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Graduate Conference in Logic, Math and Physics (May 2004, London, Ontario)

CALL FOR PAPERS

5th Graduate Conference in Logic, Math, and Physics May 9, 2004
Keynote address by David DeVidi.

In conjunction with The 9th Annual Conference Contemporary Issues in
Philosophy of Physics May 8th, 2004

And the Rotman Lecture May 7th, 2004

  THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA

  Graduate students are invited to submit papers on any topic in the
philosophy of logic, mathematics or physics. Confirmed speakers for the
physics conference include Han Halvorson (Princeton) and others. This year
the Rotman Lecture will be given by Jeremy Butterfield (Oxford).

Papers submitted will be considered for the Second Annual Clifton Memorial
Book Prize, to be awarded to the best essay in the philosophy of physics
among those submitted.  The contest will be adjudicated by philosophy of
science faculty at Western.

Papers should be no longer than 4000 words. Presentations will be limited
to 25 minutes and will be followed by a 10-minute commentary and a
15-minute question period.

Please submit papers by email (as Word, Works or pdf attachments) by 1
March, 2004. They should be prepared for blind review, and should be
accompanied by an abstract (no longer than 300 words), as well as a cover
sheet containing the author's name, institutional affiliation, title of
the paper, mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone number(s). The
program committee expects to make its decisions by April 1, 2004 and
should have funding available to cover part of the speakers' expenses. We
will endeavour to make accommodations available to visiting graduate
students.

  Please send questions and submissions to:

Elana Geller (egeller@uwo.ca)
Department of Philosophy
Talbot College
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario CANADA N6A 3K7

  For more information, go to: http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/lmp.html