Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary WorldPreliminary Program Schedule
Posted July 2006
Saturday, July 22 6:30 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks (Trudy Conway)
7:00 p.m.
Social
Sunday, July 23 9:00-10:30
Oladele Balogun
“The Relevance of Philosophy to African Thought”
James King
“Lying Beside Truth: The Tragedy of Lying or Do You Lie to the Nazi?”
10:45-12:15
Howard Ponzer
“Hegel’s Speculative Idealism: A Return to Realism”
Rob Metcalf
“Nietzsche’s Inner Christian”
LUNCH 2:00-2:45
Ramona Ilea
“Philosophy’s Impact in the Public Domain: Animal Ethics and the Use of Examples”
Sunday, Cont.
3:00-5:00
Panel Discussion
Trudy Conway, Ralph Ellis, and Karen Bardsley
Monday, July 24
9:00-10:30
Jeremiah Conway
“The Humor of Philosophy”
David Chan
“Faith and Leadership”
10:45-12:15
Jeremy Wisnewski
“Marcuse, Wittgenstein, and the Critique of Social Practice”
Roger Paden
“Meanings and Worldviews: On Interpreting Wittgenstein”
LUNCH 2:00-2:45
Andy Fiala
“Playing with Plato’s Dove: Anarchy, Peace, and Philosophy”
3:00-5:00
Business Meeting
Tuesday, July 25 9:00-10:30
Janet Donohoe
“Tradition in Crisis: Benjamin, Heidegger, Husserl and the Primacy of Space”
George Teschner
“Terrorism and the Phenomenology of Understanding”
10:45-12:15
P. Eddy Wilson
“Ethical Experts and Socratic Irony”
Michael Krom
“The Relevance of Contemplation: Aristotle on the Philosopher and the Common Good”
Afternoon Trip—Rafting
Wednesday, July 26 9:00-10:30
Paul Haught
“Explicating Wonder as a Humean Environmental Virtue”
Jack Weir
“Casuistry and Intuitionism: Old and New Friends”
Wednesday, Cont.
10:45-12:15
Michael Krausz
“From Elucidation to Edification”
Noel Boulting
“On the Question ‘Is Life Worth Living?’ or Does it Depend Upon the Liver?”
LUNCH 2:00-3:30
Roundtable Discussion: “The Public or Political Relevance of Philosophy”
Thursday, July 27 9:00-10:30
Chris Chapman
“Exploration of a Contractarian Procedure for Participatory Design”
Eric Thomas Weber
“Who Wants to Read a Handbook”