CFP: Logic, Mathematics, and Physics Graduate Philosophy Conference (LMP)

Submission deadline: February 23, 2012

Conference date(s):
May 20, 2012 - May 21, 2012

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Conference Venue:

Department of Philosophy, London Public Library
London, Canada

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The 12th annual
Logic, Mathematics, and Physics Graduate Philosophy Conference
will take place on Sunday-Monday, May 20-21, 2012, at the
University of Western Ontario
in London, Ontario, Canada.

We are pleased to announce that
Hartry Field (New York University)
will be giving the keynote address.

The conference is held in conjunction with the Annual UWO Conference in the Philosophy of Science, taking place on May 18-19. LMP attendees are invited to join us for this conference.

Call for Papers

Graduate students are invited to submit papers on any topic in logicphilosophy of logicphilosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of physics.

Papers in philosophy of physics will be considered for the 9th Annual Clifton Memorial book prize. The contest will be adjudicated by philosophy of science faculty members at Western.

We recommend that papers be no longer than 5000 words as presentations will be limited to 30-35 minutes and will be followed by a 20-minute period of discussion. Please submit papers by email (preferably as a .pdf attachment) by February 23rd, 2012. They should be prepared for blind review, and should be accompanied by an abstract (no longer than 300 words) as well as a cover sheet containing the author’s name, institutional affiliation, title of the paper, regular and email addresses, and telephone number(s). We will endeavor to make accommodations available to all visiting graduate students.

Please send questions and submissions to:

Melissa Jacquart
[email protected]
Department of Philosophy
Stevenson Hall
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario CANADA N6A 3K7
For more information go to: http://www.philscience.uwo.ca

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