Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy (German: Salzburgiense Concilium Omnibus Philosophis Analyticis, abbreviated SOPhiA) is an annual conference for students and doctoral candidates in philosophy. Since its inception in 2010, the event has been conducted at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria.Home Kriterion Most of the talks are presented by students and doctoral candidates in philosophy. These are selected by double-blind review.SOPhiA 2015 PhilEvents In addition, each conference has featured several keynote speakers, notably Stephan Hartmann,Talks stephanhartmann.org Martin KuschSOPhiA 2013 PhilEvents and Ulla Wessels.Programme SOPhiA 2015
The SOPhiA-conferences have no specific theme and are open to all areas of philosophy. Accordingly, there have been talks on a wide range of topics including epistemology, ethics, Logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophical action theory.History SOPhiA However, the arrangers state that there is a "methodical limitation to the tradition of Analytic Philosophy by usage of clear language and comprehensible arguments".Press SOPhiA
From the beginning SOPhiA has been sponsored by the philosophy journal Kriterion.Home Kriterion Other organisation that have sponsored the event include the German Society for Analytic Philosophy, the Austrian Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, as well as the Salzburg state and the city of Salzburg.
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External links www.sophia-conference.org/