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Social Ontology 2019

The 6^th Biennial ENSO Conference

August 22-24, 2019, Tampere University, Finland

In August 2019, Tampere University will host the biennial social ontology conference. This major conference will bring together leading philosophers and other theorists studying the nature of the social world and how to improve our models of it.

The keynote lectures will be livestreamed online Here. See the Program.

Keynotes by:

Ásta, San Fransisco State University, www.astaphilosophy.com/
Stephanie Collins, ACU, Melbourne, https://stephaniecollins.xyz/
Lisa Herzog, TUM, München, https://www.professoren.tum.de/en/herzog-lisa/
Frank Hindriks, Groningen, https://www.rug.nl/staff/f.a.hindriks/
Kirk Ludwig, Bloomington, http://www.indiana.edu/~socrates/
Topics include:
Approaches to the metaphysics of the social world
Collective intentionality and group action
The nature of institutions and social structures
Philosophy of race and gender
Metaphysics of money and markets
Collective and distributed responsibility
Ontological aspects of critical social theory

Organizers: Tampere University, Philosophy (Faculty of Social Science)

Organizing Committee: Arto Laitinen (Chair, Tampere), Jani Hakkarainen (Tampere), Raul Hakli (Helsinki), Onni Hirvonen (Jyväskylä), Säde Hormio (Helsinki), Risto Koskensilta (Tampere), Lauri Lahikainen (Tampere), Pekka Mäkelä (Helsinki), Mikko Salmela (Helsinki), Jaana Virta (Tampere).

The Conference Series

The International Social Ontology Society (ISOS) organizes two series of conferences. This conference is the sixth in the series of The European Network on Social Ontology conferences, whence the subtitle ENSO VI. Previous ENSO and Collective Intentionality conferences were held at Tufts, Boston (2018); Lund (2017); The Hague (2016), Palermo (2015); Indiana University Bloomington (2014), Helsinki (2013), Manchester (2012), Rome (2011), Basel (2010), Konstanz (2009), Berkeley (2008), Helsinki (2006), Siena (2004), Rotterdam (2002), Leipzig (2000), and Munich (1999).

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November 20th, 2018: Call for Papers available, abstract submission opens

March 16th, 2019: Deadline for submissions

April 15th, 2019: Notification of acceptance

May 15th, 2019: Registration opens

June 30th, 2019: Last day for updating accepted abstracts

August 7th, 2019: Last day of registration

August 22 - August 24, 2019: Conference!

Contact:

General questions: arto.laitinen@uta.fi

Academic issues: socialontology2019@gmail.com

Practical issues: congress@tuni.fi (Tampere University Congress Office)

"International Social Ontology Society" is registered as a non-profit organization in Austria.