26-28 November 2015, Institut für Philosophie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Organization: Albert Newen, Kevin Reuter, Pascale Willemsen
It is our pleasure to announce the first conference of the Experimental Philosophy Group Germany. It will take place at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, from Thursday, 26th November to Saturday, 28th November, 2015. The workshop will cover a wide range of topics dealt with in experimental philosophy: moral cognition, causal cognition, aesthetics, philosophy of language and concepts, just to name a few. Our aim is to bring together researchers in philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences whose research touches any of the aforementioned topics, and to provide a platform for exchanging ideas.
Keynote Speakers:
Elke Brendel (University of Bonn)
Joshua Knobe (Yale University)
Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh)
Aaron Meskin (University of Leeds)
Further Speakers:
Roland Bluhm (TU Dortmund)
Nathalie Gold (King’s College London)
Joachim Horvath (University of Cologne)
Albert Newen (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Kevin Reuter (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Hannes Rusch (Technical University of Munich)
Hanno Sauer (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Joshua Shepherd (Oxford University)
Pascale Willemsen (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Call for Papers/Posters:
We invite submissions from philosophy and empirical science for papers and posters related to the topics of the conference.
Please submit an extended abstract of 500 words using the Easychair website.
Exemplary topics:
– Experimental Philosophy of Mind and Language
– Causal and Moral Judgement
– Experimental Aesthetics
– Experimental Philosophy of Epistemology
– Meta-Philosophical Aspects
– …
Abstract Submission Deadline: 1st September 2015
For the latest information concerning the workshop visit our homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/xphigroupgermany/home