Naturalism and the Intellectual Legitimacy of Philosophy

Hilary Kornblith (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

The Bulgarian Society for Analytic Philosophy together with the Department of Philosophy at Sofia University are pleased to announce a forthcoming conference under the title“Naturalism in Philosophy”. The conference will take place on May 19-21, 2023 at Sofia University, Bulgaria.

Keynote Speakers:

Hilary Kornblith (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Mitchell Green (University of Connecticut)

Bana Bashour (American University of Beirut)

Submission Guidelines

One can adopt many forms of a naturalist stance – from metaphysical naturalism trough naturalistic epistemology and moral naturalism, coming to recent attempts to argue in favour of a naturalised aesthetics. We invite abstract submissions addressing any aspect of naturalism in philosophy, including such arguing against the adoption of a naturalised stance. We celebrate the opportunity to engage together in a live debate about naturalism`s place in philosophy.

All submissions are to be prepared for a double-blind review. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words. Please submit your abstract with a short biographical note attached in a separate document. All submissions should be suitable for presentation of approximately 20 minutes in length. After each presentation, speakers will have 10 minutes for Q&A. The deadline for submissions is January 10th, 2023. Notification of acceptance will be sent until mid-February.

Please submit your proposal at: [email protected]

Please direct any questions regarding the submission process to Madelaine Angelova-Elchinova at: [email protected]

Currently, the event is scheduled to be held on site.

Participation fee: 15 Euro