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Ohio Philosophical Association
Annual Meeting
Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio
April 11, 2015
Keynote Speaker: Claudia Card, Emma Goldman Professor, University of Wisconsin
Priscilla Sakezles, University of Akron, Program Coordinator
Morning Sessions | Afternoon Sessions |
Session 1: Aristotle | Session 5: Animal Ethics |
Session 2: Ethics I | Session 6: Art and Religion |
Session 3: Well-Being and Understanding | Session 7: Ethics II |
Session 4:Undergraduate paper | Session 8: Undergraduate paper |
All the sessions will be on the North Campus of Baldwin Wallace University in the Center for Innovation and Growth (CIG). Click on title to view paper. |
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Registration and Coffee | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9:00 a.m. inside the CIG entrance | |
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Session 1: Aristotle | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CIG 105 | |
Chair: Frank N. Kautzmann III, Roosevelt University | |||
Keren Wilson, Ohio State University: "Aristotle on Continuity" | 9:30 a.m. | ||
Comment: Hao Tang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China: "Comments on Wilson" | |||
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Devon Hawkins, Kent State University: "Aristotle's Prime Matter: An Analysis of Hugh R. King's Revisionist Approach" | 10:45 a.m. | ||
Comment: Thomas Jovanovski, Baldwin Wallace University: "Comments on Hawkins" | |||
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Session 2: Ethics | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CIG 106 | |
Chair: Amy Story, Baldwin Wallace University | |||
Jordan Shonberg, Ohio University: "Human Rationality and Hursthouse's Four Ends" | 9:30 a.m. | ||
Comment: Jennifer Asselin, Ohio State University: "Comments on Shonberg" | |||
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Adam White, Bowling Green State University: "Alternative to Punishment: The Crime Futures Market" | 10:45 a.m. | ||
Comment: Sharon Kaye, John Carrol University: "Comments on White" | |||
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Session 3: Well-being and Understanding | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CIG 107 | |
Chair: Nate Jackson, University of Akron | |||
Owen King, Oberlin College: "The Untenability of Future-Sensitive Synchronic Well-Being " | 9:30 a.m. | ||
Comment: Chris Pines, University of Rio Grande: "Comments on King" | |||
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Daniel Wilkenfeld, University of California, Berkeley: "The Contextual Quasi-Factivity of Objectual Understanding" | 10:45 a.m. | ||
Comment: Frank Ryan, Kent State University: "Comments on Wilkenfeld" | |||
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Session 4: Undergraduate paper sponsored by Sapere Aude | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CIG 108 | |
Chair: Rachel Amoroso, The College of Wooster | |||
Robert Stammitti, Baldwin Wallace University: “War as Pure Negation: Positivity in the Mode of War”
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9:30 a.m. | ||
Comment: Matt Buranosky, The College of Wooster
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Keynote Address, 12:00 p.m. |
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Lunch and OPA Business Meeting, 1:00 |
CIG 112-114 | ||
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Session 5: Animal Ethics | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CIG 105 | |
Chair: Eugene Kleist, Baldwin Wallace University | |||
Scott Simmons, Bowling Green State University, and Mark Wells, The College of Wooster: "The Easy Defense of the Feathered Apes (and the Hard Problems it Raises)" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
Comment: Dimitria Gatzia, University of Akron, Wayne College: "Comments on Simmons and Wells" | |||
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Nina Atanasova, The University of Toledo, and Jefferson Kisor, University of Cincinnati : "Arbitrariness, Inconsistency, and Utilitarianism: The Challenge for Animal Rights" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
Comment: George Matejka, Ursuline College: "Comments on Atanasova and Kisor" | |||
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Session 6: Art and Religion | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CIG 106 | |
Chair: Sara Worley, Bowling Green State University | |||
Jack Bender, Ohio University: "Defining 'Art'" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
Comment: Ken Itzkowitz, Marietta College: "Comments on Bender" | |||
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Mickey Lorkowski, The University of Akron: "The Cosmological Push" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
Comment: Chris Arledge, Ohio University: "Comments on Lorkowski" | |||
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Session 7: Ethics | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CIG 107 | |
Chair: Ben Cordry, Lorain County Community College | |||
Wesley Dempster, Bowling Green State University : "Aristotle, Torture, and the Shame of Dirty Hands" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
Comment: Michael Sweet, Kent State University: "Comments on Dempster" | |||
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Nicholas Smith, Ohio University: "The Principle of Respect for Autonomy" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
Comment: Evan Riley, College of Wooster: "Comments on Smith" | |||
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Session 8: Undergraduate paper sponsored by Sapere Aude | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | CIG 108 | |
Chair: Matt Buranosky, The College of Wooster | |||
Olivia Karp, Wittenerg University: “The Justice Shop: A Cultural Critique of Capitalism in the Postmodern Era”
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2:15 p.m. | ||
Comment: Rachel Amoroso, The College of Wooster | |||
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Logistics
DIRECTIONS
Here is Baldwin Wallace's link for directions to the CIG: http://www.bw.edu/quickfacts/directions/centerinnovationgrowth/.
HOTELS
Here is Baldwin Wallace's link for nearby hotels with shuttle service and group discount rates: http://www.bw.edu/resources/hotels/
PARKING
The CIG building is surrounded by parking lots, and there should be plenty of free parking. Permits are not required for Saturday. If you look at the campus parking map, lot P20, the Wilker/Telfer lot, is closest to the CIG.
If you have questions please contact:
Priscilla Sakezles, Program Chair
program@ohiophilosophy.org.
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