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Kazimierz Dolny, Poland - July 2nd to 6th, 2012
Invited key-speakers
Helen de Cruz (Oxford/Leuven)
Robert McCauley (Emory)
Jesper Sorensen (Aarhus)
John Wilkins (Melbourne)
Call for papers
Recent scientific research treating religion as a natural,
cognitive/cultural phenomenon that is the product of evolutionary
processes has the potential to fundamentally alter how philosophers
discuss religion. The aim of the workshop is to explore this potential
by examining questions such as: What kinds of new philosophical
questions regarding religion can now be meaningfully pursued? What is
the significance, if any, of the current research for traditional issues
in philosophy of religion? Is there scope for a new, naturalist
philosophy of religion? Or is it simply that philosophy of religion has
come to an end?
Abstracts
Abstracts of less than 500 words will be accepted till March 31st. All submissions should be made through the easychair website.
Abstracts will be evaluated on a first come basis so early submission
is strongly encouraged in order to avoid missing out on available spots.
Registration and accommodation
Early registrations will be till April 30th. The early
registration fee is 150 Euro (reduced rate – 75 Euro), while the late
registration fee is 200 Euro. Fees cover the workshop sessions,
conference materials, lunches, coffee breaks and the minibus to and from
Warsaw airport.
Accommodation is available at the conference hotel. The cost is 100 Euro
in total for four nights (July 2nd to 6th) in shared twin en suite
rooms and includes breakfasts (limited single rooms available at higher
price). Availability of accommodation cannot be guaranteed for late
registrants.
Registration and accommodation fees might change in the event of
significant movement in the exchange rate of the Polish currency.
Publications
Following the meeting, an
effort will be made to publish selected papers from the workshop as either a
special issue of an appropriate journal or as a separate volume of collected
papers. In addition, participants are encouraged to consider a special issue of
The Monist on naturalising religious beliefs, to be edited by James Beebe. That
call for papers is not officially connected to the workshop but it is focussed
on the same topic and closes soon after our meeting.
KNEW’12 is being organised by Marcin Milkowski (PAN, CPR) and Konrad
Talmont-Kaminski (UMCS, CPR) with financial assistance from the
Philosophy and Sociology Faculty of Marie Curie-Sklodowska University as
well as the Centre for Philosophical Research.
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Naturalizm 
Please use the following links to pay the workshop fee using your credit card. If you need a reduction of the fee (for the participants from developing countries), please write to the organizers. The currency conversion to PLN is made by our financial intermediary, Dotpay, using your credit card current exchange rate (Polish złoty is the official currency in Poland, so the official price must be in złoty).
The workshop sessions will be held in one of the historic granaries that used to line the river banks in Kazimierz. The building has been turned into a hotel and workshop participants have the option of staying there as well. Note that there are almost no single rooms, and most participants stay in twin rooms (with ensuite bathrooms). Should you require a single room, please contact the organizers directly. Note that the price of the accommodation might be higher in such a case.