CFP: IV Research Workshop on Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Science (PBCS)

The Research Workshop on Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Science (PBCS)
aims at promoting interaction among philosophers, cognitive scientists and
biologists on issues of common interest. In its fourth edition, the
organizers would like to encourage young researchers to participate in this
fresh and distinctive forum through this call for papers.

*Submissions*: Applicants must send a detailed summary of the talk (about
2000 words) in doc or PDF. Summaries are expected to indicate the title of
the talk and also highlight the relevance of the topic for the event and a
sketch of the main arguments. They can be written in English or
Spanish. Applicants must send two copies of the summary: one will contain
the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s) and email contact. The second
one will not include names, affiliations, email contact or any kind of
information that could reveal the authorship of the document. Submissions
should be sent to [email protected]. Applicants will receive an
answer by 7th March 2014.

*Talks*: Each talk will last no more than 30-40 minutes followed by a 10-15
minutes discussion.

*Scientific committee*: Paco Calvo (UM), Antonio Diéguez (UMA), Xavier de
Donato (USC), Toni Gomila (UIB) Alfredo Marcos (UVA), Fernando Martínez
Manrique (UGR), Álvaro Moreno (UPV), Matteo Mossío (CNRS), Manuel de Pinedo
(UGR), Agustín Vicente (UPV), Neftalí Villanueva (UIB) &  Hong Yu Wong
(Universität Tübingen).

*Organizing committee*: Cristian Saborido (UNED) & Víctor M. Verdejo (USC)

*Local organizing committee*: Manuel Heras Escribano (UGR) & Manuel de
Pinedo (UGR).

* Supported by*: Departamento de Filosofía I, Universidad de Granada &
Research project "Dispositions, Holism and Agency" (MEC, FFI2010-19455)

Under the auspices of AIFBI (Asociación Iberoamericana de Filosofía de la
Biología) and the SLMFCE (Sociedad de Lógica, Metodologia y Filosofía de
la Ciencia en España).

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