CALL FOR PAPERS

PAMBA invites submissions of abstracts for its 2025 biennial meeting on any topics in the field of philosophy of animal minds to be presented as a paper or poster. Abstracts must be fully anonymized, no longer than 1000 words and submitted by February 3, 2025 to PAMBA.Santa.Barbara@gmail.com. If you qualify for the PAMBA Prize and also wish to submit a full paper, please read the instructions below carefully, noting that full papers should be sent to a different address in addition to submitting your abstract to the address above.

PAMBA PRIZE

We are also pleased to invite submissions for the PAMBA Prize essay in any area of the philosophy of animal minds. The winning essay will be published in Biology & Philosophy and the winner will be awarded an invitation to present the paper as a keynote talk at the PAMBA meeting in Santa Barbara, including a cash prize of $3000 CAD to offset travel costs. The paper must be under 10,000 words and meet the Biology & Philosophy submission guidelines.

The competition is open to early-career researchers, defined as PhD students or those who are within five years of receiving their PhDs (i.e., the PhD should have been received in January 2020 or later).

Submissions on all aspects of the philosophy of animal minds are welcome.

Please send submissions with the subject line "PAMBA Prize submission" to PAMBA.talk@gmail.com. For any questions, please email us at the same address. You should also submit an abstract to the main conference email as above.

The deadline is February 3, 2025.