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Tennessee Philosophical Association
45th Annual Meeting: Oct. 25-26, 2013
Vanderbilt University

Keynote Speaker: Mylan Engel, Northern Illinois University

"Is Theism Irrational?"

Mylan Engel (Ph.D., Arizona) is Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University. He is a philosopher of wide interests ranging from epistemology and theories of justification, to philosophy of religion, to animal ethics and vegetarianism. Representative publications include The Philosophy of Animal Rights (co-written with Kathie Jenni - Lantern Books), "Coherentism and the Justification of Moral Beliefs" (Southern Journal of Philosophy), "The Commonsense Case against Animal Experimentation" in The Ethics of Animal Research (MIT Press), "Epistemic Luck," (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy), "What's Wrong with Contextualism" (Erkenntnis), "The Mere Considerability of Animals" (Acta Analytica), "Why YOU Are Committed to the Immorality of Eating Meat" (Social and Personal Ethics), "The Possibility of Maximal Greatness Examined" (Acta Analytica), and "Personal and Doxastic Justification in Epistemology" (Philosophical Studies).

Paper Submissions: Deadline for receipt of submissions is Friday, September 20, 2013.

Papers are welcome on topics in any area of philosophy. Maximum length is 3,000 words for the body of the paper (approximately 10 double-spaced pages). Head your paper with a short abstract of no more than 100 words. Please use Times New Roman or other suitable 12 point font.

Electronic submissions are strongly preferred. Abstracts should be submitted in rich text (.rtf) or plain text (.txt) formats. For the body of the paper PDF, .rtf, or .txt formats are strongly preferred. Word format is also suitable. If you cannot submit electronically, mail two hardcopies to the association president; be sure to include an email address for follow up communication.

If you know of someone who might be willing to comment on your paper, please provide his or her name.

Snail mail:
        Scott F. Aikin
        111 Furman Hall
        Vanderbilt University
        Nashville, TN 37240

Commentators: We will issue a call for commentators shortly after the deadline for paper submission. The call normally includes abstracts of the papers needing responses. Please help by volunteering when the call comes.

We expect to post information regarding accommodations early in September, 2013.

Keynote Speaker: Mylan Engel, Northern Illinois University

"Is Theism Irrational?"

Very Brief Business Meeting – Election of President and Secretary
Furman 109

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