4-6 June 2010
Varna, Bulgaria
First announcement XXVI Varna International Philosophical School "APPLIED AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY IN KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY EAST AND WEST" (June 4th - 6th 2010, Varna, Bulgaria) Preliminary Topics for panel discussions: 1.Challenges of Knowledge Based Society to Applied Philosophy; 2.Challenges of Knowledge Based Society to Experimental Philosophy; 3.Applied and Experimental Philosophy in Comparison with Traditional Philosophy; 4.Applied and Experimental Philosophy in Social Sciences and Humanities (social philosophy, ethics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of culture, philosophy of law, philosophy of politics, economics, etc.); 5.Applied and Experimental Philosophy in Traditional Philosophical Fields (ontology, epistemology, logic, philosophy of science, etc.); 6.Applied and Experimental Philosophy in the context of Education: Nelson-Heckmann Socratic Dialogue, Philosophizing with Children, Philosophical Counseling and Other parallel Movements; 7.The Linguistic and Psychology Turn of Applied and Experimental Philosophy; Keynote speakers 1.Prof. Dr. Timothy Williamson (UK) 2.Prof. Dr. David Papineau (UK) 3.Prof. Dr. Keith Hammond (UK) 4.Prof. DSc. Toulchinsky G.L. (Russia) 5.Prof. Dr. James R Beebe (US) 6.Prof. Dr. Stephen Stich (US) 7.Prof. Dr. Hans Jorg Rheinberger (Germany) Conference abstracts: Submission of abstracts: no more than 500 words Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1st of April 2010 Notification of acceptance: 30th of April 2010 All abstracts should be sent electronically to e-mail: projectphilosophyevents@gmail.com Registration: Registration fee: Conference fee 50 Euros per person; Possible to pay registration fee in cash during the registration of participants at the beginning of the conference. FAQ: Second announcement: 1st of May 2010 For any questions please contact the Local Organizing Committee: e-mail: projectphilosophyevents@gmail.com Web-site: www.philosophybulgaria.org