FPA 2008, Daytona Beach
54th Annual Meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association
What's New: as of April 12, 2008
The conference will be held at the beachfront Plaza Ocean Club which is also the conference hotel. More details forthcoming.
The Call for Papers for the meeting are posted below. Regular submissions deadline is August 15th.
Conference Hotel Information
The Plaza Ocean Club hotel is offering a reduced group rate to people attending the FPA meeting. The rate is $109 per night. All conference talks will take place at this hotel.
The Plaza Ocean Club is a full service, beachfront hotel with heated, oceanfront pool. More hotel information.
Call for Papers
Paper submissions are invited for the 54nd annual meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association which will be held in Daytona Beach, November 14-16, 2008. Program Coordinator: Dr. Marina Oshana. Local Organizer, Dr. Reinhold Schlieper.
1. Regular Submissions:
Submission Deadline: * August 15, 2008 *
Papers submitted for inclusion in the regular program should be limited to a reading time of 30 minutes, that is, approximately 12 double-spaced pages. Submission of papers in all areas of philosophy is welcomed. All papers should be prepared for blind refereeing. Please include a cover sheet with:
- Name
- Email address
- Affiliation
- Paper title
The cover sheet should also indicate if the paper is to be considered:
- For publication in The Florida Philosophical Review as described below
- For the graduate student paper award as described below
Paper Length: Presentation time for papers on the regular program will be 45 minutes (30 minutes reading time with 15 minutes discussion), and submitted papers should be correspondingly brief (approx. 12 double-spaced pages).
Electronic submission of papers is requested. Papers in PDF, RTF, Word formats are preferred. Submissions should be sent to . Please indicate Submission in the subject line of email submissions and include two attachments as follows:
- Attachment 1: the paper (with title please)
- Attachment 2: just the cover sheet.
Please also paste the details from the cover sheet into the body of your email.
Postal paper submissions may be sent in triplicate with cover sheet to: Prof. Marina Oshana, Department of Philosophy, PO Box 118545, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-8545
2. Graduate Paper Award Competition:
Submission Deadline: August 15, 2008
Graduate students submitting papers for the regular program may also elect to have their papers considered for the Outstanding Graduate Paper Award, and should so indicate on their cover page. The winning paper will be published in The Florida Philosophical Review and the author receives a monetary award. Only students at Florida colleges are eligible.
3. Undergraduate Paper Awards Competition:
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2008
Undergraduate students may submit papers for special award consideration. Eligible undergraduates should indicate which one of the following award competitions they are submitting for:
- The Gerrit and Edith Schipper Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper in a Four-Year College or University
- The Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper in a Two-Year College
Papers may be any length, but 15 double-spaced pages is recommended. The winning papers will be published in The Florida Philosophical Review and the authors will receive a monetary award. Only students at Florida colleges are eligible.
Note that the submission deadline for the undergraduate awards competition is later than the general deadline for paper submissions.
4. Florida Philosophical Review
A selection of the papers from the FPA meeting will be published in the annual conference issue of The Florida Philosophical Review. If you would like your submission to be considered for publication, please follow these additional instructions:
- Indicate your interest in the cover page of your submission,
- Submit your paper to the FPA electronically, and
- Make the file format and content of your submission for the FPA conform to the guidelines of the journal.
All members are encouraged to take this opportunity. The FPR is an anonymously refereed journal indexed by Philosopher's Index and Noesis.
