ENSO V
The Fifth Conference of the European Network on Social Ontology
Lund\, Sweden
August 30 &ndash\; September 1\, 2017
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The European Network on Social Ontology invites contributions to its fifth conference. ENSO V is an interdisciplinary conference concerning social ontology. Possible topics include but are not limited to
&mdash\; \; \; The metaphysics of social reality
&mdash\; \; \; Team reasoning\, coordination problems\, preference and value aggregation
&mdash\; \; \; The nature of collective intentionality and agency
&mdash\; \; \; Moral and legal aspects of collective agency
&mdash\; \; \; Social conventions\, norms\, and power
&mdash\; \; \; Non-human sociality
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We wish to fill 40-50 slots with submitted papers. To apply\, please submit a long abstract (max 1000 words) via www.ensov.org by *March 1st 2017*. An abstract submission form will be available three months before the deadline. Papers should be suitable for a 15-20 minutes presentation. If your paper is accepted\, then a short abstract (maximum 200 words) will also be required for the conference booklet and/or conference website.
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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Stephen Butterfill (University of Warwick)
Sara Rachel Chant (Tulane University)
Christian List (London School of Economics)
Karen Mccomb (University of Sussex)
Julie Zahle (University of Copenhagen)
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BOOK SYMPOSIA
Kirk Ludwig\, From Individual to Plural Agency: Collective Action 1\, Oxford UP 2016
Participants:
Sara Rachel Chant\, Tulane University
Kirk Ludwig\, University of Indiana
Michael Schmitz\, University of Vienna
Raimo Tuomela\, University of Helsinki
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Francesco Guala\, Understanding Institutions: The Science and Philosophy of Living
Together\, Princeton U P 2016
Participants:
Francesco Guala\, University of Milano
Rico Hauswald\, Technische Universitä\;t Dresden
Elisabeth Pacherie\, Institut Jean Nicod\, CNRS
Wlodek Rabinowicz\, Lund University
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Additions to the program are expected.
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ORGANISERS
The European Network on Social Ontology was founded in 2007 with the goal to provide a platform for discussion and exchange of ideas\, future research activities at European level and the organization of a biennial international conference focusing on social ontology. Attendance to the conference allows participants to join the International Social Ontology Society (ISOS). The conference will be organized by the Metaphysics &\; Collectivity Research Group in cooperation with the Department of Philosophy at Lund University and The International Social Ontology Society.
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Organising committee:
Bjö\;rn Petersson (Chair)\, Lund University\; Gunnar Bjö\;rnsson\, Umeå\; University\; Olle Blomberg\, University of Copenhagen\; Johan Brä\;nnmark\, Malmö\; University\; Å\;sa Burman\, Stockholm University\; Mattias Gunnemyr\, Lund University\; Tobias Hansson Wahlberg\, Lund University\; Anna-Sofia Maurin\, University of Gothenburg\; Tomas Persson\, Lund University\; Jeroen Smid\, Lund University\; Andrá\;s Szigeti\, Linkö\;ping University.
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PREVIOUS ENSO CONFERENCES
ENSO IV\, University of Palermo\, http://www.unipa.it/eventi/philosophicalstudies/ENSO_IV/
ENSO III\, University of Helsinki\, http://www.helsinki.fi/enso/
ENSO II\, Luiss Guido Carli University\, Rome\, http://www.enso2011.it/
ENSO I\, University of Constance\, https://cipp.unibas.ch/activities/past-workshops/the-background-of-institutional-reality/
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MORE
Conference website: www.ensov.org
The International Social Ontology Society: http://isos.wildapricot.org/
The conference on PhilEvents: http://philevents.org/event/show/18713