Schedule Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Society for
Philosophy in the Contemporary World
July 17-22, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
5:00-7:00 pm Welcome and Registration
7:00-9:00 pm Team Presentations
7:00-8:00 pm Lani Roberts and Courtney Campbell
ÒVarieties of Friendship and Its ChallengeÓ
8:00-9:00 pm Jim D. Shelton, ÒThe Subversive Nature of Liberal EducationÓ
Charles W. Harvey, ÒThe Limits of Liberal EducationÓ
9:00-12:00 pm Everyone, ÒRevelry and Its Relationship to the UnconsciousÓ
Sunday, July 18, 2010
9:00-10:00 am Lee Basham, "Nothing You Can Do: The Pragmatic Rejection of Malevolent
Conspiracy Theory"
10:00-11:00 am Jeffrey P. Fry, ÒHow to Lose at SportÓ
11:00 am-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm Robert D. Stolorow
ÒHeideggerÕs Nietzsche, The Doctrine of Eternal Return, and the Phenomenology of Human FinitudeÓ
2:00-3:00 pm Gabriel Zamosc-Regueros
ÒThe Suspension of Autonomy in NietzscheÕs Ideal of Becoming Who One IsÓ
3:00-4:00 pm Robert Metcalf, ÒBack to the Texts Themselves: PhenomenologyÕs Turn to HermeneuticsÓ
4:00-7:00 pm Supper
7:00-8:00 pm Carlos Sanchez, ÒPhilosophy and the Post-Immigrant FearÓ
8:00-9:00 pm Orosco, Joseph, ÒJose Vasconcelos and North American White SupremacyÓ
Monday, July 19, 2010
9:00-10:00 am Patrick D. Cullen, ÒIn Defense of Traditional Human RightsÓ
10:00-11:00 am Christian Matheis, "Race and Aesthetic Determinism"
11:00 am-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm Ralph Ellis, ÒHumeÕs ÔLove of Truth,Õ Moral Motivation, and Terror Management TheoryÓ (Or,ÓHow Fundamentalism Destroys AltruismÓ)
2:00-3:00 pm Tim Christie, ÒPredatory Corporations and their Immoral OffersÓ
3:00-4:00 pm Loren L. Cannon, ÒStoried Groups and Moral Taint: A Consideration of Compromised Identities and Collective HarmÓ
4:00-7:00 pm Supper
7:00-8:00 pm Andrew Fiala, ÒDo Philosophers Care for Peace?Ó
8:00-9:00 pm Caroline Meline, ÒOnly One Ethics? Carla, Marie, and B: Teaching Success or Ethical Failure?Ó
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
9:00-10:00 am Janet Donohoe, ÒPhenomenology and ParenthoodÓ
10:00-11:00 am George Teschner, ÒWikies and Rethinking AuthorshipÓ
11:00 am-12:00 pm Joseph Campisi, ÒFeast and Famine: The Technology of Fast FoodÓ
12:00 pm Lunch
Afternoon excursion to the magnificent coast of Oregon--Road trip!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
9:00-10:00 am J. Jeremy Wisnewski
ÒThe Moral Relevance of Literature and the Limits of Argument: Lessons from Heidegger, Aristotle, and CoetzeeÓ
10:00-11:00 am Aline Ramos
ÒNegativity and Normativity: art and Justice in the 20th CenturyÓ
11:00 am-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm David Chan, ÒCoexistence as an Ethics of WarÓ
2:00-3:00 pm Clancy N. Smith, "Whittled Down to the Bone: Marcuse, Adorno and Freud on the Atrophy of Autonomous Development"
3:00-4:00 pm Wendy Lynne Lee, ÒThe Contemporary Culture Industry, the Reemergence of Religious Fundamentalism(s) and Feminist Discourses of ResistanceÓ
4:00-7:00 pm Supper
7:00-8:00 pm Fauve Lybaert, ÒOn the constitution of the I in the life-worldÓ
8:00-9:00 pm Joe Jones, ÒPeace Studies Programs: Do They Make Sense?Ó
Bon Voyage!