CFP: Occasionalism and Other Theories of Causality

Submission deadline: February 28, 2015

Conference date(s):
June 6, 2015 - June 7, 2015

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Conference Venue:

Department of Philosophy, Bogazici University
İstanbul, Turkey

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International Society for the Study of Occasionalism invites applications for its second conference entitled “Theories of Causality and Occasionalism.” We are looking for papers that examine the theoretical virtues and weaknesses of occasionalism in relation to a given theory of causality or whether they are compatible. Papers can address these issues in historical (Islamic, medieval, modern) or contemporary context. Some suggestions are as follows:

-Occasionalism and Emanation Theory

-Occasionalism and Physicalism/Naturalism

-Occasionalism and Positivism  

-Occasionalism and Concurrentism

-Occasionalism and Mere Conservationism

-Limited Occasionalism versus Thoroughgoing occasionalism

-Occasionalism and Monism

-Occasionalism and Pre-established Harmony

-Occasionalism and Idealism

-Occasionalism and Skeptical Approaches to Causality

-Occasionalism and Regularity views of Causality

-Occasionalism and Counterfactual Theories of Causality

-Occasionalism and Probabilistic Views of Causality

Faculty members, graduate students, independent scholars are eligible to apply to this conference. Partial funding is available. If you plan to apply, please send a CV and one-page abstract to Nazif Muhtaroglu via e-mail ([email protected]) by the end of February 2015. 

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