57th Resolution

Resolution of Gratitude

RESOLUTION OF GRATITUDE VIRGINIA PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER 9, 1996 MOVED BY PATRICK CROSKERY-PASSED BY GENERAL ACCLAIM 

WHEREAS, social interaction with others is a part of the good life, we have left behind our talk show friends to join together as real people in the same room; and

 WHEREAS, we traveled through the terrible rains for this purpose, though due to good fortune none of our trolleys were forced to run over P1, or even P2...P6; and

 WHEREAS, the members of the society, rigidly designated the 'VIRGINIA PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION,' did convene our 57th Annual Meeting upon the beautiful campus of James Madison University on November 8 and 9, 1996; and

WHEREAS, we did not do impermissible acts, though we may have allowed some, and we bracket the question of whether we minimized the occurrence of impermissible acts; and

 WHEREAS, we recognize that man is also a political animal, we violated no laws, or at least violated no laws as a group; and

 WHEREAS, to avoid confusion throughout our discussion we replaced the term 'term' with the term 'name', and the name 'name' with the name 'term', both, of course, in the word reflexive sense; and

 WHEREAS, though some theorize that the Saturday session came before the Friday session, a close analysis that does not rely on the common discussions suggests that the traditional view that Friday came before Saturday is correct; and

 WHEREAS, we learned of the personal particular, though not from that particular person, who was ill and has our sympathy; and

 WHEREAS, no child's arm had to be twisted to find a substitute for our indisposed friend, but rather a man of practical wisdom stepped forward, displaying the virtues of courage and loyalty; and

 WHEREAS, those of us who believe in self-deception deceived ourselves on every live, momentous, and forced decision we faced this weekend, while the remainder simply deceived the self deceivers for their own good; and

 WHEREAS, our hosts did not provide us with vulgar feel-good tea from California, but rather with sophisticated wines and feel-awake coffee brewed in Virginia; and

 WHEREAS, we did feast upon white meat, in particular chicken, and it was indeed wholesome, and delicious; and

 WHEREAS, if the agency of the staff of James Madison University had vanished, this would have had the double effect of removing our chicken and our happiness; and

 WHEREAS, the virtue of generosity is exemplified by our hosts at James Madison University, and poor Earnest, who is perhaps still young, should study their example well; and

WHEREAS, the response that is called for when generosity is encountered is not obsequious simpering or smug indifference, but sincere and frank gratitude; 

LET IT THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT: the VIRGINIA PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, being quite old and experienced, feels gratitude at the right time, now, in the right manner, deeply, toward the right people, Dan Flage, Richard Whitman, and all the others at James Madison University, who have made our visit so pleasant and enjoyable; and

 LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED THAT: now that Mill is Frege, Aristotle is not Plato, James is Stich (but Stich is not Pierce) and Nagel is Scheffler, we name all those with the same reference 'York' (not to be confused with York, which is not a name at all, but a city), and name the others 'York', which is the same vocable but not the same name; and

 LET IT FINALLY BE RESOLVED THAT: This resolution be placed into the minutes and communicated to the officials of James Madison University