The 2005 annual meeting will be held October 7-8
in
Lexington, Kentucky
-
Keynote Speaker:
ERNEST SOSA
Brown and Rutgers University
The following is the provisional and incomplete version of the Program.
Suggestions and volunteers for Commentators and Chairs are Welcome.
(Suggestions or Corrections to the program also welcome.)
Email: David Henderson
A block of rooms have been arranged at the
Radisson Plaza Hotel
369 W. Vine St., Lexington, KY 40507.
The conference rate will be $109/night.
Extended Deadline for reserving rooms at the conference rate: September 19, 2005
(and rooms will fill up fast)
Participants should call to make reservations.
The telephone number of the Radisson is 859-231-9000.
See also:
http://www.radisson.com/lexingtonky
All sessions will be held in TBA
11:00 - Registration:
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12:00-12:55 |
Ia: EPISTEMOLOGY Chair: Speaker: James Beebe (University of Buffalo) Title: BonJour's Arguments Against Skepticism About the A Priori Commentator: Jared Bates (Hanover College) |
Ib: ETHICS Chair: H Hamner Hill (Southeastern Missouri State University) Speaker: Adam Arico (University of Missouri-St. Louis) Title: The Cognitive Aspect of Rawl's Original Position Commentator: Scott James (University of Kentucky |
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1:00-1:55 pm
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IIa: MIND Chair: Thomas Polger (University of Cincinnati Speaker: Ken Aizawa (Centenary College of Louisiana) Title: Brodman's Brain Mapping and Multiple Realizability Commentator: Brandon Towl (Washington University) |
IIb: PHILOSOPHY OF LAW Chair: Speaker: H Hamner Hill (Southeastern Missouri State University) Title: Law and Post-Autistic Economics Commentator: Paul Tudico (East Tennessee State University) |
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2:00-2:55 pm |
IIIa: EPISTEMOLOGY Chair: Brad Monton (University of Kentucky) Speaker: Samuel Ruhmkorff (Simon's Rock College of Bard) Title: Partial Belief and the No Distinction Problem Commentator: Kelly Becker (University of New Mexico) |
IIIb: ETHICS Chair: H Hamner Hill (Southeastern Missouri State University) Speaker: Christopher Ciocchetti (Centenary College of Louisiana) Title: Emotions, Retributivism, and Punishment Commentator: Scott Wilson (Wright State University) |
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3:00-3:30 |
Break |
Break |
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3:30-4:25 pm |
IVa: EPISTEMOLOGY Chair: John Collins (East Carolina University) Speaker: Jennifer Lackey (Northern Illinois University) Title: Assertion without Knowledge Commentator: Ted Poston (University of Missouri) |
IVb: HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY Chair: Speaker: Thaddeus Robinson (Purdue University) Title: Spinoza's Vacuum Argument and the Inconsistency of Descartes Commentator: Brandon Look (University of Kentucky) |
5:00 PM:
Keynote Address
ERNEST SOSA
Brown and Rutgers University
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Room vvv
6:30 PM: Cash Bar
7:30 PM: Banquet and Business Meeting
Information on Banquet Arrangements and Options
Presidential Address: Sandy Goldberg, University of Kentucky
| 8:00-:8:55 |
Va: EPISTEMOLOGY Chair: Richard Fumerton (University of Iowa) Speaker: Baron Reed (University of Northern Illinois) Title: Epistemic Circularity Squared? Commentator: John Collins (East Carolina University) |
Vb: ETHICS Chair: Tomis Kapitan (University of Northern Illinois) Speaker: Anita Superson (University of Kentucky) Title: Responsibility for Lacking Self-Respect Commentator: Mary Magada-Ward (Middle Tennessee State University) |
| 9:00-9:55 |
