INPC 2008

CALL FOR PAPERS: 11th Annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference

CARVING NATURE AT ITS JOINTS

The Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference is a topic-focused,
interdisciplinary conference co-sponsored by the Philosophy
Departments at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.

DATES

15-­17 March 2008 (the conference ends shortly before the 2008 Pacific
APA)

LOCATION

Moscow, Idaho & Pullman, Washington

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS

Peter Godfrey-Smith (Harvard), Keynote Speaker
Alexander Bird (Bristol)
Michael Devitt (CUNY)
Ned Hall (Harvard)
Marc Lange (UNC Chapel Hill)
Karen Neander (Duke)
L.A. Paul (Arizona)
Roy Sorensen (Dartmouth)
Achille Varzi (Columbia)
Kadri Vihvelin (USC)
Neil Williams (Buffalo)

SUBMISSIONS

Essays of 5-­6,000 words (30-­40 minutes reading time) will be accepted
until January 2nd, 2008. Papers from any area that address
philosophical issues related to the metaphysics and/or epistemology
of classification are requested. Graduate students and individuals in
other disciplines are welcome to submit essays.

Send your essay in PDF format and prepared for blind review as an
email attachment to <matthew.slater@uidaho.edu>. Please mention the
title of your essay in the body of the email.

NOTIFICATION

Individuals will be notified of decisions regarding submissions in
early February. Accepted papers will be eligible for publication in
volume eight of Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, an edited volume
to be published by MIT Press, pending editorial review.

CHAIRS & COMMENTATORS

If you would like to act as a session chair or a commentator, please
contact <josephc@wsu.edu> with your areas of competence.

CONTACTS

Joseph Keim Campbell, Washington State University <josephc@wsu.edu>
Matthew H. Slater, University of Idaho <matthew.slater@uidaho.edu>
INPC co-directors

Additional information can be found here and a flyer for the conference can be found here.

Comments

[Joe Campbell]

Thanks, Neal!