58th Program
58th Annual Meeting of the VPA
The 1997 Meeting of the VPA was held at the University of Virginia on Oct. 24-25. The following program was presented:
Program
Friday, October 24
2:00 Registration, Minor Hall Auditorium
3:00 Welcome
3:05 "The Present State of Epistemic Naturalism"
Gary Hardcastle, Virginia Tech
Commentator: Bill Knorpp, James Madison University
4:30 "Was Socrates a Skeptic about Punishment?"
Michael Cholbi, The University of Virginia
Commentator: Debra Nails, Mary Washington College
6:00 Drinks, Colonnade Club
7:30 Dinner, Dome Room at The Rotunda
8:30 "What is Postmodern Ethics?"
Dwight Furrow, College of William and Mary
Saturday, October 25, Minor Hall Auditorium
8:30 Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00 "Aristotle and 'Modern' Accounts of Responsibility"
Walter Ott, Jr., The University of Virginia
Commentator: Nancy Schauber, University of Richmond
10:30 "Kant's Justification of the Laws of Mechanics"
Eric Watkins, Virginia Tech
Commentator: Dan Kolb, Radford University
11:45 Business Meeting
12:00 Adjourn