First Workshop (Bristol, Sept 2010)

The workshop took place on 15th September 2010, in Bristol.

Photographs of the Event

Programme and Participant List

New Speaker and New Venue

We managed to make an addition to the programme fairly late in the day. Prof. Stephen Stich (Rutgers & Sheffield), a Founder Member of the Group, offered to give a keynote talk at the workshop. His talk was 'Gender and Philosophical Intuition: Why are there so few women in philosophy?', co-authored with Wesley Buckwalter (CUNY).

We quickly managed to fill our first venue and closed registration. However, we managed to secure a larger venue and reopened registration.

Call for Papers

This was our call for papers for the first workshop. The deadline was 16th July 2010.

Experimental Philosophy Group UK invites the submission of 500-word abstracts on the topic of experimental philosophy for a series of 10-minute presentations (each followed by a 20-minute discussion) at their upcoming workshop. Keynote presentations will be given by Prof. David Papineau (KCL) on ‘The Significance of Experimental Philosophy’ and Dr. Finn Spicer (Bristol) on ‘The Goals of Experimental Philosophy’.

High-quality submissions in all areas of experimental philosophy considered. Priority will be given to presentations which do one of the following: (i) present planned experimental research to test a philosophical theory, or (ii) report the results of independent experimental research providing evidence for or against a philosophical theory. Submissions encouraged from all levels of academia: faculty, graduate students and undergraduates. 500-word abstracts to be sent as PDF or Word documents to experimentalphilosophyuk@gmail.com by 16th July 2010. Subject line of email should read “SUBMISSION [YOUR NAME]”. Body of email should include the following information: name, affiliation, and a contact phone number (optional).

Experimental Philosophy Group UK aims to provide a forum for UK-based researchers from all disciplines who are engaged in or interested in the investigation of philosophical topics using empirical methods. This first meeting aims to bring those researchers together to share their work and help build a supportive network for those with an interest in experimental methods. We aim for a relaxed workshop atmosphere with a concentration on meeting like-minded researchers and encouraging new experimental research in the UK.

Registration for this event will open soon; this will be free of charge. Presenters should be prepared to obtain funding from their home department, or to fund themselves.

Workshop Organisers: Bryony Pierce (Bristol), Robin Scaife (Sheffield) and James Andow (Nottingham)