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The American Catholic Philosophical Association2007 Annual Meeting |
The 2007 ACPA meeting (hosted by Marquette University) will be held November 9-11, 2007, at the Hilton
Milwaukee City Center.
Call for Papers from the President-elect
Guidelines for Submitting Papers
Call for Papers from the President-elect
(Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2007)
Dear Colleagues and Members of the ACPA:
It
is my honor and pleasure to invite you to the annual meeting of the ACPA to be
held in
The
theme for the 2007 meeting is Freedom,
Will, and Nature and is prompted by the following considerations. Philosophers, both Western and Eastern, have
located the human within the context of the broader cosmos and creation by
seeing humans as sharing something with things in the order of nature and as
possessing a capacity for self-directedness lacking in lower things. The present theme is designed to encourage
study and reflection upon locating the human within the range of material
creation and within the genus of intellectual creatures. What does ‘nature’ mean and what
is its bearing upon and relation to freedom?
Does the human power of free choice emerge as a higher form of the
spontaneity found in nature at lower levels or is it a genuine break with what
is found in lower things? Do human
beings necessarily choose the highest good and, if so, how is this claim
consistent with their having the power of free choice? What does ‘freedom’ mean? Is it primarily (or exclusively) the power to
select among alternative means in reference to a naturally preordained
end? Or is it instead the ability to act
otherwise? Is freedom a metaphysical
perfection? If it is, can that
perfection be accounted for as deriving from the First Principle of the
universe? How is the divine perfection
of freedom consistent with the necessity of the divine nature? Such questions are grounded in the theme
understood in terms of metaphysical freedom.
But analogous lines of inquiry should be pursued regarding freedom
understood as political liberty and moral freedom. If we do have the ability to act otherwise,
how is this freedom related to moral freedom?
How does metaphysical freedom ground, or pose difficulties for, our
achieving the best regime?
Everyone
is cordially invited to send in a submission for this meeting. The program committee is especially
interested in receiving papers that address issues related to the theme, but papers in any area of philosophy are
most welcome.
All submissions should be
sent (in quadruplicate, accompanied by two copies of an abstract) to the
following address:
ACPA
Paper Submissions
American
Catholic Philosophical Association
We look forward to receiving
your submissions and seeing you in
Sincerely yours,
Timothy B. Noone
Ordinary Professor, The
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Guidelines for Submitting Papers
for the ACPA Annual Meeting in the Fall of 2007
(hosted by
(Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2007)
1) The theme of the 2007 Annual Meeting is Freedom, Will, and Nature; however, papers on all topics are welcome.
2) Papers should be received no later than April 1, 2007, at the
following address:
ACPA Paper Submissions
American Catholic Philosophical
Association
National Office
3) Submissions must be received through the mail and not via facsimile; they must include FOUR copies of the paper and TWO copies of a short abstract (no more than 150 words). Papers are not to exceed 15 typed, double-spaced pages (30 minutes reading time).
4) The format of the paper should be appropriate for blind reviewing, i.e., nothing in the paper itself should reveal the author’s identity. The author’s name, complete address, home, work, fax, telephone numbers, and e-mail address, as well as the title of the paper, should be included in a cover letter.
5) It is understood that, by submitting material for possible presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting, authors agree to allow the ACPA to hold the copyright to such material, should it be accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting and publication in the Annual Proceedings.
6) Those who wish to have their papers considered for the ACPA Young Scholar’s Award (scholars 35 years of age or younger, regardless of academic position, are eligible) should indicate as much in their cover letters.
7) If you would like us to acknowledge that we have received your paper, please include with your submission a self-addressed, stamped postcard.
8) If you would like to comment on a paper or to chair a session, please let the ACPA Secretary know by sending e-mail (mbaur@fordham.edu) or by writing to the ACPA’s National Office. Be sure to provide your e-mail address, as well as your fax, home, and work telephone numbers.
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