Ohio Philosophical Association
Annual Meeting
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio
April 13, 2019
Keynote Speaker: Karl Ameriks, McMahon-Hanks Professor Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
"The Fate of Dignity: How Words Matter"
Kelly Coble, Baldwin Wallace University, Program Coordinator
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Afternoon Sessions |
| Session 1: Naturalism, Cosmology and Ontology | Session 5: Inclusive Internalism and Subjective Debiasing |
| Session 2: Hypocrisy, Blame and Public Shaming | Session 6: Descartes on God and Time; Consequentialist Virtue |
| Session 3: Public Reason and Intrinsic Moral Worth | Session 7: Epistemology and Nietzsche |
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Session 4: Perspective Shifting and Epistemic Rationality |
Session 8: Undergraduate Sessions |
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Session 9: Undergraduate Sessions |
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Logistics (directions, accommodations, etc.) are provided at the bottom of the Program |
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All paper sessions will be located in Shouvlin Center Lunch, Business Meeting and Keynote Address will be in Shouvlin 105 |
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Registration and Coffee: |
9:00 a.m. Shouvlin, First Floor Atrium |
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Session 1: Naturalism, Cosmology and Ontology |
Shouvlin 201 |
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| Chair: William Parkhurst, The University of South-Florida | |||
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Author: Jason Waller, Kenyon College "Is Our Finely-Tuned Universe Improbable?” Robert Milnikel, coauthor |
9:30 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Paul Robinson, The Ohio State University, "Comments on Waller" | |||
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Author: Anton Killin, Australian National University |
10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Jason Waller, Kenyon College, "Comments on Killin" | |||
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Session 2: Hypocrisy, Blame and Public Shaming |
Shouvlin 205 |
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| Chair: Julius Bailey, Wittenberg University | |||
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Author: Benjamin Rossi, Miami University |
9:30 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Steven Schoonover, Wittenberg University, "Comments on Rossi" | |||
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Author: James Fritz, The Ohio State University |
10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: John McHugh, Denison University, "Comments on Fritz" | |||
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Session 3: Public Reason and Intrinsic Moral Worth |
Shouvlin 207 |
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| Chair: Nancy McHugh, Wittenberg University | |||
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Author: Cullin Brown, Binghamton University |
9:30 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Wesley Dempster, Western Governors University, "Comments on Brown" | |||
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Author: Walter Stepanenko, University of Cincinnati |
10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Sara Ghaffari, Bowling Green State University, "Comments on Stepanenko" | |||
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Session 4: Perspective Shifting and Epistemic Rationality |
Shouvlin Alumni Room |
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| Chair: Amanda Corris, University of Cincinnati | 9:30 a.m. | ||
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Author: Maxwell Gatyas, University of Cincinnati |
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| Comment: Michael Hicks, Miami University, "Comments on Gatyas" | |||
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Author: Kenji Lota, Concordia University |
10:45 a.m. | ||
| Comment: Ali Aenehzodae, The Ohio State University, "Comments on Lota" | |||
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Lunch and OPA Business Meeting, 12:00 p.m. |
Shouvlin 105 |
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Keynote Address, 1:00 p.m. Karl Ameriks, McMahon-Hank Professor Emeritus, University of Notre Dame "The Fate of Dignity: How Words Matter" |
Shouvlin 105 |
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Session 5: Inclusive Internalism and Subjective Debiasing |
Shouvlin 201 |
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| Chair: Joel Levin, Case Western Reserve University | |||
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Author: Michael Prinzing, University of North Carolina "Inclusive Internalism: How to be an Internalist without being an 'Internalist' about Reasons" |
2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Henry B. Kreuzman, III, The College of Wooster, "Comments on Prinzing" | |||
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Author: Mark Herman, Bowling Green State University "Towards Enhancing Moral Agency through Subjective Debiasing" |
3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Nina Atanasova, The University of Toledo, "Comments on Herman" | |||
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Session 6: Descartes on God and Time; Consequentialist Virtue |
Shouvlin 205 |
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| Chair: Benjamin Rossi, Miami University | |||
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Author: Rebecca Waller, Kenyon College |
2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Louis Mancha, Ashland University, "Comments on Waller" | |||
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Author: Jonathan Spelman, Ohio Northern University |
3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Sara Worley, Bowling Green State University, "Comments on Spelman" | |||
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Session 7: Epistemology and Nietzsche |
Shouvlin 207 | ||
| Chair: Maxwell Gatyas, University of Cincinnati | |||
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Author: Christopher Stratman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln "Limited Phenomenal Infallibility and Cognitive Phenomenology" |
2:15 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Amanda Corris, University of Cincinnati, "Comments on Stratman" | |||
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Author: William Parkhurst, The University of South Florida "Nietzsche's Philosophy of Language: Can Linguistic Idealism be Resisted?" |
3:30 p.m. | ||
| Comment: Ken Itzkowitz, Marietta College, "Comments on Parkhurst" | |||
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Logistics
DIRECTIONS & PARKING
There is ample parking directly in front of Shouvlin Center, where the meeting will be held. A google map with designated locations for Shouvlin Center and parking is available here. Directions to Wittenberg University and a printable campus map are available here.
HOTELS
Visitors to Wittenberg University typically stay at the Marriott in downtown Springfield. A little further away (about fifteen minutes) but very nice, is the little town of Yellow Springs, where there is the Mills Park Hotel and a few nice B&Bs, including the Morning House.
If you have questions please contact:
Kelly Coble, Program Chair
program@ohiophilosophy.org.
IN MEMORY OF DR. PAT CROSKERY, MARCH 28, 1960 – MARCH 26, 2019
Pat was a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Honors Program at Ohio Northern University from 1999. He was an active member of the Ohio Philosophical Association for almost two decades and served as an officer of the OPA for six years: Secretary-Treasurer 2007–09; Vice President and Program Chair 2009–11; and President 2011–13. He is survived by his wife, Maria, and their three children, Skyelar, Vance and Tierra. His passing represents a great loss to the Ohio philosophical community.
Click here to view Pat's obituary.