CfP: TRiP 2013--Three Rivers Philosophy Conference: Death -- The Reality of an Idea
Call for Papers: TRiP 2013--Three Rivers Philosophy
Conference: Death -- The Reality of an Idea
The biennial Three Rivers Philosophy Conference will take
place on April 12-14, 2013, on the campus of the University of South
Carolina. The theme for this conference
is Death -- The Reality of an Idea
We welcome abstracts on all aspects of the topic, but
have a special interest in providing a context to explore the relations between
contemporary analytic, bioethical and medical death concepts (e.g., on clinical
determination of death, neurological criteria for death, problems posed by
death for determining a value of a life, suicide, euthanasia, etc.) and those
concepts in the history of philosophy (e.g., Plato on the death of Socrates,
Hegel on tragedy), literature (e.g., as a pervasive theme in Shakespeare),
sociology (e.g., Durkheim on anomie and suicide), and religion (e.g., the Ars
moriendi tradition).
Proposals for shorter talks (20 minutes) may be submitted
in the form of
300-500 word abstracts.
Proposals for longer talks should be in the form of complete papers,
less than 5000 words, and should be accompanied by an abstract of roughly 100
words. Please note that the distinction
between shorter and longer talks is not meant to mark a distinction in quality
and will not be treated as such. Our
point is to provide a venue for those who would like to present in the shorter
format. Papers must be in PDF format and
suitable for blind review.
The deadline for submission is January 15. Contributors
will be notified by February 1.