CFP: Midwest Pragmatist Study Group

THE MIDWEST PRAGMATIST STUDY GROUP

of The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy

Fourteenth Annual Meeting

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

Indianapolis, Indiana USA

22–23 September 2012

Saturday Afternoon and Sunday Morning

CALL FOR PAPERS

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 August 2012

http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/mpsg/CFP/cfp_2012.htm

The Midwest Pragmatist Study Group meets annually to promote interaction

among scholars and students interested in classical and contemporary

pragmatism broadly conceived. Papers on any aspect of pragmatist philosophy

are welcome.

The annual meetings do not have themes or special topics. However, each

year one session is devoted to analysis and discussion of a significant

text in American philosophy. This year's texts are "Racial Remediation: An

Historical Perspective on Current Conditions" (1976/1977), "Racial Realism"

(1992), and "The Space Traders" (1992) by Derrick Bell; and "Democracy is

Radical" (1937) and "Creative Democracy—The Task Before Us" (1939) by John

Dewey.

There is no registration fee or formal registration. Interested persons

from any field and students and faculty from any discipline are invited to

participate. The meetings are small and friendly, and the sessions

emphasize collegial conversation and helpful criticism.

Reading time for submitted papers should be around 30-45 minutes. Each

session runs 90 minutes leaving time for plenty of discussion. Works in

progress are particularly encouraged.

The Hans Seigfried Student Travel Fund will provide $50 to any student

presenting a paper. The fund honors the memory of Professor Seigfried by

encouraging new participants in the study group he founded. If you are a

student, please indicate that in a message accompanying your submission.

Please submit a draft or a complete paper, suitable for blind review, as an

e-mail attachment (MS Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files are preferred) to the

chair of the local arrangements committee for forwarding to the program

committee:

Martin Coleman

Email: m a r t c o l e [ a t ] i u p u i [ d o t ] e d u

Institute for American Thought

IUPUI

902 W. New York St, ES0010

Indianapolis, IN 46202