Jul 31, 2009 19:33
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Call for Abstracts
Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy
Edited by Philip Tallon
University Press of Kentucky: The Philosophy of Pop Culture Series
Please circulate and post widely.
Apologies for cross-posting.
Essays should be written to engage the reader's attention, while remaining philosophically substantial.
Possible themes and topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:
Aristotle on the Friendship of Holmes and Watson; “Elementary, Watson”: Can We Learn to Think Like Holmes?; Induction, Deduction, and Abduction: Assessing Holmes's Reasoning; Holmes’s Brother Mycroft, the Master of Armchair Reasoning: When Does it Actually Work?; Holmes vs. Lestrade: Is it Ethical to Be Above the Law?; Examining the Clues: How Do We Weigh Evidence?; Holmes and the 7-Percent Solution: Is Drug Use Immoral?; Holmes as a “Thinking Machine”: Can Reason Work without Emotion?; The Dog that Did Not Bark in the Night-time: Evaluating Arguments from Silence; Reflecting on Holmes’s Philosophy of Mind; Holmes and Aesthetics: What Makes a Mystery?; Holmes's “The Science of Deduction”: Can Criminology be Considered a Science?; “Knowledge of Astronomy-Nil. Knowledge of Chemistry-Profound”: Investigating Holmes’s Philosophy of Science; Holmes and Ennui: Would Nietzsche have Approved of Holmes’s Bleak Worldview?; Moriarty and Holmes: Investigating the Nature of Enemies; Epistemic Integrity: Does Holmes Set a Good Example in His Work as a Detective?; Sherlock's Logic; The Nature of Mysteries, Solvable and Unsolvable; “Protecting a Lady’s Honor”: When is it Ethical to Lie?; Holmes and The Woman: Gender Roles on Baker Street.
Submission Guidelines:
1. Submission deadline for abstracts (100-500 words) and CV(s): October 1, 2009
2. Submission deadline for drafts of accepted papers: February 1st, 2010
3. Submission deadline for final drafts of accepted papers: April 1st, 2010
Please submit by e-mail, preferably in the text of the email, or as a Word Document or PDF.
Editor:
Philip Tallon, Ph.D.: philip.tallon@asbury.edu
Instructor in Philosophy, Asbury Seminary and Asbury College
Director of Academic Programs, The Christian Studies Center at The University of Kentucky
504 Rosemont Garden
Lexington, KY, 40503
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Series Editor:
Mark T. Conard, Ph.D.
Series Editor, University Press of Kentucky, The Philosophy of Popular Culture
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, Marymount Manhattan College