The Graduate Philosophical Society at Emory

Call for Papers:

From Kant to Hegel: Rethinking Themes in German Idealism

Keynote speaker: John McDowell, University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Conference, Emory University, March 26 -27, 2010

Philosophical themes in German Idealist thought from Kant to Hegel (including works by figures such as Jacobi, Reinhold, Fichte, Schelling, and Schopenhauer) have become a topic of renewed interest in contemporary philosophy, especially as a potentially fruitful ground for bringing together important issues in “continental” and “analytic” thought. This conference seeks to examine that trend, with a particular eye to situating the transitions within, into, and out of the German Idealist tradition in the larger context of the history of philosophy. What importance do the themes and issues that motivated thought in this period have for central topics of philosophical debate today? How has recent scholarship engaged with, reread, or even misread the central tenets of this important period? How can or should we rethink German Idealism in our contemporary philosophical climate?

We welcome papers treating German Idealism from a variety of philosophical perspectives. Of particular interest are papers that conceive issues in this tradition in relation to broader concepts and concerns in the history of philosophy before, after, and contemporary with it. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: the role and limits of reason, the subject/self, community, norms, freedom, judgment, the transcendental, the Critical project, aesthetics, rational theology, the place of history in philosophy, the possibility (or end of) metaphysics.

Papers should be sent as .pdf or .doc files, and should not exceed 15 double-spaced pages.

Personal information should be sent in the body of the email and should not appear on the paper itself.

email submissions to Jacob Rump at: jrump@emory.edu

Additional information will be made available at www.students.emory.edu/gpse

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JANUARY 20, 2010
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