Cfp: "Nietzsche on Mind and Nature," Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, September 11-13, 2009.

17th International Conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Plenary Speakers: Prof. Günter Abel, Faculty of Philosophy, TU Berlin, Germany. Prof. Brian Leiter, Faculty of Law, University of Chicago, USA. Prof. Graham Parkes, Faculty of Philosophy, Cork, Ireland. Prof. Peter Poellner, Faculty of Philosophy, Warwick University, UK. Prof. Bernard Reginster, Faculty of Philosophy, Brown University, USA. Prof. John Richardson, Faculty of Philosophy, NYU, USA. Prof. Galen Strawson, Department of Philosophy, Reading, UK. Call for Papers: This conference seeks for the first time to consider Nietzsche’s philosophy of mind in relation to his philosophical naturalism. We hope to consider papers by Nietzsche experts with a background in analytical or continental philosophy as well as from those working in the fields of philosophy of mind and naturalism with a strong interest in Nietzsche. Potential Topics: Nietzsche’s theory of subjectivity; Nietzsche and the body; Intentionality; Memory and self; Consciousness and self-consciousness; Nietzsche and biology; Epiphenomenalism; Nietzsche and psychology; Mind-body problem; Awareness, emotion, cognition; Unconsciousness; Perspectivism and the self; Self and otherness; Self-awareness and self-knowledge; Mind as emergent phenomenon; Nietzsche and neuroscience; Nietzsche’s naturalism; Agency and freedom; Mind, world, brain; Intersubjectivity and value. We invite submissions for 30-minute papers on the above or related topics. Please send an abstract of a maximum of 400 words and a short CV (no longer than one page) via email by 1 February 2009 to fnsox /at/ philosophy.ox.ac.uk. Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than 1 March 2009. Visit the conference homepage here: http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/events/nietzsche_mind_conference.