This project investigates a familiar but under-theorized variety of freedom. Spontaneous freedom is the freedom of unplanned\, unscripted\, unalienated activity. It is the freedom we feel when we set off to explore a city we have never visited before\, open a sketchbook to a blank page\, or quit a job to take up a new vocation.
\nThe focus of the project&rsquo\;s First Summer Workshop will be the nature of spontaneous freedom and the varieties of spontaneous experience.
\nAbstract Submission:
\nWe welcome submissions from any philosophical tradition\, and from fields including\, but not limited to\, ethics\; political philosophy and political theory\; aesthetics\; epistemology\; philosophy of mind\; art history\; musicology\; literary theory\; film studies\; anthropology\; sociology\; and psychoanalysis.
\nAbstracts should be no longer than 500 words and anonymised for review. They should be submitted via email to philosophy.spont@ucl.ac.uk alongside a document listing the paper title as well as the author&rsquo\;s name\, institutional affiliation\, and career stage. The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2025\; selected speakers can expect to be notified by mid-April.
\nContributions towards travel costs are available for speakers without access to institutional support.
\nWe aim to make this conference as accessible as possible\; speakers should please inform us of any accommodations they would need to participate fully.
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