CFA: KPA 2013 Summer Workshop

Kentucky Philosophical Association (KPA)

Summer 2013 Workshop

July 18-19, 2013

Hosted at Centre College, Danville, KY

Call for Abstracts 
Submissions deadline: June 8, 2013

The KPA invites the submission of abstracts for papers (4,000-7,000 words) on any topic in philosophy. We invite faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars to share in the opportunity to present and discuss their current work.

Abstracts should be 150 words or less. A draft of the accepted paper will be due by July 8, 2013 and distributed among the participants. Each participant will have 80 minutes for their work, which includes an overview of the paper and discussion.

Please email submissions to Eva Cadavid at eva.cadavid@centre.edu with the subject line “KPA 2013 workshop abstract”. Include in the email the following information:

1. Title of paper
2. 150-word abstract (attached as a pdf)
3. Author's name
4. Author's institutional affiliation
5. Author's email address
6. Indication whether campus housing will be necessary

Note: Campus housing will be available at the cost of $20/night. Registration fee for the workshop is $25 and covers continental breakfast and boxed lunches for both days.

A pdf version of this CFA is available here.

KPA Spring 2013 Meeting & Program

Kentucky Philosophical Association

Spring 2013 Meeting

Transylvania University

Cowgill Rooms

Lexington, KY 40508

Saturday, March 23rd 8:30am – 5:00pm

Program:

Click here for the full program with abstracts and full meeting information

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: Registration, Breakfast (Cogwill Center Lobby)

9:00 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.: Concurrent Sessions:

"Reliability and Phenotypic Chauvinism" (Room: Cogwill 102)
Eric Alan Mack (U Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Commentator: Alexandra Bradner (University of Kentucky)

"Patience as/and Constancy: How Far Can We Go?" (Room: Cogwill 110)
Matt Pianalto (Eastern Kentucky University)
Commentator: W. David Hall (Centre College)

10:00 a.m. -10:55 a.m.:Concurrent Sessions:

"The Importance of Self Knowledge" (Room: Cogwill 102)
Minh Nguyen (Eastern Kentucky University)
Commentator: Peter Fosl (Transylvania University)

"Plato’s Statesman on the Goal of Philosophical Inquiry" (Room: Cogwill 110)
Michael Oliver Wiitala (University of Kentucky)
Commentator: Daniel Sheffler (University of Kentucky)

11:00 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.: Concurrent Sessions:

"Temporal and Spatial Compositional Consistency: An Examination of the Time/Space Analogy Thesis" (Room: Cogwill 102)
Brian Carlson (University of Kentucky)
Commentator: Megan Wallace (University of Kentucky)

"Can Fission Cut It: On the Cognitive Value of Thought Experiments in Personal Identity" (Room: Cogwill 110)
Aleks Zarnitsyn (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Commentator: Michael Horton (U Alabama, Tuscaloosa)

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 pm.: Lunch

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Business Meeting (Cogwill 102)

2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. (Cogwill 102):  

Winner of 2013 KPA Student Essay Contest:
"The Relationship Between the Soul and Plato's Forms and Whether the Soul is the Individuating Force"
Annie Corbitt (Centre College)
Commentator: Shouta Brown (Western Kentucky University)

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Cogwill 102):  

Keynote Address:
"A Heideggerian Critique of Cyberbeing"
Professor Richard Polt (Xavier University) 

Please direct all queries to the KPA President, Bob Sandmeyer.

CFP: Kentucky Philosophical Association Spring 2013 Meeting

Kentucky Philosophical Association (KPA)

Spring 2013 Meeting

Call for Papers

(Printer-Friendly Version of CFP)

Meeting	Keynote
Saturday, March 23, 2013 Host:  Peter Fosl, Ph.D.             Transylvania University             Lexington, KY	Professor Richard Polt, Ph.D.                    Department of Philosophy                    Xavier University Paper:       "A Heideggerian Critique of Cyberbeing"

Call for Papers – General Meeting

Submission:  Submissions on any philosophical topic are welcome. Papers should be no longer than 3,000 words, suitable for reading aloud, and prepared for blind review. Include the following information as a cover page in a separate file:

1.      Title of paper

2.      150-word abstract

3.      Author's name

4.      Author's institutional affiliation

5.      Author's email address

6.      Indicate whether you would be willing to serve as a commentator should your paper not be accepted.

Please send General Meeting submissions by email to Bob Sandmeyer at bob.sandmeyer@uky.edu, with "KPA Submission" appearing in the subject line.

Call for Papers – Undergraduate Student Essay Contest

Submission:  Same conditions and requirements as listed above for the General Meeting.

