67TH ANNUAL MEETING OF
Nov. 11 - 13, 2005
THE SOUTHWESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Radisson Hotel
Fayetteville, AR
| Friday, November 11 | |||
| 11:00 - 4:00 | Registration | Atrium | |
| 12:00 - 1:45 | SESSION I: EPISTEMOLOGY | Sequoyah 1 | |
| Chair: Tom Senor, University of Arkansas | |||
| "Knowing How Isn't Knowing That" , Peter Markie, University of Missouri, Columbia | |||
| Commentator: Randy Auxier, Southern Illinois University | |||
| "Clark and Stroud on the Plane Spotters" , Brian Ribeiro, Chattanooga TN | |||
| Commentator: David Henderson, University of Memphis | |||
| 1:45 - 4:30 | SESSION II: RELIGION | Sequoyah 1 | |
| Chair: Jim Swindler, Illinois State University | |||
| "A Molinist-Style Response to Schellenberg" , Michael Thune, Purdue University | |||
| Commentator: Justin McBrayer, University of Missouri - Columbia | |||
| "A Thousand Flowers Blooming?: Some Difficulties Facing Jamesian Religious Pluralism" , J. Caleb Clanton, Vanderbilt University | |||
| Commentator: Stuart Rosenbaum, Baylor University | |||
| "On Moral and Religious Obligations: Some Problems for Metaethical Divine Command Theories" , Zach Manis, Baylor University | |||
| Commentator: Gene James, University of Memphis | |||
| 4:45 - 6:00 | PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF 2002 | Sequoyah 1&2 | |
| Chair: Deborah Soles, Wichita State | |||
| Chris Swoyer, (2002 President) Oklahoma University | |||
| Saturday, November 12 | |||
| 9:00 - 12:00 | Registration | Atrium | |
| 9:00 - 11:45 | SESSION III-A: ETHICS | Sequoyah 1 | |
| Chair: Richard Lee, University of Arkansas | |||
| "The Shared-Value Thesis" ", Delilah Caldwell, Southwestern College | |||
| Commentator: David Beisecker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | |||
| "Moral Mysterianism" , Eric Kraemer, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse | |||
| Commentator: Shelby Weitzel, College of the Holy Cross | |||
| "Moral Responsibility, Alternative Possibilities, and Determinism: Begging the Question in the Frankfurt Cases" , David Palmer, University of Texas at Austin | |||
| Commentator: Eric Funkhouser, University of Arkansas | |||
| 9:00 - 11:45 | SESSION III-B: ANCIENT | Sequoyah 2 | |
| Chair: May Sim, College of the Holy Cross | |||
| "A Friend in Need: Friendship & Benefit in Plato's Lysis" , Tracie Mahaffey, Florida State University | |||
| Commentator: Lynne Spellman, University of Arkansas | |||
| "Socrates on the Virtues: One or Many?" , Jeremy Kirby, Florida State University | |||
| Commentator: Mark Painter, University of Misericordia | |||
| "Teaching Nature: Natural Virtue and Practical Wisdom in the Nicomachean Ethics" , Yancy Hughes Dominick, Kansas University | |||
| Commentator: Chris Caldwell, Southwestern College | |||
| 1:15 - 4:00 | SESSION IV-A: METAPHYSICS & MIND | Sequoyah 1 | |
| Chair: Randy Auxier, Southern Illinois University | |||
| "The Overdetermination Argument against Eliminativism" , Charles Hermes, Florida State University | |||
| Commentator: Richard Cole, Kansas University | |||
| "The Erotic Origin and Resolutions of the Question: 'Why is there Something Rather than Nothing?'" , Francis Coolidge Jr., Loyola University, New Orleans | |||
| Commentator: May Sim, College of the Holy Cross | |||
| "Making the Case for Unconscious Feeling" , Joe Neisser, Grinnell College | |||
| Commentator: Mark Brown, University of Wisconsin | |||
| 1:15 - 4:00 | SESSION IV-B: POLITICS | Sequoyah 2 | |
| Chair: David Soles, Wichita State University | |||
| "Does Political Liberalism Rest on a Mistake" , Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt University | |||
| Commentator: John Shook, Oklahoma State University | |||
| "Reading (and Misreading) Rawls' Theory of Legitimacy" , Walter Riker | |||
| Commentator: Jim Swindler, Illinois State University | |||
| "Can National-Defense Be Morally Grounded in Personal Self-Defense?" , Thomas Peard, Baker University | |||
| Commentator: Jeff Green, University of Notre Dame | |||
| 4:00 | Business Meeting | Sequoyah 1&2 | |
| 5:00 | PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS | Sequoyah 1&2 | |
| Alastair Norcross, (2005 President) Rice University | |||
| 7:00 | Banquet |
HogHaus Brewing Company (430 W. Dickson St.) | |
| 9:00-11:00 | President's Reception | ||
| Sunday, November 13 | |||
| 8:45 - 10:30 | SESSION V: DISCOURSE AND ITS LIMITS | Sequoyah 1 | |
| Chair: Deborah Soles, Wichita State University | |||
| "Articulating Discourse: Heidegger's Communicative Impulse" , Irene McMullin, Rice University | |||
| Commentator: Comments: Ted Schatzki, University of Kentucky | |||
| "Sentences That Can't be Said, or: How to Semanticize with a Hammer" , Charles Johnson | |||
| Commentator: Jeffrey Hershfield, Wichita State University | |||
| 10:30 - 1:00 | SESSION VI: KANT AND AESTHETICS | Sequoyah 1 | |
| Chair: Pete Gunter, University of North Texas | |||
| "Duty and Inclination: Defending Kant against the 'Moral Automaton' Problem" , Audrey Anton | |||
| Commentator: Darian Debolt, Central Oklahoma University | |||
| "Kant, Aesthetic Ideas and Originality" , Kenneth Rogerson, Florida International University | |||
| Commentator: Hoke Robinson, University of Memphis | |||
| "The Exemplarity of an Artist" , Julie Kuhlken, Goldsmith College | |||
| Commentator: Joe Bien, University of Missouri, Columbia | |||
Officers of the Society:
| President: | Alastair Norcross, Rice | norcross@rice.edu |
| Vice-Pres & Program Chair: | May Sim, College of the Holy Cross | msim@holycross.edu |
| Secretary-Treasurer: | Randy Auxier, Southern Illinois University | ge2361@siu.edu |
| Journal Editor: | Jim Swindler, Illinois State U, | jim.swindler@ilstu.edu |
| Local Arrangements Chair & Webmaster: | Richard Lee, U of Arkansas, | rlee@uark.edu |
Membership Information: Annual dues are $40 ($20 for students). 2006 dues will be collected at the meeting. 2005 dues should be mailed to: Randall E. Auxier, Dept. of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4505 (check payable to Southwestern Philosophical Society).
Registration fee: $40
Hotel information: at
http://www.uark.edu/ua/swps/index.html