Symposium on Philosophy of Religion University of Helsinki, 9-10 April , 2010 - 28 Листопада 2009 - Наукове товариство студентів та аспірантів ІФОН

The symposium deals with the following general themes: (a) Religious conceptions of salvation, (b) religion as a way of life, (c ) philosophy as a way of life, (d) science (scientism) and existential questions.

Main speakers and their tentative titles:

Prof. Dirk-Martin Grube (Utrecht):
Kuhn's Notion of Paradigm Shifts and Religious Meaning

Prof. Sara Heinдmaa (Uppsala):
The Philosophical Change of Attitude – In Comparison to Religious and Moral Conversions

Prof. Jeppe Jensen (Aarhus):
The 'Way of Life-Metaphor' – Perspectives on Religious Life Scripts and Normative Cognition

Prof. Risto Saarinen (Helsinki):
The Language of Giving in Seneca and in Philosophical Theology

Other speakers include Prof. Simo Knuuttila (Helsinki) and Dr. Timo Koistinen (Helsinki).

The papers will be approximately twenty minutes long with an additional ten or fifteen minutes reserved for discussion.

Please, submit your proposal in the form of an abstract of maximum 100 words to simo.knuuttila@helsinki.fi and timo.koistinen@helsinki.fi.

Submission deadline: January 15th, 2010.

Notification of acceptance: February 1st, 2010.

The symposium is organised by the Department of Systematic Theology and NSPR [Nordic Society for Philosophy of Religion (http://www.tf.uio.no/nspr/)].

Accommodation and travel expenses are supported with up to NOK 4000 (approx. 500 euro) by the NSPR and PRINE [Philosophy of Religion In Northern Europe, Research Network sponsored by NordForsk, (http://www.tf.uio.no/nspr/prine)].

For all questions concerning financial support for travel and accommodation, please contact the board of NSPR/PRINE (m.g.t.mjaaland@teologi.uio.no).