[PHILOS-L] Freedom and Determinism Workshop

[Noel Boulting]

Freedom and Determinism Workshop

I can confirm that the date and venue of the Spring non-zoom Workshop
‘Freedom and Determinismt’ will be from Tuesday March 31st to Thursday
April 2nd. 2026, arranged at the address below. POSSIBLE papers may
include: “On the Validity of Scientific Determinism”; “And Can it Be?:
Roads not Taken”; “Simone Weil’s Determinism”; “Simone de Beauvoir’s
Existentialism”; “Merleau-Ponty’s Response to Sartre”;”Existentialism
and Me”; “The Grenfell Disaster: It was to be so?”; “Do I exercise free
choice?” “On the Concept of ‘Second Nature’”. There may well be other
papers too. The recommended books are Freedom and Determinism J.K.
Campbell (et.al.) eds. MIT 2004 (ISBN: 978-0262269773, about £15) and
The Ethics of Ambiguity Simone de Beauvoir Open Road Integrated Media
2018 (ISBN: 978-1504054225, £12). Further details are available. Tea and
coffee breaks are not included in the cost. There is NO evening meal on
the Tuesday or Wednesday evenings; there are café opportunities on site.
The charge is for B&B only for 2 nights. Please send in your application
paying £40 by February 20th. 2026. I will make a reservation for a
restaurant on the Wednesday evening; this cost is not included in the
total cost of £140. (A day only charge is negotiable). I look forward to
hearing from you AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . I can confirm that rooms are
already booked. If you have a paper already or a reply to one, DO LET ME
KNOW. The 2026 Summer meeting will occur from Thursday August 20th. to
Saturday August 22nd. 2026 at Kent University, Canterbury.

Kent University, (Keynes College)
Very Best Wishes,
CANTERBURY, KENT, CT2 7NL
Noel Boulting
(tel. no. 01227 828000) (Rachel Walmesley)
(E-Mail address: nobo...@clara.co.uk)

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[Noel Boulting]

Reminder: Freedom and Determinism

Workshop

I can confirm that the date and venue of the Spring non-zoom Workshop

‘Freedom and Determinism’ will be from Tuesday March 31st to Thursday

April 2nd. 2026, arranged at the address below. POSSIBLE papers may
include: “On the Validity of Scientific Determinism”; “And Can it Be?:
Roads not Taken”; “Simone Weil’s Determinism”; “Simone de Beauvoir’s
Existentialism”; “Merleau-Ponty’s Response to Sartre”;”Existentialism

and Me”; “Do I exercise free choice?” “On the Concept of ‘Second