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The Bellingham Summer Philosophy
Conference is an annual festival of philosophy, featuring several days of
formal philosophy sessions, informal discussions, and various
non-philosophical activities, all in and around scenic Bellingham,
Washington, in the beautiful northwest corner of the U.S.
The BSPC is a general philosophy conference, with no particular
philosophical theme. BSPC 2008 will feature nine formal philosophy sessions,
taking place over three days, and various informal philosophical and
recreational activities, taking place over a span of about five days. Each
of the formal philosophy sessions will be devoted to a single paper. Each
paper will be a "pre-read", which will have been made available to
conference participants in advance. Each of these sessions will consist of
the presentation of prepared comments on the relevant paper followed by a
discussion of that paper. For the past six years, Philosophical Studies
has agreed to publish selected papers from the BSPC (for the most recent
issue, see
here), and there is some reason to think that will happen again with
BSPC 2008.
In addition to numerous exciting
philosophy papers, previous BSPCs have featured barbecues, enjoyable meals
and late-night revelry, and various other activities including basketball,
ultimate frisbee, hiking, and sea kayaking.
Here is a
link to last year's BSPC page, for those who are curious.
BSPC participants are encouraged to bring their families and friends, to
arrive early and stay late, and to take advantage of the many recreational
activities in the region, including hiking, biking, boating, island-hopping,
and visits to Vancouver and Seattle.
Bellingham, Washington is located on Puget Sound, 55 miles from Vancouver
and 85 miles from Seattle. It is a pleasant town of about 80,000, with lots
of nice scenery, restaurants, bookstores, and coffee shops. In the immediate
vicinity there are beaches, mountains, lakes, numerous local and state
parks, all manner of biking and hiking trails, ferries to Victoria and the
San Juan Islands, and opportunities for kayaking, sailing, and whale
watching.
Please note that BSPC 2008 is not open to the general public. Attendance is
by invitation only and space is primarily limited to those on the conference
program. This is partly due to funding and logistical constraints, and
partly due to the fact that the BSPC is a workshop-style conference that
involves in-depth discussions of works-in-progress.
For more information contact Ryan Wasserman (conference organizer) at <ryan.wasserman@wwu.edu>.
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