Past programs: Spring Conference Saturday, March 24th hosted by Morehouse College Schedule of Events 9:00 Coffee & Conversation 9:30 Session I 'Rawls and the Principle of Ontological Liberty' - Chelsea H. Snelgrove, Oglethorpe University 10:30 Break 10:45 Session II 'Does Heraclitus View Body as Distinct from Soul?' - Shawn Loht, Mercer University 11:45 Business Meeting 12:00 Lunch 1:30 Session III 'Reclaiming African Authenticity Through Science and Technology' - Donatien Cicura, Georgia Gwinnett College 2:30 Break 2:45 Session IV 'The Mental Lives of Oysters' - Peter Ahumada, University of Georgia Advance copies available by e-mail from Raymond Woller at rwoller@uga.edu
Georgia Philosophical Society, Fall Meeting Saturday, Nov. 5 Emory University Bowden Hall, Room 118* 10:45 Coffee & Donuts 11:00 Session I: “Spinoza and the Problem of Representation,” Matthew Homan, Emory University 12:00 Lunch at local restaurants 1:30 Session II: “What are Questions?” Jared A. Millson, Agnes Scott College 2:30 Session III: “The Possibility of a Logic of Experience: Schlick and Wittgenstein on the Phenomenological A Priori,” Jacob Rump, Emory University Advance copies available by e-mail from Raymond Woller at rwoller@uga.edu *Map: http://emap.fmd.emory.edu/website/campus/index.htm Click Academic Departments in left frame and select philosophy Bowden Hall is in Red and not numbered Actual Address: 561 South Kilgo Cir Free parking in parking decks
Georgia Philosophical Society Spring 2011
Spring Meeting Saturday, April 9
Oglethorpe University*
In the Talmadge Room second floor
Emerson Student Center
12:00 Business Meeting
Coffee, tea, & Light Snacks available
12:30 Session I: “Kantian Duties to Children, a
Matter of Degree,” Mike Huddleson, Georgia State University
1:30 Session II: “The Justification of Fundamental
Epistemic Principles,” Jonathan Matheson, University of North Florida
2:30 Session III: “The Role of Luck in Moral
Responsibility,” Eric Brown, University of Georgia
3:30 Reception: Wine & heavy hors d’oeuvres served
Advance copies available by e-mail from Raymond Woller at rwoller@uga.edu
*DIRECTIONS
4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30319
Emerson Student Center is building 11 on this map: Georgia Philosophical Society Fall Meeting, 2010 Saturday, December 4th Oglethorpe University* 9:30 Coffee, Snacks, and Society Business Meeting 10:00 “Kant's Conception of Autonomy in Two Objections to Metaethical Constitutivism,” Paul Tulipana, Georgia State University 11:00 “The Particularity Problem,” Carl Ehrett, Furman University 12:00 KEYNOTE PAPER: “‘Artifact’ as Artifact: A Category and Its Vicissitudes,” Beth Preston, University of Georgia 1:00 Lunch (Meeting of Board of Regents Academic Advisory Committee on Philosophy) Advance copies available by e-mail from Raymond Woller at rwoller@uga.edu *DIRECTIONS 4484 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30319-2797 www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/directions/ Philip Weltner Library in the Earl Dolive Theater on the 2nd floor Signs will be posted / On-site help 720-785-4421 CALL FOR PAPERS for the upcoming meeting of the GEORGIA PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY at Oglethorpe University Saturday, December 4, 2010 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Beth Preston, UGA ‘Artifact’ as Artifact: A Category and Its Vicissitudes There is increasing interest in artifacts among philosophers. The leading edge is the metaphysics of artifacts and artifact kinds. However, in all the excitement an important (and, one would think, prior) question has been neglected. What is the status of the category ‘artifact’ itself? Philosophers have taken its theoretical integrity and usefulness pretty much for granted. Dan Sperber argues against its integrity and usefulness for the purposes of naturalistic social science. However, Sperber’s argument does not take sufficient account of what categories are and how they function in human thought and action. Thus even if its conclusion is correct, his argument is not