VIa: EPISTEMOLOGY Chair: David Henderson (University of Memphis) Speaker: Skip Larkin (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville) Title: Epistemic Utility and the Authority of Inner Sense Commentator: John Collins (East Carolina University) |
VIb: MORAL PSYCHOLOGY Chair: Tomis Kapitan (University of Northern Illinois) Speaker: Charles Wright (College of St. Benedict) Title: Moral Perception and Identity Structure: An Essay in Habermassian Moral Psychology Commentator: Christopher Zurn (University of Kentucky) |
| 10:00-10:55 |
VIIa: EPISTEMOLOGY Chair: David Henderson (University of Memphis) Speaker: A Minh Nguyen (Eastern Kentucky) Title: Self-Ascriptions as Self-Expressions: Jacobsen on First-Person Authority Commentator: Baron Reed (University of Northern Illinois) |
VIIb: ETHICS Chair: Anita Superson (University of Kentucky) Speaker: David Palmer (University of Texas-Austin) Title: Moral Responsibilities, Alternative Possibilities, and Determinism Commentator: Tomis Kapitan (University of Northern Illinois) |
| 11:00-11:55 |
VIIIa: MIND Chair: A Minh Nguyen (Eastern Kentucky) Speaker: Irwin Goldstein (Davidson College) Title: Neural Materialism, Pain's Badness, and A Posteriori Identitites Commentator: Andrew Melnyk (University of Missouri) |
VIIIb: ETHICS Chair: Scott Wilson (Wright State University) Speaker: Steven Sverdlik (Southern Methodist University) Title: Kant, Korsgaard and Intrinsically-Motivated Actions Commentator: Kamper Floyd (University of Kentucky) |
12:00 Noon: Lunch Break
| 1:30-2:25 |
IXa: MIND Chair: Brandon Towl (Washington University) Speaker: John Bickle (Universitiy of Cincinnati) Title: Memory Reconsolidation: The (Cognitivist) Empire Strikes Back? Commentator: Ken Aizawa (Centenary College of Louisiana) |
IXb: PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Chair: Kamper Floyd (University of Kentucky) Speaker: Claire Horisk (University of Missouri-Columbia) Title: Kölbel and Williams on Skim Semantics Commentator: Michael Horton (University of Kentucky) |
| 2:30-3:25 |
Xa: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Chair: Jamie Phillips (Clarion University) Speaker: Christopher Haugen (University of Missouri-Columbia) Title: Beebee and Menzies Fight Over Nothing Commentator: Richard Fumerton (University of Iowa) |
Xb: METAPHYSICS Chair: John Collins (East Carolina University) Speaker: Thomas Polger (University of Cincinnati Title: Water, H2O, and Conceptual Analysis Commentator: David Henderson (University of Memphis) |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Break
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Break |
| 4:00-4:45 |
XIa: MIND Chair: Jamie Phillips (Clarion University) Speaker: Aaron Kostko (University of Cincinnati) Title: Social Behaviors and Brain Interventions: New Strategies for Reductionists Commentator: Mike Cundall (Arkansas State University) |
XIb: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Chair: Speaker: James Montgarquet (Tennessee State University) Title: Redemption, Justice, and Mercy Commentator: Trent Dougherty (University of Missouri-Columbia) |
| 4::50-5:35 |
XIIa: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Chair: Richard Fumerton (University of Iowa) Speaker: Levis Zerpa (University of Kentucky) Title: First Steps Towards a Game-Theoretical Approach to the Philosophy of Science Commentator: Jamie Phillips (Clarion University) |
XIIb: Chair:Betsy Hopkins (University of Kentucky) Speaker: Mike Cundall (Arkansas State University) Title: Humor and the Limits of Incongruity Commentator: Christopher Ciocchetti (Centenary College of Louisiana) |
Questions regarding the program? Contact David Henderson
Questions regarding local arrangements? Contact Sandy Goldberg
Archived Programs of Past Meetings:
| 2004 | 2003 | |
| 2001 | 2000 | |
| 1999 | 1998 | 1997 |
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