CFP: New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society

New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society

Papers on any serious philosophical subject are invited for the 63rd

annual conference of the New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society

to be held in Las Cruces, New Mexico March 23 – March 25, 2012. The

deadline for paper submissions is January15, 2012. Please consult the

society’s website at www.nmwt.org. To be considered for presentation,

papers approximately 3,000 words long should be submitted

electronically (as a Word attachment) and presentable within 25

minutes. There will be comments on every paper. If you would like to

be considered for making comments on a paper, please contact the

Secretary with your name, title, institution, AOS, and AOC. To be

considered for publication in Southwest Philosophical Studies, papers

must be no more than 3,000 words plus endnotes using only MLA

formatting. Each paper (regular conference or for possible

publication) should be prepared for blind refereeing.

•       Please send an electronic version (Word document) of papers to Dan

Flores, Secretary, at secretary.nmwt@gmail.com.

The conference will be held at Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces located at

705 South Telshor Blvd Las Cruces, NM 88011 (Phone: 575-522-4300 or

1-866-383-0443). For those who wish to stay at the hotel, rooms are

$93.00 (single and double) plus tax. Try to make reservations before

Friday, March 9, 2012 to ensure the $93.00 rate and mention that you

are a member of NMWT. Please check the Society’s website and your e-

mail accounts for any updates. www.nmwt.org

Registration and Fees

1. full-time professors: $70;

2. part-time professors and adjuncts: $45;

3. graduate students: $35;

4. undergraduate students: $25;

5. observers not on the program: free.

•       Checks should be made out to: New Mexico West Texas Philosophical

Society

•       Please send registration fees to:

Robert M. Louis, Treasurer

New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society

5810 Creston Springs Court

Spring, Texas  77379-8742

treasurer.nmwt@gmail.com (slow service)

Wolrml@aol.com (fast service)

Awards

The New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society awards two prizes: (1)

the Hubert Griggs Alexander Memorial Award for an excellent paper by a

philosopher at any career level, on any philosophical topic, but

especially on aesthetics, philosophy of language, symbolic form,

Hispanic philosophy, classical philosophy, or the role of philosophy

in the humanities; and (2) the Houghton Dalrymple Memorial Award for

an excellent paper by a graduate student or recent Ph.D. on any

philosophical topic, but with a preference for papers on epistemology

or Hume. Each award includes a check for $100.00 and publication in

Southwest Philosophical Studies. Those wishing to be considered for

either of these awards should put “Alexander” or “Dalrymple”in the

subject line of their e-mail message and include a CV with their

submission.