Call for Papers

We invite submissions for contributed presentations from various disciplinary fields (e.g., aesthetics, philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of language, and logic). We also welcome submissions that report interdisciplinary work. Successful proposals can receive funding up to 4.550 MOP (please see details below). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• The role of imagination in fiction
• Imagination and counterfactual scenarios
• Imagination and the self
• Imagination and possibilities
• Imagination and belief
• Epistemic role of imagination
• Ontology and metaphysics of fiction
• Fictionalism and folk psychology
• Fictionalism and scientific theories
• Fictionalism and the self
• Modal fictionalism
• Mathematical fictionalism
• Make-believe attitudes
• Fiction, fictionalism and imagination in Eastern philosophical traditions

Abstracts of around 500 words should be submitted to (ndolcini@um.edu.mo)Submission of both theoretical papers and empirical research papers, as well as the submission of research paper at earlier stages of work are encouraged.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:

31 October 2015

FUNDING FOR CONTRIBUTED SPEAKERS:

Accepted contributed speakers will receive a support for travelling (flight/ferry economy round-trip) on the basis of receipts with an upper limit of 4.000 MOP if travelling from non-Asian countries, and of 2.000 MOP if travelling from Asian countries. Moreover, they will be reimbursed for the costs of lunch/dinners related to the workshop on the basis of receipts and with an upper limit of 550MOP.

ACCEPTED PROPOSALS:

Notification of accepted/rejected proposals will be sent by 7 November. A maximum of 5 contributions will be accepted. Contributors will have 40 minutes, ideally divided into 30 minutes of exposition and 10 minutes of discussion.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

Organizers

Nevia Dolcini
Philosophy and Religious Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau
email: ndolcini@um.edu.mo
The workshop is sponsored by the University of Macau.