Speakers include: Thomas Hurka, Julia Driver, and Daniel Star. May 16th and 17th, 2014. For the call for papers and registration information go here.
July 24-27, 2014 in Konstanz, Germany. The lineup of speakers includes Alex Byrne, Paul Boghossian, Hannes Leitgeb, Anna-Sara Malmgren, Joshua Schechter, Miriam Schoenfield, Matthrew Smith, Nicholas Southwood, Wolfgang Spohn, Mike Titlebaum, and Ralph Wedgwood. Further details and the call for commentators and chairs can be […] Read More
The International Journal of Wellbeing is pleased to announce the second International Wellbeing and Public Policy Conference, to be held June 10-12, 2014 on the campus of Hamilton College in scenic upstate New York. This conference follows on from the inaugural conference held June 12-15, 2012 in Wellington, […] Read More
We invite all interested scholars to contribute to the program of the inaugural conference of the International Association for the Philosophy of Death of Dying. The conference will be held 20-22 November 2014 on the campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (east of Los […] Read More
We are pleased to announce that the Second Annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy will be held at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Sept. 4-6, 2014. There will be nine speakers: - 6 invited speakers: • Dave Estlund (keynote), Brown University, • Serena Olsaretti (keynote), […] Read More
Consider Newcomb’s Problem: “A psychology professor at your school has a reputation for being brilliant as well as possessed of an enormous fortune she has dedicated to her research. One day you get a request to report to her office at a certain hour. On […] Read More
Samuel Scheffler’s original and provocative Tanner lectures, now published as Death and the Afterlife (OUP 2013), have already stirred discussion about the importance of humanity’s continued survival for the value of our own lives. In a witty and penetrating review of Scheffler’s work, Mark Johnston […] Read More
Dominic Wilkinson, managing editor of the Journal of Practical Ethics, would like you all to know that the second issue has been released: http://www.jpe.ox.ac.uk JPE is an open-access journal.
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