25-28 August 2010
ESPP 2010 - EXTENDED DEADLINE for contributed symposia 18th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology in Bochum and Essen (Germany), August 25-28th, 2010 THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS is 10th March, 2010. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS & POSTERS is 15 MAY, 2010. 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 /General Aim/ 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 and 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 out of such work. In recent years ESPP sessions have covered such topics as spatial concepts, simulation theory, attention, joint attention, reference, problems of consciousness, introspection and self-report, emotion, perception, early numerical cognition, infants' understanding of intentionality, memory and time, motor imagery, counterfactuals, the semantics/pragmatics distinction, minimalism in linguistic theory, reasoning, vagueness, mental causation, action and agency, thought without language, externalism, connectionism, hypnosis, and the interpretation of neuropsychological results. /C A L L / The Societies invite submitted symposia, papers and posters for this meeting. 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 case of philosophical submissions a full paper is preferred. The Society 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 to an abstract of 300 word for each participant of the symposium - if the papers cannot be part of the few selected symposia we encourage you to submit them as standard paper presentation in our electronic system. The selection of talks in a symposium should be suitable to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion. There will be some financial support available for the travel expenses of symposiasts (partial coverage of costs). Each symposium will last 2 hours and 15 minutes. There will also be poster presentations. A submission for a poster presentation should consist of a 500-word abstract. Submitted papers may also be considered for presentation as posters. There will be two poster presentations of at least one hour. THE EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS is 10 th MARCH, 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 Program chairs: Sarah Beck, Matt Nudds, Peter Svenonius Local organization: Albert Newen (Bochum) Bernhard Schrder (Essen)