25-28 Aug 2010
ESPP 2010 Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology in Bochum and Essen (Germany) http://www.eurospp.org/2010 Plenary Speakers: Andy Clark (Philosophy, Edinburgh) Linda B. Smith (Psychology, Indiana Univ.) Mark Steedman (Informatics, Edinburgh) Michael Tomasello (Anthropology, Leipzig) Invited Symposia: Crossmodal Perception Chair: Barry Smith, London Joint action, joint thinking, and joint agency Chair: Gnther Knoblich, Nijmegen Nature versus culture in language acquisition Chair: Bernhard Schrder, Essen Concepts and nonlinguistic inferences in animals Chair: Albert Newen, Bochum The aim of the European Society for Philosophy & Psychology is 'to promote interaction between philosophers and psychologists on issues of common concern'. Psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists, computer scientists a nd biologists are encouraged to report experimental, theoretical and clinical work that they judge to have philosophical significance; and philosophers are encouraged to engage with the fundamental issues addressed by and arising o ut of such work. In recent years ESPP sessions have covered such topics as spa tial concepts, simulation theory, attention, joint attention, reference, problem s of consciousness, introspection and self-report, emotion, perception, early numerical cognition, infants' understanding of intentionality, memory and t ime, motor imagery, counterfactuals, the semantics/pragmatics distinction, minimalism in linguistic theory, reasoning, vagueness, mental causation, ac tion and agency, thought without language, externalism, connectionism, hypnosis, and the interpretation of neuropsychological results. The Societies invite submitted symposia, papers and posters for this meetin g. Submitted papers are refereed and selected on the basis of quality and relevance to psychologists, philosophers and linguists. Papers should not exceed a length of 20 minutes (about 8 double-spaced pages) for a total 30 minute session. Submissions may be by abstract (ca. 500 words) but in the c ase of philosophical submissions a full paper is preferred. The Societies also encourage joint submission of papers as symposia topics (for 3 and up to 4 speakers across different disciplines) - the convenor should submit a brief (1000 word) description of the symposium topic in addition t o each participant submitting an abstract/paper - all papers considered as pa rt of a submitted symposium will also be considered for independent presentati on. The selection of talks in a symposium should be suitable to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion. There will be some financial support availabl e for the travel expenses of symposiasts (partial coverage of costs). There will also be poster presentations. A submission for a poster presenta tion should consist of a 500-word abstract. Submitted papers may also be conside red for presentation as posters. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS is 20 FEBRUARY, 2010. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS & POSTERS is15 MAY, 2010. Please use the online submission form to be found at: http://www.eurospp.org/2010/submission.html Programme chairs: Sarah Beck, Matt Nudds, Peter Svenonius Local organization: Albert Newen (Bochum), Bernhard Schrder (Essen)