UofK News: "The Society for Women in Philosophy has named Joan C. Callahan, professor, University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Department of Philosophy, the Distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2007. She will be honored for her work, achievements, contributions to the discipline of philosophy, and support of women in philosophy at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in Baltimore, Md., in December 2007.  Callahan received her doctorate in philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1982. She has taught at the University of Kentucky since 1986 (previously teaching at Louisiana State University). Her research interests include ethical theory, practical ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law, feminist theory and critical race theory." more

59th N O R T H W E S T  P H I L O S O P H Y  C O N F E R E N C E       Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon October 5-6, 2007 CALL FOR PAPERS The forty-ninth annual Northwest Philosophy Conference is scheduled for Friday afternoon and Saturday, October 5-6, at Lewis & Clark College. Papers in any area of philosophy are welcome. Papers must not exceed a length of 3000 words.  Include the following nine: (1) a word count - 3000 words maximum! (2) the author's name (3) academic status (professor, unaffiliated, graduate student) (4) institutional affiliation (if any) (5) mailing address (6) email address (7) telephone number (8) the paper's title (9) an abstract - 100 words maximum! Submissions which do not include all nine items will not be considered.  No more than one submission by the same author will be considered. a copy of your paper, as an attachment, in Microsoft Word (DOC), Rich Text Format (RTF), or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) to [b] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .[/b] Please title your paper as follows: YourLastName_YourFirstName.doc - for example, Locke_John.doc Papers must be received by SEPTEMBER 3.  Papers will be reviewed by a committee.  Notification of acceptance will be made via email in late January.  Submissions whose authors cannot be contacted through email will be rejected. Each paper will have a commentator.  Those interested in commenting should send a note to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by September 10 of availability and areas of interest.  Persons whose papers are accepted will be expected to serve as commentators if asked. The keynote address will be on Friday afternoon. The registration fee is $55 for those pre-registering with a postmark no later than September 15 and $65 thereafter. A student rate is also available: $35 before September 15 and $45 thereafter [[b]Submitted by Didymus[/b]]