International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Canada

date: 1–9 July 2012
event: Evolution and Function of Consciousness – Summer Institute
theme: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
organization: Cognitive Science Institute
location: Université du Québec à Montreal

Croatia

date: 10–14 September 2012
event: Conference
theme: Enhancement, Emerging Technologies and Social Challenges
location: Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik
contact: http://www.transformingthehuman.org/
date: 10–12 September 2012
event: Symposium
theme: Christopher Boorse and the Philosophy of Medicine
location: Universität Hamburg
contact: thomas.schramme@uni-hamburg.de

Cyprus

date: 2–6 July 2012
event: Annual Meeting
theme: The Ethical Challenge of Multidisciplinarity: Reconciling ‘The Three Narratives’ – Art, Science, and Philosophy
organization: International Society for the Study of European Ideas
location: University of Cyprus, Nicosia
contact: issei@nachshonim.org.il; http://issei2012.haifa.ac.il

Denmark

date: 2–5 July 2012
event: Copenhagen Summer School in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind
location: Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen
contact: http://cfs.ku.dk/summer_school_2012/

France

date: 3–4 July 2012
event: Conference
theme: Ethics and the Architecture of Personal Dispositions
location: University of Paris
contact: http://bit.ly/l4bj4

Germany

date: 12–14 July 2012
event: Workshop on Theoretical Virtues in Theory-Choice
location: Universität Konstanz
contact: samuel.schindler@ivs.au.dk, http://tinyurl.com/TVTC2012
date: 10–12 September 2012
event: Symposium
theme: Christopher Boorse and the Philosophy of Medicine
location: Universität Hamburg
contact: thomas.schramme@uni-hamburg.de

Greece

date: 2–5 July 2012
event: Conference
theme: Passions and Emotions in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
organization: Association of Philosophy, Art and Science
location: Ássos
contact: http://www.philosophyinassos.org

The Netherlands

date: 20–22 August 2012
event: Conference
theme: Moral Emotions and Risk Politics
location: Department of Philosophy, Delft University of Technology
contact: RiskEmotion2012@tudelft.nl,
HTTP://WWW.ETHICSANDTECHNOLOGY.EU/MORALE-MOTIONSRISKPOLITICS2012

New Zealand

date: 5–7 July 2012
event: 15th International INPP Conference
theme: Culture and Mental Health
organization: International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry
location: University of Otago, Dunedin, South Island
contact: www.otago.ac.nz/ppp/

Spain

date: 18–20 July 2012
event: Conference
theme: The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher
organization: Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
location: Universidad de Santiago de Compstela
contact: http://dlvisit.usc.es/dloxfmrl/pub/Index?usr=congreso_slmfce2012&cen=630
date: 10–11 September 2012
event: Conference
theme: Theories of Action and Morality: Perspectives from Philosophy and Social Theory
sponsor: Ministry of Science and Innovation, Government of Spain
location: Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona
contact: http://www.unav.es/centro/moralphilosophy/Conference

Switzerland

date: 10–14 September 2012
event: European Advanced Seminar in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences
theme: In Vivo, Ex Vivo, In Vitro, In Silico: Models in the Life Sciences
organization: Brocher Foundation
location: Geneva
contact: http://histmed.unige.ch/

United kingdom

date: 2–4 July 2012
event: Conference
theme: Hybrid Theories in Meta-ethics
location: Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
contact: http://hybridtheoriesconference.weebly.com/
date: 2–6 July 2012
event: ASSC16: 16th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
topic areas: Philosophy of Cognitive Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences
organization: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
location: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, Brighton
contact: http://www.theassc.org/assc16_registration
date: 7–8 July 2012
event: British Wittgenstein Society Annual Conference
theme: Wittgenstein, Enactivism & Animal Minds
location: University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
contact: bws@herts.ac.uk
date: 10–12 July 2012
event: Conference
theme: Reality Making: Exploring Fundamentals in Metaphysics
location: Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham
contact: mark.jago@nottingham.ac.uk
date: 11–14 July 2012
event: Conference
theme: Persons and Their Brains
location: Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford University
contact: HTTP://WWW.OXFORDUNIVERSITYSTORES.CO.UK/BROWSE/PRODUCT.ASP?COMPID=1&MODID=1&CATID=1256
date: 17–18 July 2012
event: Conference
theme: The Normative Significance of Cognitive Sciences
location: Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University
contact: rachel.gaminiratne@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
date: 15–16 September 2012
event: Conference
organization: Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society Annual Conference
theme: Neurophenomenology
location: Wills Hall, University of Bristol
contact: http://cep.bps.org.uk/cep/events/

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