EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
CALL FOR PAPERS
20th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology in London, UK
from August 28-31, 2012
The deadline for submission of PAPERS and POSTERS is 15 May, 2012
Conference website:
http://www.espp2012.com/
Online submission:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=espp2012
This meeting marks the 20th Anniversary of the ESPP. The occasion will be marked by a
symposium in memory of former ESPP president, Marc Jeannerod, and a number of talks by
other former ESPP presidents (Josef Perner, John Campbell, and Pierre Jacob). Please join
us in London to celebrate 20 years of successful interdisciplinary discussion and
collaboration.
Plenary Speakers:
– John Campbell (Philosophy, University of California, Berkley)
– Josef Perner (Psychology, University of Salzburg)
– Hagit Borer (Linguistics, Queen Mary, University of London & University of Southern
California)
– Linda B. Smith (Psychology, Indiana University)
Symposia
– 'In and Out of Experience: Personal and Sub-Personal Explanations in Psychology'
Chair: Barry Smith (Institute of Philosophy, London)
– 'The Marc Jeannerod Memorial Symposium'
Chair: Naomi Eilan (ESPP President, University of Warwick)
– 'Regret'
Chair: Marcel Zeelenberg (Tilburg University)
– 'Mental Agency'
Chair: Joelle Proust (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris) & Fabian Dorsch (University of
Warwick & Fribourg)
– ‘Understanding and Communication’: there will be three linked symposia on this topic
from the projects that form the EuroUnderstanding Programme
Discussion Session to be led by Chris Peacocke (Columbia)
Chairs: Guenther Knoblich (CEU Budapest), Åsa Wikforss (Stockholm University), Frank Esken
(Salzburg University)
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.
CALL
The Society invites submitted 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. Please state the primary discipline of your paper (philosophy, psychology, or
linguistics) by checking the respective box during the online submission process.
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.
All submissions (whether abstracts or full papers) should be in PDF-format and should be
properly anonymized in order to allow for blind refereeing.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS & POSTERS is 15th MAY, 2012.
Please use the online submission form to be found at:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=espp2012 (this requires registering with
EasyChair, which is easy to do and free of charge).
If you have any questions, contact us by writing an email to: 2012(a)eurospp.org
Program chairs:
– Fabian Dorsch
– Teresa McCormack
– Peter Svenonius
Local organization:
Barry Smith, Institute of Philosophy, London
Teresa McCormack
Department of Psychology
Queen's University, Belfast
BT9 58P