§§§ CALL FOR PAPERS §§§

12^th Annual

Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

The University of North Carolina at Asheville

The Liberal Arts Campus of the University of North Carolina

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Sponsoring Organizations include:

The Office of the Provost, The Office of the Dean of Humanities, The UNCA Philosophical Society, The NC Epsilon Chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, & The UNCA Philosophy Department

Our symposium provides a professional style philosophical forum for aspiring undergraduates to present significant and original work.  All papers will be evaluated by blind review process.  At the conference, judges from universities with important graduate programs will determine prizes for the top three presentations [1^st place--$300; 2^nd place--$200; 3^rd place--$100].

Please submit each of the following as a separate MS Word file to ddavis@unca.edu :

¨ a paper

¨ an abstract

¨ a separate cover sheet

Papers on any philosophical topic are welcome.  Papers should be designed for a 20 minute presentation time [approximately 10 - 12 standard double-spaced pages].  The paper should not contain the author's name or institutional affiliation, since it will be evaluated in a blind review process.

Abstracts should be attached to the paper, should be one paragraph, double spaced, no more than 150 words.  These abstracts should not contain the author's name or institutional affiliation, since it will be evaluated in a blind review process.

Cover sheets should be on a separate sheet, and should contain the title of the paper, the author's name, and the author's institutional affiliation, address, e-mail address, and phone number.

All submissions must be received by Friday, FEBRUARY 19^th.

Acceptance notification will occur by February 26, 2009.

For submissions or further information, please contact:

Dr. Duane H. Davis

Department of Philosophy, CPO # 2830, UNCA

One University Heights

Asheville, NC 28804-3251

ddavis@unca.edu