22-24 September 2021

Elizabeth Fricker (University of Oxford)

Dan Sperber (Institut Nicod, Paris)

Sarah Stroud (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Aesthetics: Enrico Terrone (University of Genova)

·  Epistemology: Marian David (Karl-Franzens Universität, Graz)

·  History of Philosophy: Anna Marmodoro (Durham University and University of Oxford)

·   Logic & Philosophy of Science: Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh)

·   Metaphysics: Francesco Orilia (University of Macerata)

·   Moral Philosophy: Mario De Caro (University Roma Tre and Tufts University)

·   Philosophy of Action: Luca Ferrero (University of California, Riverside)

·   Philosophy of Language: Claudia Bianchi (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan)

·  Philosophy of Law: Aldo Schiavello (University of Palermo)

·  Philosophy of Mind: TBA

·  Political Philosophy: Miriam Ronzoni (University of Manchester)

The conference will host the following five special topic symposia:

· Becoming Familiar with Robots: Antonio Chella (University of Palermo), Pim Haselager (Radboud University Nijmegen and Donders Institute), Pietro Perconti (University of Messina)

· Cognitive Liberty: Philosophy Meets New Brain Technologies: Andrea Lavazza (CUI Arezzo, chair), Christoph Bublitz (University of Hamburg), Marcello Ienca (ETH Zurich), Massimo Reichlin (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan)

· Ontological Pluralism and the Arts: Jerrold Levinson (University of Maryland, College Park), Enrico Terrone (LOGOS Research Group in Analytic Philosophy), Chiara Palazzolo e Mario De Caro (University Roma Tre), Elisa Caldarola (University of Padova)

· Practical Reasoning: Jeremy Fix (University of Oxford), Caroline Arruda (University of Texas), Lilian O’Brien (University of Helsinki)

· Truth: The Legacy of Frank P. Ramsey: Stefano Caputo (University of Sassari), Ciro De Florio (Università Cattolica, Milan), Massimo Dell’Utri (University of Sassari), Giovanni Tuzet (Bocconi University

The SIFA invites contributions for the following PARALLEL SESSIONS:

1.      Aesthetics

2.      Epistemology

3.      History of Philosophy

4.      Logic & Philosophy of Science

5.      Metaphysics

6.      Moral Philosophy

7.      Philosophy of Action

8.      Philosophy of Language

9.      Philosophy of Law

10.  Philosophy of Mind

11.  Political Philosophy

Submissions will be blind-refereed and selected on the basis of quality and philosophical significance.

Contributed papers will be scheduled for a 30 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion.

Abstracts must be written in English and prepared for blind review: any self-reference and personal data should be suppressed. Abstracts should indicate the title of the paper and the parallel session for which it is submitted or a clear reference to the symposium. Please select parallel sessions among the conference topics. Abstracts should also indicate whether, in case of acceptance, the Authors are willing to deliver the talk in-presence or only online.

Please submit a short abstract of 300 words, and a long abstract of no more than 1000 words (references included).

Long abstracts should not only contain the position defended or the issue discussed, but also indicate the outline of the argument.

• Submission is made through the EasyChair website (see Guidelines below)*.

Please select only one parallel session for your submission.

Please note: Abstracts submitted last year for the cancelled Conference will not be taken into consideration. If you submitted an abstract last year, please resubmit.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION is May 2nd, 2021

Notification of acceptance is expected by June 20th, 2021

(*) Guidelines for EasyChair submission

The EasyChair login page for SIFA2021 is at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sifa2021

First-time users need to register as users of EasyChair.

To submit, please prepare your short abstract for blind review, and save your extended abstract as a PDF file. Then follow the link to our Conference System. Note that ‘Paper’ refers to your extended abstract.

YOUNG SCHOLAR PRIZES: Up to four SIFA bursaries of 250 euros each will be awarded to young scholars on the basis of the quality of the extended abstracts. Master and PhD students, and young scholars (max. 5 years from PhD award) not permanently affiliated to higher education institutions are eligible for the prize. In addition to regular submission, select “SIFA Young Scholar Prize” among the conference topics on EasyChair and send a short CV to sifaconference2021@gmail.com — YOUNG SCHOLAR PRIZE should be in the object of the email.