Ohio Philosophical Association
Annual Meeting
Denison University, Granville, Ohio
April 6, 2013
Special Guest Speaker: Anthony Chemero, University of Cincinnati
Andrew P. Mills, Otterbein University, Program Coordinator
| Morning Sessions | Afternoon Sessions |
| Session 1: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy | Session 4: Modern Philosophy |
| Session 2: Philosophy of Science | Session 5: Ethics and Political Philosophy |
| Session 3: Metaphysics and Philosophy of Language | Session 6: Philosophy of Mind |
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All paper sessions will be held in The Burton D Morgan Center. Click on title to view abstract. |
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| Registration and Coffee | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9:00 a.m. | |
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| Session 1: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 216 | |
| Chair: Andrew Jordan, Otterbein University | |||
| Pascal Massie, Miami University of Ohio: "From Epoche to Ataraxia: The Story of Apelles in Sextus Empiricus" | 9:30 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Michael Baumer, Cleveland State University | |||
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| Anthony Lisska, Denison University: "The Ventricle System and the Internal Senses in Medieval Cognitive Theories" | 10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Arnold Smith, Kent State University | |||
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| Session 2: Philosophy of Science | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 218 | |
| Chair: Sara Worley, Bowling Green State University | |||
| Danny Pearlberg, The Ohio State University: "Making Sense of the Different Senses of 'Explanation'" | 9:30 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Travis Hreno, University of Akron | |||
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| Henry Kreuzman, The College of Wooster: "Philosophical Methodology: A Defense of Appeal to Intuitions?" | 10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Deborah Smith, Kent State University | |||
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| Session 3: Metaphysics and Philosophy of Language | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 219 | |
| Chair: Sergio Gallegos, Denison University | |||
| Wesley Dempster, Bowling Green State University: "Free Will and Wholehearted Ambivalence" | 9:30 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Andrew Kissel, The Ohio State University | |||
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| Michael Miller, The Ohio State University: "Constitutivity and Verbal Disputes" | 10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Wesley Cray, The Ohio State University | |||
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| Lunch and OPA Business Meeting, Noon | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Slayter Union, 3rd Floor | |
| Keynote Address, 1:00 p.m. Anthony Chemero, University of Cincinnati: "Radical Embodied Cognitive Science" |
Burton Morgan Lecture Hall, 1st Floor, Burton D Morgan Center | ||
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| Session 4: Modern Philosophy | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 216 | |
| Chair: John McHugh, Denison University | |||
| C. Mickey Lorkowski, University of Akron: "Hume's Indifference to Ideas" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Joel Schickel, University of Dayton | |||
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| Joseph Novak, Cleveland State University: "Substance without attributes: An objection to Spinoza's proof for substance monism" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Ben Cordry, Lorain County Community College | |||
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| Session 5: Ethics and Political Philosophy | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 218 | |
| Chair: Steven Vogel, Denison University | |||
| Brian McLean, The Ohio State University: "What's so Good about Non-Existence? An Alternative Explanation of Four Asymmetrical Value Judgments" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Scott Simmons, Bowling Green State University | |||
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| Peter Bornschein, Bowling Green State University: "Libertarianism, Freedom, and Self-Ownership" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Daniel Roach, Kent State University | |||
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| Session 6: Philosophy of Mind | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 219 | |
| Chair: Barbara Fultner, Denison University | |||
| Iris Spoor, University of Cincinnati: "'Superduper' or Superfluous? Terry Horgan’s Supervenience and Jessica Wilson’s challenge" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Joe Reich, The Ohio State University | |||
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| Dimitria Gatzia, The University of Akron Wayne College: "Cognitive Penetration and the Nature of Experience" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Joel Richeimer, Kenyon College | |||
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Logistics
Registration and all paper sessions, including the keynote address, will be held in the Burton D. Morgan center at Denison University. Registration will open at 9 a.m., on the second floor of the Morgan Center. Directions to Denison can be found on the Denison University website. The Morgan Center is building number 10 on the printable Denison map which is also available on that same webpage. Lunch will be held in the Slatyer Union which is building 8 on that same map.
Free parking is available for OPA registrants. Attendees should park in the Visitor Parking Garage (the actual name!). There is a P with an arrow behind building number 8 on the campus map. There is an entrance directly from the garage to the second floor of the Burton Morgan Center where registration will be held.
If you have questions please contact:
Andrew Mills, Program Chair
program@ohiophilosophy.org.