning of the XXth century by Alfred N. Whitehead and Theodore de Laguna with the aim to give intuitive foundations of Euclidean geometry. On the other hand, Marshall Stone in his ground-breaking representation theorems for Boolean algebras showed how closely related to each other are algebra and topology.

2012 Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC 2012)

7 to 10 October 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10.º ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE PROFESSORES DE FILOSOFIA NA FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS E HUMANAS DA UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA