Undergraduate Philosophy Conference 2013 Schedule

Undergraduate Philosophy Conference Program
Thursday, April 11- Friday, April 12, 2013
Thursday, April 11:

7-9pm: reception
Friday, April 12:

8-9am: Breakfast
9-10:30am: SESSION I

IA: Corporate Markets
Session Chair:

Presenter: Kelsey Smith, College of the Holy Cross; “Corporation’s Fulfillment of Conditions of Personhood”
Discussant: Robert Tracey

Presenter: Kim, Kung Min, Pennsylvania State University; “Problems of Market Values Placed in the U.S. Education”
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IB: Ayering with Freud
Session Chair:

Presenter: Shipman, Chad, Hartwick College; “A Critique of Ayer: Verifying Religious Propositions”
Discussant: Matthew McLain

Presenter: Vega, Katrina, Ithaca College; “An Examination of the Conclusiveness of Freud’s Critique of Religion and its Relation to the Psychoanalytic Theory”
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10:45-12:45pm: SESSION II

IIA: Becoming Free
Session Chair:

Presenter: Mosa, Alexander, University of Toronto; “On Determined Indeterminacy”
Discussant:

Presenter: Joseph, Gregory, University of Hawai’i at Manoa; “Freedom From or Within”
Discussant: Meaghan Haugaard

Presenter: Annunziata, Anthony, Elmira College; “An Ethics of Becoming”
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IIB: Wonderful Horror
Session Chair:

Presenter: Gleim, Joshua, Penn State University; “I Want to Live Again”
Discussant: Matthew McLain

Presenter: McLain, Matthew, College at Oneonta; “An Analysis of Noel Carroll’s Paradox of Horror: A Neo-Analytic Interpretation”
Discussant: Joshua Gleim

12:45-2:00pm: Lunch
2-3:30pm: SESSION III

IIIA: Skeptech
Session Chair:

Presenter: Braunscheidel, Zachariah, SUNY Fredonia; “The Skeptics of Science”
Discussant:

Presenter: Lodato, Michael, College of the Holy Cross; “Attitudes Towards Technology in Heidegger and Dewey”
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IIIB: Miraculous Design
Session Chair:

Presenter: Siden, Rachel, University of Massachusetts Amherst; “Science and Miracles”
Discussant:

Presenter: McCarthy, Jillian; “Hume’s Critique of the Argument from Design in the Dialogues”
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3:30-4:00pm: Break
4:00pm-6: SESSION IV

IVA: Post-Traumatic Philosophy
Session Chair:

Presenter: Johnson, Lindsey, RIT; “A Poem After Aushwitz”
Discussant:

Presenter: McGinn, Mark, Webster University; “Instrumentalism and Poetic Thinking”
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Presenter: Watson, John, University of Hawai’i at Manoa (David Hall Prize); “Forgiveness in Action is Lovely”
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IVB: Serious Phish
Session Chair:

Presenter: Segal, Aaron; “Knowing that One Knows”
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Presenter: Ziff, Joseph, Haverford College; “Reconfiguring the Realm of Law”
Discussant: Aaron Segal

Presenter: Marrone, Stephan, University of Chicago; “Losing the Forest for the Trees”
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6-7:30pm: Dinner
7:30-9pm: Keynote: Carol Adams, Independent Scholar

9-11pm: President’s Reception

Saturday, April 13

8-9am: Breakfast
9:00-10:30am: SESSION V

VA: NC-17
Session Chair:

Presenter: Ueberroth, Jordan, Michigan State University; “Possible Parthood and Modal-Mereological Composition”
Discussant:

Presenter: Johnson, August, SUNY College, Oneonta; “Epistemic Dimensions and Direct Reference”
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VB: Aristotle’s Slavery
Session Chair:

Presenter: Hardy, Shaun, Belmont University; “Aristotle’s Slavery and Slavery in the Modern World”
Discussant: Meghan Wilcox

Presenter: Jennings, Emily; “The Gentleman is Not a Vassal: Confucius, Aristotle, and the Ruler Exemplar”
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10:45-12:15pm: SESSION VI

VIA: Confucius, Taoism and Ethics
Session Chair:

Presenter: Arias, Laura, SUNY Oneonta; “Taoist Thought, Confucian Ideals”
Discussant: Keegan Nichols

Presenter: Nichols, Keegan, Lehigh University; “A Bridge Between Two Worlds: The Tao of Immanuel Kant”
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VIB: Playing with Graffiti
Session Chair: Lynn Golan

Presenter: Hassan, Caitlin, West Virginia University; “Graffiti: Defacement of Property or the Revival of Art?”
Discussant: Lindsey Johnson

Presenter: Sblendorio, Andrew, SUNY Fredonia; “When You Play, You Have To Mean It”
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12:15-12:45pm: Break
12:45-2:45pm: SESSION VII

VIIA: Bodies in Space
Session Chair:

Presenter: Griffey, Allison, Belmont University; “Al Ghazzali’s Treatment of the Body in The Alchemy of Happiness”
Discussant: Lynn Golan

Presenter: Meimaris, Alkiviades, SUNY Purchase; “Enclosed Spaces”
Discussant: Laura Arias

Presenter: Demopoulos, Monique, SUNY New Paltz; “The Meaning (or Lack Thereof) of Love”
Discussant: Matthew Williams

2:45-4:15pm: Provost’s Banquet