Dear Listmembers,
Here is the final call for papers for this year's ESPP conference. This
year it is a joint event with the American counterpart (SPP). In the past,
there has been a good number of papers on pragmatics and related subjects
and there have been a number of people talking about relevance theory. I
encourage you to submit an abstract or come along.
best,
Richard Breheny
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FIRST JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY & PSYCHOLOGY AND
THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY & PSYCHOLOGY
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
July 3 - July 6 2004
Barcelona, Spain
http://www.eurospp.org/2004/
http://www.ub.es/grc_logos/spp_espp_04/
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The aim of the European Society for Philosophy & Psychology is 'to promote
interaction between philosophers and psychologists on issues of common
concern'. Psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists, computer scientists
and biologists are encouraged to report experimental, theoretical and
clinical work that they judge to have philosophical significance; and
philosophers are encouraged to engage with the fundamental issues addressed
by and arising out of such work. In recent years ESPP sessions have covered
such topics as spatial concepts, simulation theory, attention, joint
attention, reference, problems of consciousness, introspection and
self-report, emotion, perception, early numerical cognition, infants'
understanding of intentionality, memory and time, motor imagery,
counterfactuals, the semantics/pragmatics distinction, minimalism in
linguistic theory, reasoning, vagueness, mental causation, action and
agency, thought without language, externalism, connectionism, hypnosis, and
the interpretation of neuropsychological results.
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The Society for Philosophy and Psychology is among the premier
organizations of its kind in the world. SPP was founded in 1974 to provide
a forum for exchanging ideas on the very latest empirical and philosophical
approaches to the mind. The name of the Society signals the traditional
liaison between philosophy and psychology, but our interests extend well
beyond these fields. Our membership includes scholars from linguistics,
neuroscience, evolutionary biology, cognitive anthropology, artificial
intelligence, psychopathology, and cognitive ethology.
Some of the most important and well-known research themes in the cognitive
sciences were discussed in their nascent stages at the Society's annual
meeting. These meetings are lively and collegial, and present an unrivaled
opportunity for conversations that cross disciplines. The Society takes
special pride in creating a supportive atmosphere for researchers at the
beginning of their careers, including graduate students. Many of them have
gone on to become prominent contributors to their fields and to the present
life of the Society.
In addition to invited lectures and symposia and contributed papers and
posters, the Society has recently added focused workshops on empirical
topics of interest to our members.
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FIRST JOINT CONFERENCE SPP & ESPP
Invited Speakers:
Anthony Marcel (Cambridge)
Michael Posner (Oregon)
Francois Recanati (Paris)
Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard)
Invited Symposia:
OBJECT PERCEPTION convened by Jonathan Cohen (San Diego)
Including: Roberto Casati (CNRS), Susanna Siegel (Harvard), Brian Scholl
(Yale)
OPACITY convened by Josef Perner (Salzburg)
Including: Ian Apperly (Birmingham), Jill deVilliers (Smith College,
Massachussetts), Jay Garfield (Smith College)
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION convened by Nuria Sebastian (Barcelona)
AGENCY convened by Karsten Steuber (College of the Holy Cross)
Including: Luciano Fadiga (Medicine, Ferrara), Gregory Currie (Philosophy,
Nottingham)
SPP Presidential Address: Frank Keil, Yale
Stanton Lecture: David Chalmers, Arizona
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The Societies invite submitted symposia, papers and posters for this
meeting.
Submitted papers are refereed and selected on the basis of quality and
relevance to psychologists, philosophers and linguists. Papers should not
exceed a length of 20 minutes (about 8 double-spaced pages) for a total 30
minute session. Submissions may be by abstract but in the case of
philosophical submissions a full paper is preferred. The Societies also
encourage joint submission of papers as symposia topics (for 3 and up to 4
speakers across different disciplines) - the convenor should submit a brief
(1000 word) description of the symposium topic in addition to each
participant submitting an abstract/paper - all papers considered as part of
a submitted symposium will also be considered for independent presentation.
There will also be poster presentations. A submission for a poster
presentation should consist of a 500-word abstract. Submitted papers may
also be considered for presentation as posters.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS & POSTERS is 20 FEBRUARY, 2004.
Please use the online submission form to be found at:
http://www.eurospp.org/2004/submission.html
Otherwise electronic submissions are preferred (in PDF, PS or MS Word
format) and should be sent to any ONE of the following:
Colin Allen,
Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
77843-4237, USA
Email: colin-allen@tamu.edu
Paul Bloom,
Department of Psychology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208205, New Haven, CT
06520-8205, USA
Email: paul.bloom@yale.edu
Richard Breheny,
Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of
Cambridge, CAMBRIDGE CB2 1QA, UK
Email: reb35@cam.ac.uk
Zoltan Dienes,
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences,
University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK
Email: dienes@biols.susx.ac.uk
Michael Martin,
Dept of Philosophy, UCL, LONDON WC1E 6BT, UK
Email: michael.martin@ucl.ac.uk
Jeffrey Poland,
Dept of History, Philosophy and Social Science, Rhode Island School of
Design, Two College Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Email: Jeffrey_Poland@brown.edu
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THE 2004 WILLIAM JAMES PRIZE
History: At the 1996 annual Business Meeting, SPP membership moved to
create AN AWARD FOR GRADUATE STUDENT PAPERS accepted for oral presentation
in contributed sessions at subsequent annual meetings. The SPP funds up to
two awards yearly, with no more than one award per discipline. Awards are
$250 paid out of SPP funds, and a certificate. The yearly panel of judges
includes the Program Co-Chairs and the President, as well as any other
willing SPP officers, executive committee members, or regular members
requested by this group. Having a paper accepted for oral presentation in a
contributed session alone is not sufficient for receiving an award. At the
1997 meeting, membership moved to rename the award The William James Prize,
in light of James' contributions to both philosophy and psychology.
Rules for Submission
1. To be eligible for the William James Prize, one must be pursuing a
doctoral degree in philosophy, psychology, or other relevant disciplines,
and must not have received the Ph.D. by the submission deadline for
contributed papers. This year's submission deadline is February 20, 2004.
2. The William James Prize committee will determine the prize-winners (if
any) only after the program decisions have been made.
3. Prize-winners will be acknowledged by a special insert in the conference
program, and will receive their check and certificate at the annual
Presidential Address and Banquet.
4. The author(s) of the winning paper(s) will have the option to publish a
version of their paper, revised in light of the conference discussion, in
the journal Philosophical Psychology.
5. Please indicate your interest in being considered for the 2004 William
James Prize in a cover letter accompanying your submission, if you send
your paper by mail. If you submit it electronically, you have to check the
appropriate box.
6. Your submission should follow the guidelines outlined in the general
call for papers.
Please bring the SPP William James award to the attention of your graduate
students
http://www.eurospp.org/2004/
http://www.ub.es/grc_logos/spp_espp_04
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