62nd Program
You are invited to the
62nd Annual Meeting of the
Virginia Philosophical Association
Hollins University
October 19-20, 2001
FRIDAY AFTERNOON (Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins Room, 3rd Floor)
2:00 Registration
2:50 Welcome
3:00 Norman Melchert, Virginia Commonwealth University, “The Last Word In Ethics”
Commentator: Andrew Cohen, James Madison University
4:15 Robert S. Fudge, College of William and Mary, “Value and Understanding in
Aesthetic Appreciation”
Commentator: Tom Adajian, James Madison University
FRIDAY EVENING (Ballator Room, Moody Center, upstairs)
6:30 Reception
7:00 Dinner *
After dinner: Harlan Miller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
“Mind, Brain and Skull; or What Do Philosophers Do?”
SATURDAY MORNING (Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins Room, 3rd Floor)
8:30 Coffee and Danish
9:00 Lee Mayo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, “Severe Tests and
Underdetermination Or How Dietrich Gets At Least Most Of What He Wants”
Commentator: Joseph Milton, University of Virginia
10:15 William F. Brazier, George Mason University, “The Eternal Return and The Relevance
Of Time: A Question of Matter, Energy and Weight”
Commentator: Daw-Nay Evans, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
11:45 Business Meeting, then adjournment