CFP: 75th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society

Overview: Papers on any theme or problem in philosophy are welcome. Presented papers will be published in the Society’s journal, Southwest Philosophy Review.  The Society gives an annual award of $100 to the best paper accepted for the program written by a graduate student or recent Ph.D. (degree must have been granted within three years of the meeting).  Authors who are eligible for the prize should indicate this on the cover page of their submission.

Submissions: Electronic submissions are required and should be sent to [email protected] and contain "SWPS 2013 Conference" in the subject line.  Papers must be in MS Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Papers submitted in any other format cannot be processed. Papers may not exceed 3000 words in length, and those over 3000 words will not be considered.  Submissions should include a word count and 150 word abstract (not counted in total word count) on the title page.  Papers should not contain any information identifying the author of the submission.

In a separate title page document, please submit the following: title of the paper, abstract of the paper, author’s name, affiliation, email address and phone number.

Submission deadline: Papers must be received by Friday, 12 July 2013.

Membership: You must be a member to present. For information on becoming a member go to

http://collegeofliberalarts.uah.edu/philosophy/heikes/SWPSmembershipquerry.pdf or for further information contact Deb Heikes, University of Alabama - Huntsville, [email protected]

2013 Conference Hotel: Fredericksburg Inn and Suites, 201 South Washington Street (2 blocks from Main Street).  Rooms are $99 plus taxes Thurs night, $139 plus taxes Fri/Sat night.  Reservations can be made by calling 830-997-0202. Please mention "Southwestern Philosophical Society" when booking.  The rate includes breakfast, parking, and wireless internet.  Reservations must be made by 10/7/13. The hotel's website is http://www.fredericksburg-inn.com/

2013 Conference Banquet: A banquet will be held in honor of the society's 75th year, and will be hosted at a local TX Hill Country winery.  The banquet must be reserved separately.

Questions or comments: Julie Kuhlken, Vice President and Program Chair, [email protected].

Journal: For questions about the Southwest Philosophy Review, or to submit an article for consideration in the 2013 open issue (due by May 1, 2013), please contact Todd Stewart, Illinois State University, [email protected].