CFP: Causality and Determination, Powers and Acgency: Anscombean Perspectives

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From: Niels Van Miltenburg <niels.van...@UU.NL>

Call for Papers

Synthese Topical Collection on:

"Causality and Determination, Powers and Agency: Anscombean Perspectives"

Deadline: 28 February 2021

Guest Editors:

Jesse M. Mulder (Utrecht University)

Dawa Ometto (Leipzig University)

Niels van Miltenburg (Utrecht University)

Thomas Müller (University of Konstanz)

Description:

Anscombe’s 1971 inaugural lecture at Cambridge University, entitled ‘Causality and Determination’, has had a lasting influence on a wide range of philosophers and philosophical debates. It is still frequently cited in the philosophy of physics, action theory, the free will debate, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. The aim of this special issue is to bring out the sustained relevance of Anscombe’s paper fifty years after its conception for the full breadth of philosophical questions that it touches upon.

We welcome contributions linking Anscombe's paper to contemporary discussions concerning:

•Causation

•Powers

•Laws of nature

•Determinism and indeterminism

•Free will

•Agency

•Scientific practice

•Empirical knowledge

For further information, please contact the guest editors:

•Jesse M. Mulder j.m.m...@uu.nl

•Dawa Ometto dawa....@uni-leipzig.de

•Niels van Miltenburg n.vanmi...@uu.nl

•Thomas Müller thomas....@uni-konstanz.de

The deadline for submissions is 28 February 2021

Submit your paper through the Synthese Editorial Manager under a dedicated heading entitled "T.C.: Causality and Determination, Powers and Agency: Anscombean Perspectives". Please visit Editorial Manager® and select this heading when submitting the manuscript.

Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed as per usual journal practice. At least two reviewers will be assigned to each paper and final decisions will be taken by Synthese Editors in Chief, following the recommendation of the Guest Editors, which is based on the reviewers’ reports. Please prepare papers for anonymous reviews.

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Niels van Miltenburg

Assistant Professor Philosophy,

Utrecht University

Office: Janskerkhof 13a, Room 0.07

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Niels van Miltenburg

Assistant Professor Philosophy, Liberal Arts & Sciences

Utrecht University

Office: Janskerkhof 13a, Room 0.07