Ohio Philosophical Association
Annual Meeting
Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
April 08, 2017
Keynote Speaker: Allan Silverman, Professor, Ohio State University
John Rudisill, The College of Wooster, Program Coordinator
Morning Sessions Afternoon Sessions
| Session 1: Ancient Philosophy I | Session 5: Metaphysics |
| Session 2: Philosophy of Mind and Psychology | Session 6: Convention, Morality & Virtue |
| Session 3:Principles in Leibniz & Theodicy and the Cry of Dereliction | Session 7: Metaphysics and Epistemology of Ethics & Politics |
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Session 4: Undergraduate papers I |
Session 8: Ancient Philosophy II |
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All paper sessions will be located in Burgett Hall For OPA attendees who are interested: the Ohio Ancient Greek Philosophy Group will meet at ONU in the Boardroom at the Inn from 2:00-5:00 pm and will resume the reading of Timaeus at 87a7 with Allan Silverman translating. Click on paper title to view paper. |
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| Registration and Coffee: Burgett Lounge (Attached to the chapel across from the library) | 9:00 a.m. | ||
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Session 1: Ancient Philosophy I |
Burgett Room 115 |
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| Chair: Terry Lynn Corsello, Cuyahoga Community College and Macomb Community College | |||
| Scott Carson, Ohio University: "Always Becoming: Final and Efficient Causal Explanations in Plato's Timaeus" | 9:30 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Ron Hustwit, The College of Wooster: "Comments on Carson" | |||
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| Colby Clark, Kent State University: "Causality and Necessity in Timaeus" | 10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Scott Carson, Ohio University: "Comments on Clark" | |||
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Session 2: Philosophy of Mind and Psychology |
Burgett Room 133 |
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| Chair: Hongyu Wu, Ohio Northern University | |||
| Chris Rickels, Gateway Community and Technical College: "A Naturalist Physicalist Defense Against Schneider's Problem of the Base" | 9:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Jason Waller, Eastern Illinois University: "Comments on Rickels" | |||
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| Dimitria Gatzia, University of Akron: "Object Sexuality and Spectrum Autism" | 10:45 p.m. | ||
| Comment: David Pereplyotchik, Kent State University: "Comments on Gatzia" | |||
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Session 3: Principles in Leibniz & Theodicy and The Cry of Dereliction |
Burgett Room 134 |
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| Chair: Mark Dixon, Ohio Northern University | |||
| Steven Dalglish, The Ohio State University: "Leibniz, Principles and Truth" | 9:30 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Juan Garcia, The Ohio State University: "Comments on Dalglish" | |||
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| William Bell, University of Missouri - St. Louis: "God Hidden from God" | 10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Rebecca Lloyd Waller, Kenyon College: "Comments on Bell" | |||
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Session 4: Undergraduate Papers Sponsored by Sapere Aude I |
Burgett Room 124 |
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| Chair: Akiksha Chatterji, The College of Wooster | |||
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John Prusakowski, Miami University-Ohio: "Of Their Own Accord? Plato, Knowledge, and Moral Responsibility" |
10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Scotty Gordon, The College of Wooster: "Comments on Prusakowski" | |||
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Lunch and OPA Business Meeting, 12:00 p.m. |
The Inn at ONU: Meeting Rooms 01 & 02 |
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Keynote Address, 1:00 p.m. Ohio Ancient Greek Reading Group, 2:00-5:00pm |
The Inn at ONU: Meeting Rooms 01 & 02 The Inn at ONU: Boardroom |
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Session 5: Metaphysics |
Burgett Room 115 |
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| Chair: Erica Neely, Ohio Northern University | |||
| Ben Cleary, The Ohio State University: "An Argument for Complex Structural Universals" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Scott Brown The Ohio State University: "Comments on Cleary" | |||
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| No Paper | 3:30 p.m. | ||
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Session 6: Convention, Morality & Virtue |
Burgett Room 133 |
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| Chair: Steven Schoonover, Wittenberg University | |||
| Ben Cordry, Lorain County Community College: "Convention and Morality" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Brian Besong: Ohio Dominican University: "Comments on Cordry" | |||
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| Thomas Kiefer, Fordham University: "Moral Virtue in the 21st Century" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Aly Massof, The Ohio State University: "Comments on Kiefer" | |||
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Session 7: Metaphysics and Epistemology of Ethics and Politics |
Burgett Room 134 |
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| Chair: Darrin Belousek, Ohio Northern University | |||
| James Fritz, The Ohio State University: "Ethical Belief and Ethical Risk" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Pat Croskery, Ohio Northern University: "Comments on Fritz" | |||
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| Devon Hawkins, Duquesne University: "Ethics to Politics in A Thousand Plateaus: Agency Without Subject" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Ben Hillin, Miami University - Ohio: "Comments on Hawkins" | |||
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Session 8: Ancient Philosophy II |
Burgett Room 124 |
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| Chair: Priscilla Sakezles, University of Akron | |||
| Graham Renz, University of Missouri - St. Louis: "Atomos: A Neo-Aristotelian Approach" | 2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Keren Wilson, The Ohio State University: "Comments on Renz" | |||
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| Michael Wiitala, Cleveland State University: "Forms and Causality in the Phaedo" | 3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Alexander Bearden, Bowling Green State University: "Comments on Wiitala" | |||
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Logistics
DIRECTIONS & PARKING
Click Here for Northern Ohio University's web page for directions to the Ada and to the University campus. A campus map (.pdf) can be downloaded here. Parking is free on the weekend. Parking lots E and P on the campus map are closest to the sessions, which will be in Burgett Hall (See the campus map).
HOTELS
For lodging, check with The Inn at Ohio Northern University.
OPA conference participants can book a room at The Inn at Ohio Northern University at the university rate of $126 per room for one person and an additional $20 for another person in the same room. Just mention that it is for the OPA and the code is ONU17. You can contact The Inn at (419) 772-2500.
If you have questions please contact:
John Rudisill, Program Chair
program@ohiophilosophy.org.
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