The
Seventh Principia International
Symposium will be held in Florianópolis, Brazil, from
15 to 18 August, 2011, focusing on
the philosophy of
Nelson Goodman.
The six previous symposia in this series have been devoted respectively
to
Principles in Philosophy and in
the Sciences (1999),
The
Philosophy of Bertrand Russell (2001),
The Philosophy of Willard van Orman Quine
(2003),
The Philosophy of Donald
Davidson (2005),
The
Philosophy of Bas van Fraassen (2007), and
Charles Darwin and his impact on
philosophy and science (2009).
These symposia have been organized by the
Epistemology and Logic Research
Group (NEL) and the editors of
Principia - an
International Journal of Epistemology, both belonging to
Federal University of Santa Catarina,
Florianópolis, Brazil.
This Symposium is being organized by the
Epistemology and Logic Research Group
(NEL-UFSC), in association with
Principia,
and
supported
by
the
Graduate
Program in Philosophy and the
Philosophy Department of Federal University of Santa Catarina
(UFSC), Brazil.
General Program
Besides
the
main
session
about
Nelson
Goodman,
we
are
also
planning
to
have
parallel
sessions dealing with the following subjects:
- Philosophy and History of Science,
- Logic and Philosophy of Language,
- Epistemology,
- Ethics and Philosophy of the Human Sciences,
- Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind.
There will also be meetings of the following research groups (GTs)
belonging
to the
Brazilian National
Association of Graduate Studies in Philosophy (ANPOF):
- Logic
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Language
- Ethics
Main
Speakers
Catherine
Elgin (Harvard University)
Gary Hatfield
(University
of
Pennsylvania)
Geoffrey Hellman
(University of
Minnesota)
Jacques Morizot
(Université de Aix-en Provence)
Michel Ghins
(Université
Catholique de Louvain)
Michel Paty
(Université
Paris 7)
Newton da Costa
(Universidade
Federal de Santa Catarina)
Oswaldo Chateaubriand Filho
(Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro)
Wilson Mendonça
(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Organizing Committee
Alberto Cupani (UFSC, chair)
Alexandre Meyer Luz (UFSC, secretary)
Cézar Augusto Mortari (UFSC)
Scientific Committee
Luiz Henrique de Araújo Dutra (UFSC, chair)
Catherine Elgin (Harvard University)
Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania)
Oswaldo Chateaubriand Filho (UCRJ)
Wilson Mendonça (UFRJ)
Submission format
Contributed papers to the symposium can be written in English, French,
Portuguese, or Spanish. An extended abstract (about 500 words, in any
of these languages) of the paper must be submitted by
March 10, 2011 to the organizing
committee. Submissions must be made by e-mail only to the following
address:
simposio-principia@cfh.ufsc.br.
Important
Notice: members of ANPOF
research
groups must send their contributions directly
to
the
group
coordinator.
The deadline is the same.
Abstracts must give enough detail to allow the scientific committee to
assess the merits of the work. Please, include an identification page
with the author's name, e-mail, his/her professional category
(professor, associate professor, researcher, or student), and full
institutional address.
Papers submitted by undergraduate students, even if in collaboration
with their supervisors or other professionals, will
not be accepted.
Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by
April 5, 2011. Abstracts will be
available for participants by the time of the conference.
Contributed papers will be invited for submission (in full version) to
a special issue of
Principia.
Financial Support to
Speakers
In order to provide a partial aid to the speakers in
the
Seventh Principia International Symposium, the
organizing committee will do its best to obtain financial support from
Brazilian funding agencies. However, participants must not rely only on
this source, and are strongly encouraged to try to get support from
their universities, especially with regard to their flight tickets.
Inscriptions and Fees
(Details about payment of inscriptions will be available later on.
)