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Fifteenth Annual North Florida Student Philosophy Conference

Philosophy and Media

University of North Florida

March 31, 2012

Here is the schedule for the upcoming conference!

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University of North Florida Philosophy

Call for Papers

 UNF’s Department of Philosophy invites paper submissions from undergraduate or graduate students for the 15th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference:

Philosophy and Media

March 31st, 2012
Jacksonville, Florida

Plenary Speakers:
Christopher Grau (Clemson)

Vance Ricks (Guilford College)
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Yale will be hosting a bootcamp and workshop on Experimental Philosophy of Free Will for graduate students and faculty:

The Experimental Philosophy of Free Will Workshop and Boot Camp is an opportunity for philosophers to gain the skills they need to conduct cutting-edge research in the experimental philosophy of free will. (more…)

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Calvin College 3rd Annual
Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
April 29-30th, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Alvin Plantinga
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NUBC 2011

From the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference:

The 2011 National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference hosted at Duke University, March 18-20, 2011 is right around the corner. We hope you are considering coming to hear the great speakers and meet students from all over the country who are interested in bioethics!  We are covering a broad range of bioethical issues personalized medicine and genomics and in global health.  We are excited to have recently received so many great abstracts for student presentations and have just posted the ones we accepted on our website.

There is still time to sign up to as a team to participate in the Bioethics Bowl. Deadline is February 18.

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Here is an updated announcement from the coordinators of the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference:

Join us for an exploration of current controversies in bioethics related to this year’s theme, “Bioethics: More Personal or More Global?” at the 2011 National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference hosted at Duke University, March 18-20, 2011. It will bring together leaders in bioethics and students from across the nation to address a broad range of bioethical issues in personal genomics and global health.

The conference offers opportunities for students to submit a paper or participate in the Bioethics Bowl. Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 17. Deadline to sign up as a team for the Bioethics Bowl is February 18.

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NUBC 2011

From the Duke University Undergraduate Bioethics Society:

Join us for an exploration of current controversies in bioethics related to this year’s theme, “Bioethics: More Personal or More Global?” at the 2011 National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference hosted at Duke University, March 18-20, 2011. It will address a broad range of bioethical issues, from personal genomics to global health.
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The 56th annual meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association (FPA) begins tonight and concludes Saturday evening. Information, including the conference program, is available here.

Reminder: Aaron Kenna will present his paper, “In Defense of Positive Relevance,” on Saturday afternoon.

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Save the Date

The 56th annual meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association will take place November 4-6, 2010 in Daytona Beach. Details are available here.

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The final copy of the conference schedule is now available, and here is the abstract for the afternoon plenary session:

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On the heels of Monday’s announcement about Michael Rea’s session, here is the title and the abstract for the conference’s closing plenary session, featuring Laurie Paul:

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Having posted the conference schedule and the abstracts of the concurrent sessions — here, here, and here — only the titles and abstracts of the plenary sessions remain. I will post them this week, beginning with the first plenary session:

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Here are the last of the abstracts for the concurrent sessions. (Abstracts for the first two sessions are available here and here, respectively.) Next week, I will post the abstracts for the plenary sessions. Enjoy!

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Earlier, I posted both the schedule and the abstracts for the first concurrent sessions. Here are the abstracts for the second concurrent sessions. Enjoy!

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The University of Miami’s Center for the Humanities will be hosting a conference on anthropology and the humanities, “Imagining Culture(s), Rethinking Disciplines,” on April 1-2, 2011. Proposals for papers and panels are due by October 31, 2010. Information on the conference is available here.

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In preparation for next week’s conference, I will be posting abstracts of the conference papers over the next few days. Below are the abstracts for the first concurrent session. Enjoy!

(For those who may have missed it, a draft of the schedule is available here.)

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On Saturday, October 9th, UNF’s Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies will host the 14th annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference. The speakers for both the plenary sessions and the concurrent sessions have been announced — here and here, respectively. So that people can begin making the relevant plans to attend, here is a draft of the conference schedule:

ADMIN NOTE (10/08/2010) — This is an update and revised version of the schedule.

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In order to increase student awareness of and interest in philosophy, and to encourage contributions to the scholarly community, Dowling College Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies invites students to submit papers relating to any philosophical topic or period. Authors of accepted papers will be given the opportunity to present their work at Dowling College’s first undergraduate philosophy conference. Deadline for Submissions: January 15th, 2011

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Conference Papers

Congratulations to those whose papers earned a place on the program for the 14th annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference! In addition to Laurie Paul (UNC- Chapel Hill), Michael Rea (Notre Dame), and UNF alumnus Jared Warren (NYU), the following will appear at the conference:

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… at FSU. Check it out, here or here. (HT: Jonathan Phillips)

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Details here.

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Excellent news: Michael Rea (Notre Dame) and Laurie Paul (UNC-Chapel Hill) have accepted our invitations to be the plenary speakers for the 14th annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference. The conference will take place October 9, 2010.

Get your papers ready. The CFP will be out in the spring.

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On Saturday, November 7th, the Second Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference will take place at UNF. The conference is free for students. Here is the announcement:
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Andrea Pitts (B.A., UNF 2006; currently pursuing her Ph.D. at USF) will be presenting our first annual UNF alumni lecture at Saturday’s conference. The title of her paper is “A Chimera, Lie, and Illusion: Reciprocal Love in Rousseau.” Here is the abstract:
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Here is the abstract for Kenneth Brummel-Smith ‘s plenary session at this Saturday’s conference:

The concept of universal health insurance coverage is vastly popular. The big question is what system should be used to achieve it – private, employer-based coverage, a public-private mixture, or a single payer system. Most of the debate about the choices is framed in economic and medical quality terms. But the subject of the justice of health insurance is rarely discussed. This presentation will address the ethical foundation of achieving universal coverage through a single payer national health insurance program.

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