69th Program
Program
Virginia Philosophical Association
69th Annual Meeting
October 24 and 25, 2008
Roanoke College
Friday
2:00 registration
2:30
Simon May
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Liberal Neutrality and Marriage Equality
Commentator:
Melina Bell
Washington and Lee University
3:15
Jonathan Anomaly
University of Virginia
Internal Reasons and the Ought-Implies-Can Principle
Commentator:
Ken Beals
Mary Baldwin College
4:00 break
4:10
Cathal Woods
Virginia Wesleyan College
As Happy As Can Be:
How Republic's Philosophers Fare Well by Ruling
(Later published in Journal of Ancient Philosophy)
Commentator:
Stephanie Semler
Radford College
4:55 break
5:00
Invited Speaker:
Talbot M. Brewer
University of Virginia
Against 'Goodness For'
6:00 reception
7:00 dinner
8:30
Invited Speaker:
Joseph Pitt
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
The Philosopher As Public Intellectual
Saturday
8:30 coffee and snacks
9:00
James Scow
Sweet Briar College
The Semantics of Mutual Understanding
Commentator:
Annette Evans
Mary Baldwin College
9:45
Nathaniel Goldberg
Washington and Lee University
Meaningfulness as a Secondary Quality
Commentator:
Hans Zorn
Roanoke College
10:30 break
10:45
Mike Valdman
Virginia Commonwealth University
Outsourcing Self-Government
(Later published in Ethics Vol. 120, 4, July 2010: 761-90.)
Commentator:
Mark Lukas
Longwood University
11:30 business meeting