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Call for Papers Theme: Philosophy and Meaning in Life Type: 2nd International Conference 2019 Institution: Waseda University Location: Tokyo (Japan) Date: 7.–9.10.2019 Deadline: 15.3.2019 __________________________________________________ We invite submissions concerning meaning in/of life as considered in the field of philosophy. Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words, prepared for blind review via Google Forms: https://goo.gl/forms/cLIA0MS7mHwt2mOk2 Deadline: March 15th, 2019. Applicants will be notified of the result via email by the end of May. Time for presentation: 40 minutes (20 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion). Official language: English. Potential topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: - Philosophical approaches to meaning in/of life - Meaning of life and death - Anti-natalism and nihilism - Procreation - Metaphysical, spiritual, and religious implications of meaning of/in life theories - Meaning in/of life in applied ethics, bioethics, and environmental ethics - Meaning in/of life in various philosophical traditions (Analytic, Continental, Asian, African, Latin American, Islamic etc.) Program: A detailed program including a time table and venues will be announced in June, 2019. Registration: TBA No registration/participation fee is required. Publication: Speakers are encouraged to submit their papers for publication in the special issue of the Journal of Philosophy of Life (Vol.10, No.1, 2020). Deadline: January/February 2020. Keynote speakers: Rivka Weinberg (Scripps College) Yujin Nagasawa (University of Birmingham) Venue: International Conference Center Waseda University Conference organizers 2018-2019: Nobuo Kurata (Hokkaido University) Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg) Masahiro Morioka (Waseda University), Chair Tatsuya Murayama (Tohoku University) Email: icpml2...@gmail.com Conference website: http://www.philosophyoflife.org/pml/waseda.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
