CFP: Conference on Persons (fwd)

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Shaun Gallagher <gallaghr

philosop

 

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE ON PERSONS

Gaming, Austria

August 7-12, 2001

 

The Sixth International Conference on Persons, organized by the

International Forum on Persons, will be held in Gaming, Austria, August

7-12, 2001. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for serious

discussion and genuine conversation about what it means to be a person and

the implications of taking personal categories seriously. The conference

invites participation from scholars and thinkers in all disciplines and

traditions.

 

Relevant topics range from standard philosophical issues surrounding

persons (personal identity, mind-body relations, other minds, etc.) to

pressing contemporary issues raised by personhood (moral, social,

pedagogical, legal, etc.), to historical and exegetical scholarship on the

concept " person " (personalist philosophies, theological inquiries,

assumptions made within the social sciences, etc.), to currently emerging

perspectives on persons (feminist, Africanist, social constructivist,

etc.).

 

The conference is the sixth in a series of biannual conferences organized

by the International Forum on Persons. Previous conferences held in the

United Kingdom, United States, and the Czech Republic have seen the

formation of an international community of scholars who share a commitment

to exploring issues that confront persons in an age of increasing

depersonalization, and who live and work in contexts that undermine the

significance of the personal. As with past conferences, plans are being

made to publish selected papers from the conference.

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS , ABSTRACTS, AND PROPOSALS Those interested in

presenting their work or otherwise contributing to the conference should

submit completed papers (of no more than 20 minutes presentation time),

abstracts (500 word limit) of work-in-progress, or proposals (limited to

one page) for panels or workshop sessions by MARCH 15. Papers, abstracts,

or proposals should be submitted to:

 

Patti Sayre, Program Chair

Department of Philosophy

Saint Mary's College

Notre Dame, IN 46556

 

E-mail submissions are preferred and should be sent

to: psayre

More information can be found at:

http://www.canisius.edu/~gallaghr/forum/ifop.html#Call

 

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Shaun Gallagher

Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science

Canisius College, Buffalo, New York 14208

 

Phone: 716-888-2329

FAX: 716-888-3122

gallaghr

http://www.canisius.edu/~gallaghr

 

Bibliography and On-Line Texts

on Person, Self, Personal Identity

http://www.canisius.edu/~gallaghr/pi.html

 

Website on Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/pcs/pcs.html

 

Messages to the list are archived at

http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.

Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at

http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html