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Recent conferences and workshops

Overview of past conferences and workshops involving Notttingham's Department of Philosophy: 

Workshop: Literature, history, Cognition

Date: 15 October 2010, University of Nottingham.

British Society for Ethical Theory Conference

Date: 7-9 July 2010, University of Nottingham

Keynote speakers: James Dreier (Brown), Tim Mulgan (St Andrews)

New Directions in Metaphysics

Date: 4-5 Dcember 2009 

By bringing together a number of prominent metaphysicians and distinguished conference delegates we aim to explore new avenues of metaphysical thought. Nottingham is a centre of Metaphysics in the UK, and so this is an opportunity for a highly concentrated discussion of metaphysical matters. For details, see the New Directions in Metaphysics conference page.

Workshop on the A Priori

Date:   9 October 2009

Speakers included: Michael Devitt, Anthony Eagle, Carrie Jenkins Jessica Brown.

Metaphysics of Science

Date:  12-14 September 2009 

This conference is organised as part of a major AHRC-funded project involving colleagues at Birmingham, Bristol and Nottingham. For more information please see the conference poster.

Perspectives on Truth

Date:  11-12 January 2008
Location: University of Nottingham

Speakers:

  • Marian David (Notre Dame)
  • Julian Dodd (Manchester)
  • Keith Hossack (London)
  • David Armstrong (Nottingham)
  • Ralph Walker (Oxford)
  • Stephen Barker (Nottingham)

 

Older conferences and workshops

Themes in the Metaphysics of David Armstrong
Date:  16-17 February 2008
Location: Day Hotel (formerly Citylodge)
Conveners: Stephen Mumford, Markus Schrenk and Matthew Tugby
Within the joint AHRC Metaphysics of Science Project at Birmingham / Bristol / Nottingham
 
 
Art, Expression and Emotion: Themes from the work of Jenefer Robinson
Date:  14 December 2007
Location: University of Nottingham
Speakers: Jenefer Robinson (Cincinnati/Nottingham), Greg Currie (Nottingham) Julian Dodd (Manchester) Eileen John (Warwick) Aaron Meskin (Leeds)

UK Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP)
Date: 22-23 November 2007
Keynote speaker: Professor Alison Jaggar (University of Colorado)
Autumn Conference: Justice and Gender

Michael Devitt: Ignorance of Language
Date: 9 March 2007
Location: University of Nottingham

Essence and Essential Properties
Date: 6 January 2007
Location: University of Nottingham

The metaphysics of Art: Themes from the work of Jerrold Levinson
Date: 17 March 2006
Location: University of Nottingham

Methodological Issues in Contemporary Metaphysics
Date: 6-7 January 2006
Location: University of Nottingham

 

 

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