15th Annual Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

15th Annual

Southern Appalachian

Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

Saturday, April 5, 2013

The University of North Carolina at Asheville

Judge: Dr. Sheralee Brindell, University of Colorado, and a second judge TBA.

Submissions must be received by Saturday, February 22

Acceptance notification will occur by March 8, 2013

Our symposium provides a professional style philosophical forum for aspiring undergraduates to present significant and original work.  All papers will be evaluated by blind review process.  At the conference, two guest judges will determine prizes for the top three presentations.  Please submit each of the following as a separate MS Word file to [email protected]:

¨     a paper

¨     an abstract

¨     a separate cover sheet

Papers on any philosophical topic are welcome.  Papers should be designed for a 20 minute presentation time [approximately 10 standard double-spaced pages].  Abstracts should be one paragraph, double spaced, and no more than 150 words.  Cover sheets should contain the title of the paper, the author's name, and the author's institutional affiliation, address, e-mail address, and phone number.  For submissions or further information, please contact:Dr. Brian E. Butler

[email protected].

Sponsoring Organizations include:  The Office of the Provost, The Office of the Dean of Humanities, The UNCA Philosophical Society, The NC Epsilon Chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, The Darryl Howard Fund & The UNCA Philosophy Department