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Saturday, October 21, 2000 CONFERENCE PROGRAM |
All sessions are in the College of Business Administration (CBA)
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast (Central Atrium: CBA) |
| 9:30-10:50 a.m. | Session One |
| A. Ethics/Applied Ethics
Chair: Sara Goering, CSU Long Beach “Latino Identity,” J. Angelo Corlett, San Diego State University “Kant, the Master Theorist of Race? The Racial Contract and Inverted Epistemology,” Mitch Avila, CSU Fullerton |
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| B. Ancient Philosophy
Chair: Al Spangler, CSU Long Beach "Intimations of Ideality," Charles Young, Claremont Graduate University Commentator: Sean Kelsey, UCLA |
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| C. Student Session I
Chair: T. R. Raghunath, CSU Long Beach and CSU San Bernardino “Why be Moral? Why be Ethical? An Examination of Arguments in Kant and Kierkegaard,” Ian Duckles, UC Irvine Commentator: Kimberly Gainey, CSU Long Beach “Nietzsche’s Importance in Plantinga’s Warranted Christian Belief, ”Ted Preston, UC Riverside Commentator: Jessica Patella Konig, University of San Diego |
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| D. Philosophy of
Science I
Chair: Paul Tang, CSU Long Beach “Peirce and Scientific Reasoning ” Jeff Barrett, UC Irvine "The Realism/Anti-Realism Debate and the Big Bang Cosmology," Erich Conrad, CSU Long Beach |
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| E. Online Resources for
Teaching
Philosophy
Chair: Louisa Moon, MiraCosta College “The New CVC and Online Resources for Professional Development,” Elizabeth Shadish, El Camino College “Ethics Updates and the APA Committee on Teaching Philosophy’s Online Resource Center, ” Larry Hinman, University of San Diego |
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| 10:50-11:10 a.m. | Coffee Break (Central Atrium: CBA) |
| 11:10 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. |
Session Two |
| A. Feminist Philosophy
Chair: Janet Horrigan, CSU Long Beach “Intersexuality and the Categories of Sex,” Georgia Warnke, UC Riverside “Models and Reality: When Science Tackles Sex,” Sharon Crasnow, Riverside Community College |
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| B. Student Session II
Chair: Charles Wallis, CSU Long Beach “Artificial Intelligence, Language and Understanding,” Richard Amesbury, Claremont Graduate University Commentator: John Whipple, CSU Long Beach “The Janus Head Speaks ? Wittgenstein, the RFM, and Contradictions,” Scott W. Dixon, UC Riverside Commentator: Keith Gibbs, CSU Long Beach |
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| C. Modern Philosophy I
Chair: Andrew Youpa, UC Irvine “Planning, Character Traits and Agent Causation: Reid’s Third Argument for Moral Liberty,” Gideon Yaffe, USC Commentator: Paul Hoffman, UC Riverside |
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| D. Philosophy of
Science II
Chair: Phildon Huffaker, CSU Long Beach “The Wisconsin Card Sort: Dangerous Presuppositions Regarding Flexibility of Cognition,” Sara Waller, CSU Dominguez Hills “Why Did We Think We Dreamed in Black and White?” Eric Schwitzgebel, UC Riverside |
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| E. New Faculty:
Introductions
and Welcome
Chair: Julie Van Camp, CSU Long Beach Heather Battaly, CSU Fullerton Adrienne Lyles-Chockley, University of San Diego James Edwards, University of Redlands Doug Portmore, CSU Northridge Dave Shoemaker, CSU Northridge |
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| 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Lunch (several restaurants will be open in the Campus Dining Plaza near CBA) |
| 2:00-3:20 p.m. | Session Three |
| A. Philosophy of Mind
Chair: Jeff Yoshimi, UC Irvine “Neurosemantics,” Paul Churchland, UC San Diego "Attention: an Alternative to Dennett's Multiple Drafts," Jason Ford, UC Irvine |
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| B. Aesthetics
Chair and Commentator: Mary Devereaux, UC San Diego “The Moral Significance of Taste,” Anne Margaret Baxley, UC San Diego “Kant on the Sublime,” Michelle Grier, University of San Diego |
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| C. Getting Published:
What Philosophy
Journals are Looking for
PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Ann Garry, CSU Los Angeles James Tomberlin, CSU Northridge, Co-editor, Nous, Editor of Philosophical Perspectives Laurie Shrage, Cal Poly Pomona, Co-editor, Hypatia Sandra Harding, UCLA, Co-editor, Signs J. Angelo Corlett, SDSU, Editor, The Journal of Ethics: An International Philosophical Review TBA, USC, Editorial Board, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly |
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| D. Modern Philosophy
Session
II
Chair: John Whipple, CSU Long Beach “Was Berkeley a Common-Sense Realist?” Charles McCracken, Claremont Graduate University Commentator: Talia Bettcher, CSU Los Angeles |
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| E. Student Session III
Chair: Stephen Simon, CSU Fullerton and CSU Long Beach “Smith’s Defense of Internalism about Motivation,” Leonard Kahn, UC Irvine Commentator: Maryam Qudrat, CSU Long Beach “Strengths and Weaknesses of Robert M. MacIver’s and Garret Hardin’s Ethical Views,” Cliff Hayes, CSU Dominguez Hills Commentator: Oliver Butterick, CSU Long Beach |
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| 3:20-3:40 p.m. | Coffee Break (Central Atrium: CBA) |
| 3:40-5:00 p.m. | Session Four |
| A. Getting a Job:
What
Academic Departments are Looking for
PANEL DISCUSSION Brian Keeley, Pitzer College Alan Nelson, UC Irvine Al Spangler, CSU Long Beach Ana Torres-Bower, Cerritos College |
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| B. Philosophy of Law
“Legal Testimony, Authority, and Presumptions of Truth,” Jennifer Faust, CSU Los Angeles “Deserving Punishment and the Problem of Hate Violence,” David M. Adams, Cal Poly Pomona |
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| C. Teaching Non-Western
Philosophy
Chair: Betsy Decyk, CSU Long Beach “Presuppositions of Asian Ethical Theories,” Robert Zeuschner, Pasadena City College “A Method of Teaching Non-Western Philosophy ? An Application of Ancient Wisdom in a Modern Classroom,” Robin Wang, Loyola Marymount University “Reasoning about the Creator: An Introduction to Indian Philosophy,” T. R. Raghunath, CSU San Bernardino and CSU Long Beach |
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| D. Philosophy of
Religion
Chair: Chuck Hughes, Chapman University and CSU Long Beach Alan Padgett, Azusa Pacific University, "The Irrelevance of the Problem of Evil to Arguments for the Existence of God" Christian Early, Azusa Pacific University, "The Return to Authority: Religion and the Quest for Justification" |
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| E. Philosophy in the
Schools:
Southern California Projects
Chair: Russ Daley, CSU Long Beach PANEL DISCUSSION “Philosophy for Children in Teacher Education,” Craig Ihara and Connie Decapite, CSU Fullerton “Creating a Community of Inquiry: Models of Philosophy in the K-12 Curriculum,” Debbie Trausch, CSU Long Beach |
The six student papers were
selected
from among thirteen papers submitted by
students at seven area schools.
The selection was made after strict blind
review of the papers. Thanks to
the following faculty members for
assisting in this process: Sharon
Bishop, CSULA; Shari Starrett, CSUF;
J. Angelo Corlett, SDSU; David
Shoemaker,
CSUN; G.A. Spangler, CSULB.
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