ABOUT
The Joint Session is a three-day conference in philosophy that is held annually during the summer by the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association. It has taken place at nearly every major university across the United Kingdom and in Ireland. Since 1910, the Joint Session has grown to become the largest gathering of philosophers in the country, attracting prestigious UK and international speakers working in a broad range of philosophical areas. Inaugurated by the incoming President of the Mind Association, the Joint Session includes symposia, open and postgradaute sessions, and a range of satellite conferences.
The first Joint Session took place in the summer of 1910 off Albermarle Street in the Mayfair area of London. For a number of years it included the British Psychological Society. In 1918, the first official record of the Joint Session was published as the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume.
One notable feature of the Joint Session is its symposium format. The symposia provide a rare opportunity to witness live and engaging debate between leading philosophers. According to the 11th President of the Aristotelian Society, H. Wildon Carr (1915-1918): "The purpose of the Aristotelian Society Symposium is to bring together opposite, divergent, and diverse answers to some vital question of philosophical controversy in a definite manner. The opening paper is designed to state a thesis, and the second paper an antithesis, and these are followed by other points of view: (Supplementary Volume I [1918]). Even before the first Joint Session, the symposium was a popular format during the fortnightly proceedings in London.
Featured symposia include Gilbert Ryle and G.E. Moore (1933), R.W. Hepburn and Iris Murdoch (1956), Thomas Nagel and Bernard Williams (1976), Martha Nussbaum and Rosalind Hursthouse (1984), John Broome and Derek Parfit (1997), and many more.
[ Gratis ] - Symposia on "Pretending" feat. J.L. Austin & G.E.M. Anscombe
1958 Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society & the Mind Association - University of Southampton
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The 2012 Joint Session
University of Stirling
The 86th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association will be held at the University of Stirling from 6 to 8 July 2012.
This year's local organiser is Dr. Adrian Haddock.
Stirling is a city in central Scotland. Known as "the brooch which clasps together the Highlands and the Lowlands", Stirling is set within strikingly beautiful and dramatic countryside - mountains, rocky crags, and the winding river Forth.
• Learn more about the University of Stirling •
• Visit the official 2012 Joint Session website •
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The 2012 Programme
The Joint Session is inaugurated by the President of the Mind Association and features six plenary sessions, two parallel postgraduate sessions, and a number of open sessions and satellite conferences.
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• Learn more about the invited speakers:
Inaugural Address & Symposia •
• Learn more about the Postgraduate Session•
• Learn more about the Open Sessions •
• Learn more about the satellite conferences (coming soon) •
Arrangements & Registration
Online Registration will be
available from 4 April 2012
Delegates are strongly urged to register by 31 May 2012 at the latest. Late registration supplements will apply from 1st June.
Online registration will be available at the official Joint Session website.
Accommodation
Three different kinds of bed and breakfast accommodation are available on-campus for this year's Joint Session. Accommodation is booked through the on-line registration page.
TRAVEL
Stirling is close to two international airports: Edinburgh International Airport, and Glasgow International Airport. Please visit the Travel page at the official Joint Session website for further details.
Membership
All conference delegates must be members of either the Aristotelian Society or the Mind Association. Details of the basic annual subscription to the Aristotelian Society are available on our subscriptions page; details of how to subscribe to Mind are available here.
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STUDENT/UNWAGED SUBSIDIES
Ten Joint Session subsidies are available to student and unwaged members of either the Aristotelian Society (categories 3-5 only) or the Mind Association.
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The Supplementary Volume
The inaugural address and symposia for the 2012 Joint Session will be published beforehand in the 86th Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume (2012), which will be released digitally and in hardcover in early June. Subscribing members of the Society in categories 4 and 5 will receive the volume automatically.
Members in other categories can purchase the hardcover Supplementary Volume from our website. Volumes will also be available at the registration desk during the conference.
The hardcover volume is printed in black on an 80gsm white book wove stock accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Binding is in dark blue Arbelave Library Buckram over 2500 micron boards blocked in gold on the spine. This makes for a strong, attractive and durable book with a scuff resistant and wipeable cover.
Subscriptions to the Supplementary Volume also includes digital access via Wiley Online Library (please note that one-off purchases of the hardcover volume do not include membership or online access).
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