Call for Abstracts: Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy
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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
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