cogent. A different kind of argument is required. The purpose of this paper is to supply one, and then to deploy it to show that ‘artifact’ is not useful and does not have sufficient integrity for philosophical purposes either. Papers on or related to the speaker's topic are especially encouraged Papers must not exceed 3000 words Graduate student submissions welcome Blind review SUBMISSION DEADLINE November 17, 2010 Send Papers to: rwoller@uga.edu Georgia Philosophical Society Spring Meeting Saturday, April 3rd Morehouse College* 9:30 Coffee, Snacks, and Society Business Meeting 10:00 “Defusing the Demandingness Objection,” Matthew Braddock, Duke University 11:00 “African Communalism and Public Health Policies in Botswana,” Kipton Jensen and Joseph Gaie, La Grange College 12:00 “Virtue Ethics and Metaphysics,” Richard Parry, Agnes Scott College, Emeritus 1:00 Lunch (Meeting of Board of Regents Academic Advisory Committee on Philosophy) Advance copies available by e-mail from Raymond Woller at rwoller@uga.edu *DIRECTIONS Leadership Bldg, Rm. 240, corner of Westview Dr. and West End Ave.  For help on campus call our host Nathan Nobis at 404-825-1740 ************************************************************
Spring Meeting, Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Clayton State University* 9:00 Coffee & Conversation 9:30 Stephen Matthew Duncan: “Can I Be Many?” Georgia State University 10:30 Nathan Nobis: “Why Francis Beckwith’s Case Against Abortion Fails” Morehouse College 11:30 Business Meeting 12:00 Lunch 2:00 Raleigh Miller: “Two Dimensions of Moral Responsibility” Georgia State University 3:00 Roger Wertheimer: “Origin of Metalinguistic Misconception” Agnes Scott College Advance copies available by e-mail from Raymond Woller at rwoller@uga.edu Fall Meeting, Saturday, November 15, 2008 Agnes Scott College, 213 Buttrick Hall 9:00 Coffee, Rolls, & Conversation 9:30 “Common Ground and the Sorites,” Eric Snyder, University of Georgia 10:30 "Re-Interpreting Self-Ownership: An Argument for a Political Obligation to Help", Matt Schneider, University of Georgia 11:30 Business Meeting 12:00 Lunch [1:00 Closed Meeting of Board of Regents Academic Advisory Committee on Philosophy [Buttrick Hall 211] 2:00 “Kierkegaard on Indirect Communication,” Mark Tietjen, University of West Georgia 3:00 “Hegel on the Laws of Motion,” Sebastian Rand, Georgia State University Spring Meeting, Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 University of Georgia 205S Peabody Hall* 9:00 Coffee 9:30 Sarah Wright "Altruism and Measuring Value" 10:30 Break 10:45 Richard Parry "How Can Pleasures be True or False?" 11:45 Lunch 1:30 Rene Jagnow "Paradise Lost Twice: David Chalmers on Phenomenal Content." 2:30 Break 2:45 Mark Tietjen "Blunt Readings of Kierkegaard." Fall Meeting, Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Georgia State University Troy Moore Library / 9th Floor of General Classroom Bldg* 9:00 Coffee & Conversation 9:30 Charles Cross, UGA: "Causal Independence and the Identity of Indiscernibles" 10:30 Glenn Kirkconnell, Georgia Perimeter College: "Either/Or as Religious Polemic" 11:30 Business Meeting 12:00 Lunch 2:00 James Sennett, Brenau University: "Acceptance, Faith, and Epistemic Justification" 3:00 Dan Farnham, UGA: "Maybe Virtue is Necessary for Happiness" Fall Meeting, Saturday, November 18, 2006 Agnes Scott College, Decatur Buttrick Hall 213 (bldg 4 on campus map: http://www.agnesscott.edu/pdf/campusmap.pdf ) 9:00 Coffee & Snacks 9:30 Troy Catterson: Sorting out the Sortals: A Fregean Argument for Essentialism 10:25 Break 10:30 Dan Forbes: Spinoza and Leibnizean Possible Worlds 11:25 Break 11:30 Andrew Jason Cohen: Emotions in Exchanges 12:25 Business Meeting 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Dan Farnham: A Hegelian Theory of Retribution 2:25 Break 2:30 Jack Simmons & Gene Mesco: Genes-Memes: Information and the New Science of Evolution 3:25 Break 3:30 Beth Preston: Proper Function, Selection, and Fitness in Comparative Perspective |
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