CFP: EXTRA Workshop.3 “Conceptual Engineering and its Place in Philosophical Methodology”

Conference Venue:

Schloss Reisensburg, Günzburg, Germany

https://www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtungen/reisensburg/

Keynote Speakers:

·       Herman Cappelen (University of Oslo / University of St. Andrews)

·       Sally Haslanger (MIT)

·       Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh)

·       Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth College)

Details:

Topic

This workshop is dedicated to conceptual engineering – one of today’s hot topics in metaphilosophy. More specifically, it aims to foster research on foundational issues of conceptual engineering, its usefulness and limitations, and its place in philosophical methodology. We invite contributions to any of these or related topics.

Guidelines for submission

We ask all those interested to send in submissions for presentation of up to 45 minutes in English. The total slot time will be 90 minutes, including discussion. Submissions should take the form of a 1000-word abstract (incl. footnotes & references) presenting the main argument and should be prepared for anonymous review. Please send your submissions by email in an attached .pdf file to [email protected] – authors’ names and affiliations should be given only in the text of the email message. 

Important dates

·       Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2020

·       Notification of acceptance: early March, 2020.

·       Conference date: May 25 – May 27, 2020

For further information about the Emmy Noether research group EXTRA (Experimental Philosophy and the Method of Cases: Theoretical Foundations, Responses, and Alternatives), see our website at: https://extraphilosophy.wordpress.com/whats-extra/