University of Alberta, Philosophy Graduate Conference
Jan 12, 2013 → May 17, 2013
We invite submissions of papers by graduate students and postgraduates (who were awarded their PhDs no earlier than 2007) to the graduate philosophy conference to be held on May 10-12, 2013 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Title: Disagreement
University of Alberta Philosophy Graduate Conference
May 10-12, 2013
Edmonton, Alberta
Keynote Speakers:
Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona
Adam Morton, University of British Columbia
At first, one might take ‘disagreement’ to be merely a matter of subjective opinion. Nevertheless,
disagreement is a pervasive and genuine phenomenon of and in our experience which calls for
philosophical reflection. This conference focuses on the notion of disagreement broadly construed. We
invite papers that discuss the nature, value of, and attitudes towards disagreement. Papers from both
the analytic and continental traditions, as well as from disciplines and traditions of investigation other
than philosophy are welcomed. Possible questions for consideration include but are not limited to: What
constitutes disagreement? What distinguishes private from public disagreement; internal from external
disagreement; or intra- from inter-personal disagreement? Are all disagreements resolvable, and on
what grounds? Are disagreements structured by power dynamics? Is reconciliation always desirable or
is there value in perennial discord? Can there be faultless or harmless disagreements in the realms of
ethics/politics/aesthetics/epistemology, etc.? If so does this entail some sort of relativism or pluralism,
and if it does is this a bad thing?
Deadline for submissions: January 30, 2013 (Extended from January 10, 2013)
Submission Guidelines: Papers should not exceed 3000 words. They should be prepared for blind review
and sent as a PDF file to UofAConf.
In a separate PDF attachment, please include your name, academic affiliation, e-mail address, paper title, and an abstract of no more than 150 words.
For more information, please contact us at gradConf
We would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support:
the University of Alberta Faculty of Arts,
the Graduate Student Association,
and the departments of Comparative Literature,
English and Film Studies, Philosophy, and Psychology.