SPCW, 16th Annual Conference July 18th-23rd, 2009
Pine Lake, New York
Saturday, July 18th 6:30 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Sunday, July 19h
9:00-10:30 Theme: ÒWhither Liberal Arts?Ó
Peter Mehl
ÒEducating for Life: Liberal Arts and the Human SpiritÓ
Donald Poochigian
ÒScience as a Human Endeavor: On the Odd Bifurcation of Science and the HumanitiesÓ
10:30-10:45: BREAK
10:45-12:15
Aisha Rees
ÒRevolutionary Islam: A Self-Cultivating Identity through EducationÓ
Stanley Konecky
ÒBasic Questions of Ethics and Moral EducationÓ
12:15-1:30: LUNCH
1:30-3:00
Karin Fry
ÒThe Need for an Inclusive Secularism in the United StatesÓ
Christopher Collins
ÒMulticulturalism, Metaphysics and Alain LockeÕs Post-Metaphysical AlternativeÓ
3:00-3:15: BREAK
3:15-5:30:
Mark Sanders
ÒDeliberative Democratic CitizenshipÓ
Levente Szentkiralyi
ÒLockean Political Theory & Eminent Domain: An Allowance for Takings?Ó
Jen Lonergan
ÒGadamer, Originalism, and the ConstitutionÓ
6:00 DINNER
Monday, July 20th 9:00-10:30
Robert Stolorow
ÒPortkeys, Resurrective Ideology, and Collective TraumaÓ
Joshua Simmonds, TITLE
10:30-10:45: BREAK
10:45-12:15
Wendy L. Lee
ÒThe Uses and Abuses of Reproductive Technologies: Charting a Feminist Response to the Future of Reproductive TechnologyÓ
Dr. Howard Ponzer
ÒObama, Change, and Gender EqualityÓ
12:15-1:30: LUNCH
1:30-3:00
Aaron Lercher
ÒHealth Care Prioritization and AutonomyÓ
Benjamin Rider
ÒThe Ethics of Superlongevity: Should We Cure Death?Ó
3:00-3:15: BREAK
3:15-5:30:
David Chan
ÒMorality and Decisions on the GroundÓ
Liam Harte
Could New Terrorism Exist? A Philosophical Critique of the ÒExpert Analysis.Ó
Nicolas McGinnis
ÒMerleau-Ponty and InterrogationÓ
DINNER 6pm Tuesday, July 21st 9:00-10:30
Caroline Meline
ÒIs it Natural or Unnatural to Follow the Golden Rule?Ó
Paul Wilson
ÒThe Luck of the DrawÓ
10:30-10:45: BREAK
10:45-12:15
George A. Teschner
ÒSaussure and the Metalinguistics of Ancient TaoismÓ
Sarah McCulley
ÒDavidsonÕs Semantical Primitives and Why They Cannot WorkÓ
12:15-1:30: LUNCH
1:30-3:00
Ralph D. Ellis
ÒThe Phenomenology of Alexithymia as a Clue to the Intentionality of EmotionÓ
Aline M. Ramos
ÒScientific revolutions and the crisis of science: an examination of historicity and its role for the scientific community according to Thomas Kuhn and Edmund HusserlÓ
3:00-3:15: BREAK
3:15-5:30:
Peter G. Res, ÒThe Retrieval of Authentic CareÓ
Joe Frank Jones, III
ÒHeidegger and the Aporia of Beginnings and Endings: Breaking the Chains of 8. Phenomenological DeconstructionÓ
Janet Donohoe
ÒThe Place of HomeÓ
DINNER 6pm
8 PM Business Meeting
Wednesday, July 22nd
9:00-10:30
Jeffrey P. Fry
ÒGluttons for SportÓ
Ileana F. Szymanski
ÒPhilosophy of Food: how our choices with respect to food create habits that can be mirrored in the choices we make to find happiness in every-day lifeÓ
10:30-10:45: BREAK
10:45-1:00
Meg Lonergan
ÒDialogue for Socrates and FreudÓ
Edward J. Grippe
ÒA Platonic Challenge to Homeric Justice and Machiavellian Political Assumptions: A Socratic Therapy for Contemporary TimesÓ
Joseph Martire
ÒMorally Justified Conduct in Relation to Religious Belief and Political AssociationÓ
1:00: LUNCH
Afternoon:
Time to explore Pine Lake (swimming, hiking, ropes course, etc)
DINNER 6pm
Thursday, July 23rd
9:00-11:00
Todd Jones
ÒCustoms canÕt be causalÓ
Mark Sentesy
ÒParts of the Word or Parts of the Machine? The Concept of Things in Greek and 35. Modern Natural PhilosophyÓ Todd Kesselman
ÒOn the Secular SacredÓ
TBA LUNCH
Goodbyes