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SUMMARY:Fiction and Imagination: Midterm Conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA)   
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LOCATION:Torino\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:<p>This conference on the topic of "Fiction and Imagination" is the joint</p>\n<p>---Fifth Conference in Mind\, Language\, and Science of the <a target="_blank">FINO PhD Program</a> (the joint philosophy PhD program of the Universities of Genoa\, Pavia\, Turin\, and Eastern Piedmont) and the&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>---Midterm Conference of the <a target="_blank">Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA)</a></p>\n<p><strong>Conference Topic</strong></p>\n<p>The conference theme is the role of fiction and imagination in modal and scientific reasoning\, including topics such as counterfactual discourse\, thought experiments\, model-building and games of make-believe. </p>\n<p>Questions of interest include\, but are not limited to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does fiction mobilize some specific form of imagination?</li>\n<li>Is there a real divide between fictional and nonfictional works?</li>\n<li>In what sense does imagination support counterfactual reasoning?</li>\n<li>Is practical reasoning counterfactual reasoning?</li>\n<li>Are thought experiments a form of fictional narration?</li>\n<li>Are scientific models really related to pretence play?</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>What kind of submissions?</strong></p>\n<p>We invite <strong>abstracts of no more than 1\,000 words</strong> from <strong>PhD students and postdoctoral researchers</strong>. Papers should be suitable for 45 minutes presentation\, followed by a 15 minutes of general discussion.</p>\n<p>Submissions may be from various theoretically-minded areas of analytic philosophy (e.g.\, metaphysics\, logic\, epistemology\, philosophy of language\, philosophy of science). Preferential treatment will be given to abstracts that are related to the conference themes.</p>\n<p>We will prioritize papers of high quality and with innovative elements. Submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy are especially encouraged to submit.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Carola Barbero;CN=Andrea Iacona;CN=Alberto Voltolini:
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