WORKSHOP I

Friday and Saturday 15–16 October 2010, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Strawsonian and Consequentialist Views on Personal Responsibility

(Call for Papers, closed here)

Deadline abstracts (in PDF): April 8th 2010

Notification of acceptance: June 1st, 2010;

Deadline paper: September 1st, 2010

WORKSHOP II

Friday and Saturday 16–17 September 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Everyday Reason talk

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WORKSHOP III

Friday and Saturday 8-9 June 2012, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Narrativity, interpretation, and responsibility

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In this series of workshops (three in total) we explore fundamental issues concerning moral agency (free will, personal responsibility, acting for reasons) in relation to relevant research in the behavioral, cognitive, and neurosciences (hereafter: BCN sciences). Although we are interested in critical papers with regard to these developments and the aforementioned topics in moral philosophy, we especially seek constructive contributions, fruitfully bringing together research from these two areas, resulting in new and exciting philosophical problems, answers to traditional philosophical puzzles, or conceptual refinement with the help of philosophical concepts of interesting empirical research.

The workshops aim to discuss work in progress on the subjects outlined below, such that subsequent papers can be revised and collectively published (in a special issue or volume). At the workshop 30 minute slots will be available for presentation of the papers, followed by 45 minutes of discussion (including comments of invited commentators). Drafts will be distributed two weeks in advance of the workshop.

Please send us an extended abstract (about 1500 words) of your intended paper and/or your interest in active participation as a commentator and a short bio (related to your research) or list of publications before April 8th, 2010 (for the first workshop). Please send the required documents as PDF files, to: vanvoorstvader@fwb.eur.nl

Notification of acceptance will be based on these abstracts and can be expected the first week of June. The paper itself is expected six weeks before the start of the workshop.

If you already know that you are interested to present a paper at one of the other workshops you can send us the above details, preferably before August this year (we will use this information to keep you updated, to obtain further funding and to explore options for publication).

Organisation:

Maureen Sie (website), Nicole van Voorst Vader (website), and Arno Wouters (website),

Erasmus University, Rotterdam (website), The Netherlands.

Further Inquiries, please contact: vanvoorstvader@fwb.eur.nl

Printversion of this CfP: MoralAgencyWorkshops.pdf

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