·         Eligibility: Contest open to any undergraduate student who attends a college or university in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Only one essay may be submitted by each entrant.

·         Awards: the First Place Winner will receive $100 and be asked to read the essay at the KPA Spring 2013 Meeting. Runner-Up will receive a letter of recognition from the Kentucky Philosophical Association.

Please send Contest submissions by email to Audrey Anton at audrey.anton@wku.edu, with "KPA Student Essay Contest Submission" appearing in the subject line.

Deadline for both Calls:  February 1^st, 2013

Contact:  Bob Sandmeyer, Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, 1429 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY  40506-0027, 859-257-7749, bob.sandmeyer@uky.edu.

KPA Spring 2012 Meeting & Program

Saturday, April 28, 2012 

Centre College 

Danville, Kentucky 

Keynote Address:
Anita Superson
University of Kentucky

Full Program (with abstracts) (pdf)

8:30-9:00 a.m. - Registration, Breakfast, Welcome, Ewen Room

9:00-10:00 a.m.:

Audrey Anton, Western Kentucky University
“Fixed and Flexible Characters: Aristotle on the Permanence and Mutability of Distinct Types of Character”
Commentator: Eva Maria Cadavid, Centre College
Ewen Room
 

10:00-11:00 a.m.:

Ben Dixon, Stephen F. Austin State University
“A Decision Procedure for Sustainable Development”
Commentator: Robert Sandmeyer, University of Kentucky
Ewen Room

Robert Guerin, University of Kentucky
“Presuppositions and Grounds: Maimon and Fichte on the Quid Facti of the Transcendental Deduction”
Commentator: Chaz DeBord, University of Kentucky
Room 201

11:00-Noon:

Adam Bowen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Perceptual Atomism and the Charge of Tensed Content”
Commentator: Terry Pence, Northern Kentucky University
Ewen Room

Robert Carry Osborne, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Why Death Is a Loss: The Asymmetry of Pre-Natal and Post-Mortem Non-Existence”
Commentator: Clint Jones, University of Kentucky
Room 201

Noon-1:00 p.m.: Lunch, Location TBA

1:00-2:00 p.m.: Business Meeting: All Are Welcome and Invited, Ewen Room

2:00-3:00 p.m.:

Winner of the 2012 KPA Student Essay Contest
Harry Chalmers, Centre College
“On the Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinism: Exploring the Role of Choice”
Commentator: Audrey Anton, Western Kentucky University
Ewen Room

3:00-4:00 p.m.:

Keynote Address
Anita Superson, University of Kentucky
“Moral Bindingness”
Ewen Room

Local Info:

Hotels in Danville, KY  

Dining Options 

Map of Centre College

CFP: Spring 2012 Meeting + Student Essay Contest

Kentucky Philosophical Association Spring 2012 Meeting

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Centre College

Danville, Kentucky

Keynote Address

Anita Superson

University of Kentucky

“Moral Bindingness”

CALL FOR PAPERS (printer-friendly pdf here)

Submission: Submissions on any philosophical topic are welcome. Papers should be no longer than 3,000 words, suitable for reading aloud, and prepared for blind review. Include the following information as a cover page in a separate file:

1) Title of paper.
2) 150-word abstract.
3) Author’s name.
4) Author’s institutional affiliation.
5) Author’s email address.
6) Indicate whether you would be willing to serve as a commentator should your paper not be accepted.

Please send submissions by email to Minh Nguyen at Minh.Nguyen@eku.edu, with ‘KPA SUBMISSION’ appearing in the subject line. Deadline: March 1, 2012.

Contact: Minh Nguyen, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Eastern Kentucky University, 268 Case Annex, 521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475; 859-622-8667; Minh.Nguyen@eku.edu.

2012 KPA STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST

$100 PRIZE

Eligibility: Contest open to any undergraduate student who attends a college or university in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Only one essay may be submitted by each entrant.

Topic: The essay may be on any topic within the field of philosophy. Regardless of the topic, it should exhibit an appropriate degree of sophistication becoming of an advanced undergraduate student in philosophy.

Submission: The essay should be no longer than 3,000 words, suitable for reading aloud, and prepared for blind review. Include the following information as a cover page in a separate file:

1) Title of paper.
2) 150-word abstract.
3) Author’s name.
4) Author’s institutional affiliation.
5) Author’s email address.
Please send submissions by email to Dr. Bob Sandmeyer at bob.sandmeyer@uky.edu, with ‘KPA STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST’ appearing in the subject line. Deadline: March 1, 2012.

Awards: First Place Winner will receive $100 and read the essay at the KPA Spring 2012 Meeting, to be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. Runner-Up will receive a letter of recognition from the Kentucky Philosophical Association.