SPP 2008

Announcing the 34th annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP), June 25-29, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Registration is now open; deadline Thursday, June 5, 12:00pm EST.
Note that early registration is suggested, as the reserved hotel block is likely to fill quickly.
http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/spp/

The 2008 conference will feature presentations by:

George Ainslie, Michael L. Anderson, Louise Antony Peter Carruthers, Louis Charland, Anjan Chatterjee, David Danks, Felipe De Brigard, Michael Devitt Marthah Farah, Evelina Fedorenko, Owen Flanagan, Jerry Fodor, Kenneth R. Foster, Lila R. Gleitman (President of SPP), George Graham, Bryce Huebner, Bertram F. Malle, Barbara Malt, Christopher Meacham, Dominic P. Murphy, Thomas Nadelhoffer, Kenneth Norman, Mike Oaksford, Erik Parens, Nancy Petry, Jeffrey Poland, Zenon Pylyshyn, Sarah Robins, Paul Rozin, Laurie R. Santos (the 2008 Stanton Prize winner), Michael Strevens, Justin Sytsma, Kelly Trogdon, Charles Wallis, Deena Weisberg, Daniel Weiskopf, Fei Xu, Carlos Zednik. . . among many others

On topics including:

-Addiction and Responsibility
-Concepts and Categorization
-Consciousness
-Bayesian Inference and Rationality
-Foundational Issues in the Philosophy of Cognitive Science
-Language & Mental Representation
-Moral Psychology
-Neuroethics
-Theory of Mind

Note that this year the conference will be preceded June
25-26 by a workshop on experimental philosophy
http://www.socphilpsych.org/workshop.html

More information on both the 2008 SPP conference and the
Experimental Philosophy Workshop can be found on the
website http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/spp/

Comments

[Eddy Nahmias]

*** Please note that dormitory and banquet spaces are limited, and will be filled on a first-come basis. ***

There are 75 dormitory rooms and 100 banquet spaces available. A minimum reservation of three nights is required for the dormitories. Additional accommodation is available at the Windsor Hotel, however space there is also limited. It is recommended that those who plan to attend the meeting make their reservations and register as early as possible.