Final Call for Papers: OZSW-GCTP2016 (Twente)
The Dutch Research School of Philosophy
Graduate
Conference in Theoretical Philosophy
(OZSW-GCTP2016)
How Philosophy Meets the World
University
of Twente, Enschede,
Netherlands
April 20-22, 2016
Philosophers
are often pictured as far removed from reality, living in ivory towers. But
often philosophy, even of the more theoretical kind, has potential for a huge
impact on the way we think about aspects of the world and live our lives.
Philosophers themselves often need more encouragement to think about how their
ideas and fields have meaning and relevance beyond academic walls, and the
directions along which their fields can change our ideas about the world or
make contributions to practical problems in science, ethics, society, and so on.
For the Dutch Research
School of Philosophy Graduate Conference in Theoretical Philosophy (OZSW-GCTP2016), we are interested in how young researchers situate
and demonstrate the relevance of their work. What is the significance of the problems you discuss? How do you address them, and by doing
so what might the benefits be both to philosophy but also outside the walls of
the philosophy department?
For this
conference, we invite graduate students to submit abstracts for presentations
of 20 minutes in the field of theoretical philosophy in both its analytic and
its continental tradition (philosophy of mind, language and science, logic,
metaphysics, epistemology and aesthetics). Presentations can be on any topic in
these areas, but they should also reflect on how this work connects philosophy
to the world or our understanding of it. Apart from some fantastic keynote
speakers, the conference will have a range of social and academic activities; a
great chance to meet and talk with other graduate students in your field!
Please send the abstract
of your presentation proposal (max. 300 words in length) with email subject title
“OZSW-GCTP2016: author’s name” to Dr. Koray Karaca at: k.karaca@utwente.nl by February 1, 2016. Abstracts must be submitted in English as a PDF file, and
they must include the title of the
presentation and the author's name, institutional affiliation and email
address. All abstracts will be
reviewed by the conference organizers. Authors will be notified as to whether
their abstract has been accepted for presentation by March 1, 2016.
Keynote speakers:
Jan
Broersen (Utrecht University)
James
McAllister (Leiden University)
Federica
Russo (University of Amsterdam)
Sonja Smets (University of Amsterdam)
Johnny
Søraker (University of Twente)
Organizers:
The conference
is organized by the Philosophy of Science in Practice Group in the Department
of Philosophy at the University of Twente:
Prof. dr. ir. Mieke Boon
Bas de Boer, MSci
Dr. Koray Karaca
Dr. Miles MacLeod
Conference venue:
The
conference will be held at the Conference Hotel Drienerburght at the campus of
the University of Twente.