Programme for British Undergraduate Philosophy Conference 2006

[Robert Charleston <rc3673@student.open.ac.uk>]

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British Undergraduate Philosophy Conference 2006
St.John's College, University of Durham
8th-10th September 2006 

A BUPS national conference for all undergraduate-level philosophers.

*** Registration Deadline - 1pm Monday 4th September ***

Places are limited - please register early to avoid disappointment.

Details on how to register are at the bottom of this message, or on our
website www.bups.org

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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Keynote paper: 'What is philosophy for?'
 Professor AC Grayling (Birkbeck)

'Endurantism and temporal gunk'
 Andrew Bacon (Oxford)

'Rorty's impossible dream: the truly post-modern'
 Andrew Stephenson (Cardiff) 

'Does structuralism have any advantages over Platonism?'
 Ryan Dawson (Cambridge) 

'Is language a matter of contingence or convention?'
 Edward Grefenstette (Sheffield)

'Reproductive technologies'
 Phil Leech (Lancaster) 

'Kant and things-in-themselves - one world or two?'
 Craig French (Heythrop)

'Evolutionary psychology and the green-eyed monster'
 Andrew Goldfinch (LSE)

'Religion and Heidegger's account of the experience of art'
 G.A. Bennett-Hunter (Durham)

Symposium on Kripke and names:
'Kripke, names, and the necessary a posteriori'
 Lorna Finlayson (Cambridge)
'Russell and Kripke on names as definite descriptions'
 Elaine Yeadon (Sheffield)

'Dennett's stance: legs akimbo'
 Alex Carruth (Durham)

'Is Kuhn a relativist?'
 Robbie Duschinsky (Cambridge)

'Employability of philosophy graduates' 
 Dr Clare Saunders (PRS subject centre)

'The unreality of space and McTaggart's category mistake'
 CJ Reid (Durham)

'Two types of certainty: a reply to Peter Unger'
 Steve Methven (Birkbeck) 

To register online or by post, or for more details, please visit
www.bups.org

*** Registration Deadline - 1pm Monday 4th September ***

Enquiries to info@bups.org

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This conference is non-profit-making.

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BUPC 2006 - Sponsored by private donation.



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