CFP: Psychological Themes in the School of Alexius Meinong

Submission deadline: March 14, 2016

Conference date(s):
May 26, 2016 - May 27, 2016

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Conference Venue:

Phenomenologies Research Group, University of Liège
Liège, Belgium

Topic areas

Details

There are few places left for additional presentations at the Liège session. We invite submission of abstracts on any topic relevant to the conference theme. Proposals on the suggested topics below are particularly welcome. The main language of the conference will be English, but presentations in French will also be accepted. Each presentation won’t exceed 40-45 minutes reading time and will be followed by 15 minutes discussion. Accommodation fees will be funded for all the participants. Selected papers are expected to be published in the conference proceedings. Abstracts and proposed titles should be send to a.dewalque(a)ulg.ac.be no latter than February 29, 2016.

Investigated topics will include (but won't be limited to):

  1. The place of the Graz laboratory in the history of psychology
  2. The relationship between Meinong's object theory and Brentano's descriptive psychology
  3. The role of experimentation in descriptive investigations
  4. The alleged autonomy of the object theory with respect to psychology
  5. The classification of mental phenomena and its philosophical implications
  6. The relevance of psychological investigations for Value Theory and Aesthetics
  7. The nature of assumptions
  8. Etc.

Important Dates

  • Extended deadline for submission: March 15, 2016
  • Notification of acceptance: March 25, 2016
  • Conference: May 26-27, 2016

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