I have funding to support two graduate students to work with me on SSHRC-funded projects: one on the norms of assertion and related issues in epistemology, the philosophy of language and value theory; the other an experimental philosophical approach to issues in speech act theory. […] Read More
Assume that my performing x would have beneficial effect, B1, providing me with an additional +19 utiles on Wednesday. Assume that my performing y would have detrimental effect, D1, providing me with an additional -10 utiles on Thursday. And assume that my performing z would […] Read More
Below the fold, I post the program for the 2012 Arizona Workshop on Normative Ethics, which will be held at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, AZ, on Janurary 5-7, 2012. The program looks excellent and has a fine representation of PEA Brains. Registration is […] Read More
Only a bit more than 3 weeks remain to submit papers to the Nebraska Practical Reason and Metaethics conference. Speakers include: Nomy Arpaly (Brown) Michael Bratman (Stanford) James Dreier (Brown) Peter Railton (Michigan) Connie Rosati (Arizona) Mark Schroeder (USC) Michael Smith (Princeton)
CALL FOR PAPERS From faculty and graduate students SOCIETY FOR THE THEORY OF ETHICS AND POLITICS, Northwestern University 6th Annual Conference May 17–19, 2012 Keynote speakers: Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton) T. M. Scanlon (Harvard)
From those who brought you PhilPapers, comes PhilJobs. PhilJobs is an international and year-round service. For some background info on the project, see Chalmer's blog. They encourage anyone advertising a philosophy job to submit it to PhilJobs (submission is easy and free), and they encourage […] Read More
The Character Project at Wake Forest University is very excited to announce the winners of the $2 million funding competition for research projects on the psychology of character. Details can be found here: http://news.wfu.edu/2011/09/28/deciphering-moral-behavior/ We also received 110 applications for the philosophy of character competition […] Read More
University of Edinburgh, 15-16 October, 2011. Details, including online registration can be found here:http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/philosophy/events/view/epistemic-expressivism-workshop Speakers include: Matthew Chrisman, Terence Cuneo, Allan Gibbard, Klemens Kappel, Michael Lynch, Michael Ridge, Benjamin Schneider, Moritz Schulz, Folke Tersman, and Seth Yalcin. The workshop dinner will be at Chop Chop in Edinburgh […] Read More
I'm pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the next St Louis Conference on Reasons and Rationality. Many PEA Soupers participated the past two years, and I hope even more will do so next May. May 20 – 22, 2012Moonrise Hotel in St […] Read More