2nd CFP: Understanding Cancer Conference
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From: Christopher Tollefsen <christophe...@GMAIL.COM>
Conference Announcement and 2nd Call for Papers:
Understanding
Cancer: Philosophical Explorations
Conference Sponsored by the Ann Johnson Institute for Science,
Technology, and Society and the Department of Philosophy at
the University of South Carolina
March 15-16, 2024, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC.
This conference seeks to address the Philosophy of Cancer
across a number of different disciplinary and methodological
areas of philosophy, including the philosophy of science,
philosophy of medicine, ethics and political philosophy,
philosophical anthropology, and the philosophy of religion.
Papers are solicited for 50 minute sessions that should
include no more than 30 minutes of reading time. We hope to
collect select papers for a subsequent edited volume.
Conference Themes:
1. Cancer and the Philosophy of Science and Medicine: We
invite papers that address the various questions of taxonomy,
ontology, and epistemology surrounding cancer research.
Keynote Speaker: Marta Bertolaso, University Campus Bio-Medico
of Rome
2. The Ethics and Politics of Cancer: We invite papers on the
ethical, political, and public policy questions surrounding
cancer research, screening, treatment, and patient care.
Keynote Speaker: Ruth Groenhout, University of North Carolina,
Charlotte
3. Cancer and the Human Condition: We invite papers that
investigate the existential and religious questions raised by
cancer.
Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Bishop, St Louis University
Conference Organizer: Chris Tollefsen, Department of
Philosophy, University of South Carolina
Steering Committee: Agnes Bolinska, University of South
Carolina, Sarah-Vaughan Brakman, Department of Philosophy,
Villanova University, Adam Omelianchuk, Baylor College of
Medicine
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2023: Please email
submission of no longer than 4500 words, along with a 250 word
abstract, to Christophe...@gmail.com.
Paper acceptance will be confirmed by no later than November
1, 2023. We expect to have a small number of modest travel
fellowships for graduate students whose papers are accepted.
Inquiries may also be directed to Christophe...@gmail.com.