70th Program

Virginia Philosophical Association

2009 Program

Friday

2:00 registration

2:30

 Stephanie Selmer

Radford University

From Habit to Virtue: Deep Belief in Aristotle’s Ethics

Comment by

Cathal Woods

Virginia Wesleyan College

3:15

Chris Mayer

University of Virginia

The Possibility of Character Development

Comment by

Angela Smith

Washington and Lee University

4:00 break

4:10

Matthew McCall

Virginia Tech

Promises, Preferences and Liars:

Reconstructing Searle’s Prepatory Conditions

Comment by

Nathaniel Goldberg

Washington and Lee University

4:55 break

5:00

 Invited Speaker:

Duncan Richter

Virginia Military Institute

Elizabeth Anscombe’s Moral Theory

6:00 reception

7:00 dinner

8:30

 Invited Speaker:

John Arras

University of Virginia

Is There a Human Right to Health-Related Goods?

Saturday

8:30 coffee and snacks

9:00

Dave Baggett

Liberty University

Taking Divine Necessity Seriously

Comment by

William Knorpp

James Madison University

9:45

Jordan Busse

University of Virginia

Spinoza’s Conatus Doctrine and the Metaphysics of Individuality

Comment by

Annette Evans

Lynchburg University

10:30 break

10:45

Catherine Sutton

Virginia Commonwealth University

A Person and a Mass of Matter:

The Story of Two Objects in the Same Place at the Same Time

Comment by

Patrick Goold

Virginia Wesleyan College

11:30 business meeting