Scottish Philosophy Conferences and Events

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2010

Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy
Spring Conference
12-14 March
Erdman Hall Conference Center of Princeton Theological Seminary

Theme: Practical Ethics

Among Scottish philosophers of the 18th and 19th century speculative and practical ethics were intertwined in ways that subsequently became alien to analytic philosophy. The re-emergence of "applied" or practical ethics in late 20th century philosophy has reopened the question of the relation between the two. This conference has a dual purpose: to investigate the ways in which the Scottish philosophical tradition combined an interest in theoretical and practical ethics and explore their relevance to contemporary moral philosophy. Papers are invited that address practical ethics. Topics of particular interest include
1) the ways in which the Scottish philosophical tradition combined theoretical and practical ethics and
2) explorations of the degree to which Scottish practical ethics might be relevant to contemporary philosophical concerns

Please send abstracts to cssp@ptsem.edu by September 2009

Revised versions of presented will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Scottish Philosophy (Guest Editor Colin Heydt).

Thomas Reid: From His Time To Ours
Annual Conference of the British Society for the History of Philosophy 2010
Sun 21 - Tue 23 March 2010: University of Aberdeen
Wed 24 - Fri 26 March 2010: University of Glasgow

About the event...
In March 2010 a week-long event in recognition of Thomas Reid will be held at the two universities where he taught: the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Glasgow

The conference will be devoted to all aspects of Reid's work and its context

An event jointly organised by

RIISS (Aberdeen) (Primary Co-ordinator: Professor Cairns Craig) and Department of History (Glasgow) (Primary Co-ordinator: Professor Alexander Broadie)

Sponsors British Society for the History of Philosophy Mind Association

Management Committee

Alexander Broadie (University of Glasgow)
Rebecca Copenhaver (Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon)
Cairns Craig (University of Aberdeen)
Knud Haakonssen (University of Sussex)
M.A. Stewart (University of Aberdeen)
Paul Wood (University of Victoria, BC)

Outline of Proposed Programme

Sunday 21 March
Opening Plenary Session, King's College, Aberdeen
Monday - Tuesday 22 - 23 March
Concurrent and Plenary Sessions
Wednesday 24 March am
Delegates travel to Glasgow for second half of the event
Wednesday 24 March pm
Opening Plenary Session, University of Glasgow
Thursday 25 March
Concurrent and Plenary sessions
Friday 26 March
Concurrent and Plenary sessions, and close

Registration

Registration will open during 2009

Fees (figures for accommodation are currently approximate and will be confirmed before registration opens):

Standard registration fee : £150
Registration fee for Students / Unwaged : £100
Accommodation per night : £60 (approx)
Conference Dinner Aberdeen : £40
Conference Dinner Glasgow : £40

Some travel grants will be available for students / unwaged (details forthcoming) Please email riiss@abdn.ac.uk to register your interest in attending and receive news updates

Contacts

Primary Co-ordinators

Professor Cairns Craig (University of Aberdeen) Cairns.Craig@abdn.ac.uk

Professor Alexander Broadie (University of Glasgow) A.Broadie@history.arts.gla.ac.uk

Administrative Co-ordinator

Jon Cameron (University of Aberdeen) Jon.Cameron@abdn.ac.uk

For more details please visit the conference website



CSSP/ECSS/IASS
2nd PRINCETON INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on SCOTTISH PHILOSOPHY
24-27 June
Erdman Hall Conference Center of Princeton Theological Seminary

Hosted jointly with The Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society and The International Adam Smith Society

Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the Births of Thomas Reid (1710-1796) and William Cullen (1710-1790)

“Reid, Cullen and Smith: The Science of Mind and Body in the Scottish Enlightenment"

Plenary addresses by Aaron Garrett, Boston University, on “Thomas Reid as Historian of Philosophy” and Guenter B. Risse, Emeritus, University of California San Francisco on “William Cullen and His Edinburgh Medical World.”

A very extensive program includes panels on Adam Smith, Scottish Philosophy in Princeton and America, and a conference banquet at the New Jersey Grounds for Sculpture.

Full details and online registration here

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