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Everyone

As we near the end of the semester, please pass word on to your undergraduate students about the upcoming 5th annual Michigan Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.  Students who present a talk at this conference have the opportunity to submit a final version of their paper for publication in our student managed undergraduate philosophy journal compos mentis.  For those students who are too far away or otherwise unable to join us for the conference in February, please encourage them to consider submitting a paper to the open issue of compos mentis.  Information concerning both the conference and the call for papers for the open issue of compos mentis are below.

If your students have questions, encourage them to contact the student editor, Cody Hatfield-Myers, [log in to unmask]

Jami Anderson
Philosophy Department
UM-Flint
Center for Cognition and Neuroethics

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5th Annual Michigan Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Flint, MI
February 17, 2017

Call for ABSTRACTS

The deadline for abstract submission is 23 December 2016.

Theme: Cognition and Neuroethics

This theme should be very broadly understood, and is intended to include any of the following:


•         Philosophy of Mind

•         Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, or general Science

•         Philosophy of Action (Free Will)

•         Identity

•         Philosophy of Psychology

•         Bioethics

•         Medical Ethics

•         Consciousness

•         Pain and Suffering

•         Memory, Learning, Belief and Knowledge

•         Moral and Ethical Responsibility

•         Learning

Here are just a few of the sorts of questions and ideas that we encourage students to write about:

What is self-identity?  Can you freely alter your own self-identity?   Are there aspects of one’s personal-identity that it would be wrong to alter, eliminate or hide?  If so, why?  What is the proper way to conceptualize pain and suffering?  Is all pain bad?  How do other cultures, presently or historically, conceptualize the mind, belief, knowledge, pain?  How do other cultures conceive of medicine, health and physical and emotional well-being?  What is the proper role of medicine—to eliminate or cure illness or to enhance people (physically, morally, psychologically) to make them “better than well”?  Should all illnesses or diseases be cured—why or why not?  What are the limits (if any) of parental control over the health and well-being of the body and mind of their child?  Do children have the right to determine whether or not they are subjected to medical or psychological treatments?  Are there ever occasions when it is permissible (mandatory?) for third parties to make therapeutic decisions for someone?  What are the social consequences of being regarded as diseased or ill?  How are health, life and death, medicine, physical and mental illness portrayed in art, music, and in literature?

We ask that abstracts be between 300 and 400 words.  The talk presented at the conference should have a reading time of no more than minutes.  Each talk will be followed by at least 15 minutes of discussion. Submit abstracts by email as a Word .doc or .docx file prepared for blind review, including your full contact information in the email only. The purpose of this conference is to support and encourage the intellectual work of undergraduates, so all abstracts submitted should be the work of undergraduate students.

All submissions should be sent to the student editor, Cody Hatfield-Myers: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Volume 5 Issue 1 of compos mentis: The Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics will be devoted to talks presented at the 2017 Michigan Undergraduate Philosophy Conference that have been revised into polished papers. All talks presented at the conference are eligible for submission and review.  Volume 5  Issue 2 of compos mentis is an open issue.  The deadline for submitting a paper is March 31, 2017.  To support the intellectual work of undergraduates, compos mentis does not charge authors publication fees.  Accessing compos mentis publications is free and open to the public.  For submission formatting requirements, please see the Style Guide on the C.M. web page: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cognethic.org_composmentis&d=CwIF-g&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=Oo4TCJF8pXcsWPDC7Sy8bdP2IJ6ZbST0v2xdYtuNH80&m=nouWiebQ2myQgRdwE9QwUCkLWynAiYoOJDY_VNZ5xA8&s=MJhwPv-yYmUwEOEgXVxqBcp4UbUiwhK1RM2rDRDoKMw&e= 

The annual Michigan Undergraduate Philosophy Conference is organized by the University of Michigan-Flint Philosophy Club with the guidance of the Center for Cognition and Neuroethics, and is sponsored by the University of Michigan-Flint Philosophy Department.

The Center for Cognition and Neuroethics promotes both the exploration of the conceptual foundations of the neurosciences and the study of the implications of their advances for society in the legal, political, and ethical realms.  The CCN will disseminate this knowledge to as wide an audience as possible through publication, conferences and seminars. We support activities and events involving multiple disciplines and professions that allow opportunities for intellectual synergy and increased impact by creating, fostering and supporting research and educational collaborations and communication, both at the student and professional level.

For additional information about the Center for Cognition and Neuroethics or compos mentis, please see https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cognethic.org&d=CwIF-g&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=Oo4TCJF8pXcsWPDC7Sy8bdP2IJ6ZbST0v2xdYtuNH80&m=nouWiebQ2myQgRdwE9QwUCkLWynAiYoOJDY_VNZ5xA8&s=nA9Fi_ej5FoG5kCAjTMa7yCDqd2If5NeO3G8dzWJU0s&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cognethic.org_&d=CwIF-g&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=Oo4TCJF8pXcsWPDC7Sy8bdP2IJ6ZbST0v2xdYtuNH80&m=nouWiebQ2myQgRdwE9QwUCkLWynAiYoOJDY_VNZ5xA8&s=fiquEB2UNdzoveYfBbdy3Wg-2QxAS8VLQFuGwJPjOD0&e= > or email faculty advisor Professor Jami L. Anderson, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

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