2008 Woodie Awards
Philosophy students to host national conference
Doug Little
Staff Writer
Issue date: 3/3/08 Section: News
This year has been a very active and award-filled year for the students of University of South Alabama Department of Philosophy.
Recently, the students of the philosophy department hosted their first-ever Spring Philosophy Colloquium Series. The students' biggest task lies ahead as they prepare to host USA's first ever national philosophy conference in September.
Submissions for the innagural Interdisciplinary Approach to Philosophical Issues Conference will will be open to undergraduate and graduate students studying in any discipline across the nation and throughout the world. The conferences theme is "at the crossroads of philosophy and psychology." Submissions in the philosophy of psychology, broadly construed, are strongly encouraged, but submissions in any area of philosophy are welcomed.
The students are hoping this year will be the first of many conferences to come.
"Hopefully, this year will prove to be a tremendous success. If so, I hope to see USA host an interdisciplinary philosophy conference on an annual basis," Jason Shepard, USA philosophy student and lead organizer of the conference said.
Joshua Knobe of the University of North Carolina is scheduled to be the conferences keynote speaker. Knobe is one of the biggest names in experimental philosophy. His research focuses on how moral judgments can affect state-of-mind attributions, along with other research projects in the philosophy of moral psychology, folk psychology and cognitive science.
"[experimental philosophy] is an exciting new area of philosophical research and it's awesome that Joshua Knobe has agreed to come down," Dr. Ted Poston, professor of philosophy at USA, said.
In addition to the planning for the major conference this fall, the USA Philosophy Club held its first meeting of the Spring Philosophy Colloquium Series.
The purpose of the Spring Philosophy Colloquium Series is to provide opportunities for area students to gain experience in delivering their philosophical ideas to their peers and other members of the philosophy community, as well as receive feedback from professors and students. The feedback is geared toward helping the students with subsequent revisions of their papers, which they hope to make strong candidates for submission at a major conference or hope to use as a graduate writing sample.
Recently, the students of the philosophy department hosted their first-ever Spring Philosophy Colloquium Series. The students' biggest task lies ahead as they prepare to host USA's first ever national philosophy conference in September.
Submissions for the innagural Interdisciplinary Approach to Philosophical Issues Conference will will be open to undergraduate and graduate students studying in any discipline across the nation and throughout the world. The conferences theme is "at the crossroads of philosophy and psychology." Submissions in the philosophy of psychology, broadly construed, are strongly encouraged, but submissions in any area of philosophy are welcomed.
The students are hoping this year will be the first of many conferences to come.
"Hopefully, this year will prove to be a tremendous success. If so, I hope to see USA host an interdisciplinary philosophy conference on an annual basis," Jason Shepard, USA philosophy student and lead organizer of the conference said.
Joshua Knobe of the University of North Carolina is scheduled to be the conferences keynote speaker. Knobe is one of the biggest names in experimental philosophy. His research focuses on how moral judgments can affect state-of-mind attributions, along with other research projects in the philosophy of moral psychology, folk psychology and cognitive science.
"[experimental philosophy] is an exciting new area of philosophical research and it's awesome that Joshua Knobe has agreed to come down," Dr. Ted Poston, professor of philosophy at USA, said.
In addition to the planning for the major conference this fall, the USA Philosophy Club held its first meeting of the Spring Philosophy Colloquium Series.
The purpose of the Spring Philosophy Colloquium Series is to provide opportunities for area students to gain experience in delivering their philosophical ideas to their peers and other members of the philosophy community, as well as receive feedback from professors and students. The feedback is geared toward helping the students with subsequent revisions of their papers, which they hope to make strong candidates for submission at a major conference or hope to use as a graduate writing sample.
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