All activities take place in the  Morris Conference Center. To view individual abstracts, click on the participant's name.

Friday, April 12
 

11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Registration and Opening Reception (Front Lobby)
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Inaugural Presentation:
	Yoga:  A Philosophical Demonstration       and Guided Meditation
	Ashok Malhotra (SUNY Oneonta)
1:45 - 3:45 pm	Session I: God, Children, and Animals:
	Foundations of Faith and Behavior
	Mancy Pendergrass      Faith and Reason in Action:       Abraham, Kierkegaard, and Incommensurability      Belmont University (Nashville, TN)      Discussant: Daniel Taft (SUNY Oneonta)
	John A. Houston      The Suffering of Innocents: A Reply to Ivan Karamazov     Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY)      Discussant: Peter Tonna (SUNY Oneonta)
	Jason Ohliger       Animal Rights in a Kantian Framework       SUNY Oneonta (Oneonta, NY)      Discussant: J. Jordyne Wu (Dartmouth College)
4:00 - 6:00 pm	Session II (Concurrent Session)
	A.  Social Justice
	Adrian M. Viens      Legitimacy in the Liberal State: Political, not Metaphysical      University of Toronto (Canada)      Discussant: Kelly Haviland (SUNY Oneonta)
	Michael D. Daniels      Self Respect: Contradictions in Rawls' A Theory of Justice      Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)      Discussant: Vladimil Ruiz (SUNY Oneonta)
	Desiree Hwang      Libertarianism and Anti-discrimination Laws      University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)       Discussant: Kathleen Kennedy (SUNY Oneonta)
	B.  The Language of Experience: From Mysticism to Music
	Charissa R. Van der Merwe      Plato's Mysticism       Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)      Discussant: Sara L. Friedemann (University of Wisconsin)
	Kristin Benton-Guerriero      Tractatus Musicus      Belmont University (Nashville, TN)       Discussant: Aaron Meda (SUNY Oneonta)
	J. Jordyne Wu      Originality and Art       Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)      Discussant: Nate Zuckerman (Haverford College)
6:00 - 7:30 pm	Dinner (Otsego Grille, Morris Conference Center)
7:30 - 9:00 pm	Keynote Address:
	Working the Natural/Artificial Distinction:       The Role of Technology in Shaping Humanity
	Joseph C. Pitt - Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)
9:00 - 11:00 pm	Reception (Le Cafe)

Saturday, April 13
 

8:30 - 10:00 am	Breakfast (Room 112)
10:00 - 11:30 am	Session III (Concurrent Session)
	A.  The Socratic Legacy
	Jeryn Rae Warren      A Socratic Dilemma: Moralist vs. Soldier      Belmont University (Nashville, TN)      Discussant: Mark Boyd (SUNY Oneonta)
	Adam Arola       Nietzsche and Socrates: 1869-1879      University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)      Discussant: Michael D. Daniels (Trinity University)
	B.  Personal Identity
	Jason Seay      Propositional Attribution: An Alternative View of Personal Identity      University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)      Discussant: Matthew Mannino (SUNY Plattsburgh)
	Timothy C. Nelson      Looking Out For Number One: An Objection to Olson’s Use of       Brain Fission as Support for the Parfit-Shoemaker Thesis      St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN)      Discussant: Justin Thalheimer (SUNY Oneonta)
11:30 - 1:00 pm	Lunch (Room 112)
1:00 - 3:00 pm	Session IV (Concurrent Session)
	A.  Asian Perspectives on Morality and Behavior
	Cindy Budka      Yoga of Liberation      SUNY Oneonta (Oneonta, NY)      Discussant: Bobby Anfang (SUNY Oneonta)
	Amanda Johnson      An Apparent Contradiction: An Analysis of Education and       Appropriate Behavior in Confucius' Analects      University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)       Discussant: Meggan Novotny (University of St. Thomas)
	Adrian SzeTien Chia      Shaping of Disposition Through Ritual      University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)      Discussant: T. J. Natole (SUNY Oneonta)
	B.  Philosophy of Language and Mathematics
	Sara L. Friedemann      A Response to the Case Against Compositionality:       Universal Sufficient Applicability Conditions      University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)       Discussant: Sandra Finn (SUNY Oneonta)
	Tuvshe Bold      Concepts on Mathematical Concepts       Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)      Discussant: Jason Seay (University of Oklahoma)
	Justin K. Dimmel      Zeno, Motion and the Mathematics of Infinity       Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY)      Discussant: Zach Weber (Binghamton University)
3:15 - 5:15 pm	Session V (Concurrent Session)
	A.  A Little Bit of "Nothing"
	Nate Zuckerman      Nishida’s Essential Tension: The Paradox of Experience       Haverford College (Haverford, PA)      Discussant: Cindy Budka (SUNY Oneonta)
	Matthew Irwin      Unspoken: The Unification of Subjective Consciousness       in Transcendental Communication      Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)      Discussant: Justin K. Dimmel (Hartwick College)
	Litsa E. Williams      Nagarjuna and Derrida: East Meets West With Deconstruction?      St. Mary’s College of Maryland (St. Mary's City, MD)       Discussant: Daniel J. Bristol (SUNY Oneonta)
	B.  History of Modern Philosophy
	Sarah Layne      Recognizing Female Philosophers in the Age of Rationalism:       A Look into the Contributions of Anne Viscountess Conway      Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, VA)      Discussant: Michael Petrolle (SUNY Oneonta)
	Jessica Gordon      Hume: A Most Successful Enquiry       Wheaton College (Norton, MA)      Discussant: Timothy C. Nelson (St. Olaf College)
	Nicholas Almendares      The Will to Recurrence       Amherst College (Amherst, MA)       Discussant: Adam Arola (University of Michigan)
5:30 - 7:00 pm	Keynote Address:
	Human Identity: Buddhist and Psychoanalytic Perspectives
	John M. Koller - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Rensselaer, NY)
7:00 - 9:00 pm	Awards Dinner (Otsego Grille, Morris Conference Center)

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