Call for Papers
International Conference
Paradoxes, Logic, and Philosophy


Organized by
Department of Philosophy, Peking University
Institute of Foreign Philosophy, Peking University
Center of Analytic Philosophy, Peking University
Financially Supported by
Creation Project of Graduate Education, Peking University
Time: October 15-16, 2016
Size: About 45 participants, including 5 PHD students.
Working Language: English

Invited Speakers:
? Professor Gila Sher (University of California in San Diego, USA)
? Professor Greg Restall (the University of Melbourne, Australia)
? Professor Roy Sorensen (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
? Professor Roy T Cook (University of Minnesota, USA)
? Professor Darrell Rowbottom (Lingnan University, Hong Kong)
? Professor Chen Bo (Peking University, China)

Themes:
? Definitions and characteristics of paradoxes;
? Varieties and classifications of paradoxes;
? Analysis of some kind of paradoxes or of a particular paradox;
? Solution to some kind of paradoxes or to a particular paradox;
? Relevance of paradoxes with theories of truth and related issues;
? Review of studies on paradoxes in academic history, whether long-term or short-term, Western or Chinese;
? Significance of paradoxes, especially the educational and socio-cultural functions of paradoxes;
? Possibility and methodology of teaching a selective course on paradoxes in colleges and universities;
? And so on.

Finance:
No registration fee. The conference will provide three days (October 14-16) accommodation for all registered participants of the conference.

Submission Guideline: We welcome papers in all themes listed above.
--- Title and abstract submission: May 30, 2016.
--- Paper submission deadline: August 30, 2016
--- Acceptance notification: September 10, 2016
--- Please submit final papers as Microsoft Word or Latex (with source document) by email to chenbo@phil.pku.edu.cn.
--- Please put ‘Conference Paper Submission’ as the subject of your email.
--- Please include in a separate document a cover sheet containing your name, affiliation, email address, contact telephone number and the title of your paper.
--- For all enquiries please email Prof. Chen Bo at:
chen-bo@pku.edu.cn
chen?bo@phil.pku.edu.cn
oxcb57@gmail.com