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University of South Carolina Columbia, SC EASTERN REGIONAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHERS From the SCP Homepage: "The Society of Christian Philosophers was organized in 1978 to promote fellowship among Christian Philosophers and to stimulate study and discussion of issues which arise from their Christian and philosophical commitments. One of its chief aims is to go beyond the usual philosophy of religion sessions at the American Philosophical Association and to stimulate thinking about the nature and role of Christian commitment in philosophy. Informal discussion among several Christian philosophers led them to believe that it was possible to form a group designed to promote philosophizing and fellowship among philosophers who shared a commitment to Christianity. Past Presidents include William Alston, Robert Merrihew Adams, Alvin Plantinga, Marilyn McCord Adams, George Mavrodes and Nicholas Wolterstorff. "Meetings of the Society are regularly held in conjunction with the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Eastern, Central, and Pacific Divisions of the American Philosophical Association, and the Canadian Philosophical Association, and at the World Congress of Philosophy. The Society is committed to three regular regional conferences: Eastern, Midwest and Pacific; in addition meetings of the Inter-Mountain Region have been held." This is the 2000 Eastern Regional Meeting. PROGRAM THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11 2:00-6:00 Registration, Gambrell 429 3:00-4:00 Business Meeting, Gambrell 429 4:00-6:00 Session Chair Del Kiernan-Lewis, Gambrell 005 Caleb Miller: "Moral Realism and the Explanatory Impotence Objection" William Rued: "The Euthyphro Question and the Moral Integrity of God" 4:00-6:00 Session Chair John Kok, Gambrell 006 G. T. Smith: "Can Religious Experiences Warrant Religious Belief?" Michael Potts: "The Evidential Value of Near Death Experiences for Belief in Life After Death" THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11 6:00-8:00 Dinner, Open options 8:00-9:30 Session Chair Chris Tollefsen, Gambrell 151 Keynote Address, Lynne Rudder Baker: "Material Persons and the Doctrine of Resurrection" 9:30-11:00 Reception, Gambrell 428 FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 12 8:00-8:30 Prayer Service, St. Thomas More Chapel 8:30-9:00 Registration and Refreshments, Gambrell 428 9:00-9:15 USC President John M. Palms: "Welcome", Gambrell 151 9:20-11:00 Session Chair Alexander Bertland, Gambrell 005 P. Eddy Wilson: "Love and Law as God's Will" Dan Stiver: "Refiguring the Gift of Grace: Ricoeur and Derrida in Dialogue" 9:20-11:00 Session Chair Dennis Sansom, Gambrell 006 John Kok: "Religious Holism and Functional Plurality" Edward Hugh Henderson: "Incarnation and Double Agency" 11:00-11:15 Break, Gambrell 428 11:20-1:00 Session Chair Martin Rice, Gambrell 005 Pat Manfredi: "Will Informational Semantics Naturalize Intentionality?" Robin Collins: "Intelligent Design and the Prospects of a Theistic Science" 11:20-1:00 Session Chair Caleb Miller, Gambrell 006 Del Kiernan-Lewis: "The Problem of Evil: Moral Constraints and Philosophical Commitments" Stephen Griffeth: "Plantinga*'s Punt" 1:00-2:30 Lunch, Open options FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 12 2:30-4:10 Session Chair Eric LaRock, Gambrell 005 Marc Bobro: "Cartesian Immortality: Overview and Dialogue" John G. Trappani: "The Dualism of Death or the Death of Dualism: Christian Philosophy, Human Nature, and the Conundrum of Immortality" 2:30-4:10 Session Chair Pat Manfredi, Gambrell 006 Dale Tuggy: ""Why Agent Causation Theory Doesn't Work (yet)" E. J. Coffman: "Treating the 'Lack of Control Objection' to Kane's Account of Free Agency" 4:10-4:30 Break, Gambrell 428 4:30-6:15 Session Chair Matt Talbert, Gambrell 005 Justin Barnard: "C. S. Lewis's Self-Refutation Argument Against Naturalism" Rosamond Kent Sprague: "Dorothy L. Sayers as Theologian" 4:30-6:15 Session Chair Dan Stiver, Gambrell 006 Hal Baillie: "Personhood and the Argument Against Genetic Enhancement" Mark D. Linville: "A Defense of Human Dignity" FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 12 6:30-8:00 Session Chair Caleb Miller, Gambrell 151 Keynote Address, Dean Zimmerman: "Substance Dualism and Emergence" 8:30 Banquet, Dianne's on Devine SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 13 9:00-9:30 Refreshments, Gambrell 428 9:30-11:20 Session Chair Rosamond Kent Sprague, Gambrell 005 Paul Gooch: "Avarice and the Body: A Platonic Reading and a Christian Response" Douglas V. Henry: "Truth's Harmony in Plato's Musical Cosmos" 9:30-12:00 Session Chair Marc Bobro, Gambrell 006 Alexander Bertland: "Embodied Thought and Natural law in the Writings of Giambattista Vico" Eric F. LaRock: "Dualism and Aquinas's Philosophy of Human Nature" Bernando J. Cantens: "What is the Body? A Comparison of the Thomistic and Suárezian View of the Body" 12:00-1:30 Lunch, Open Options SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 13 1:30-4:00 Session Chair William Rued, Gambrell 005 James Spiegel: "Turning the Problem of Consciousness Inside Out" Dennis Sansom: "The Embodied Mind and the Ensouled Body: Some Problems with Functionalism" Robin Collins: "The Problem with Phenomenal Qualia" 1:30-4:00 Session Chair Dale Tuggy, Gambrell 006 David Hunt: "Omniscience and Cognitive Power" David Fenner: "Belief in the Supernatural and the Problem of Full Causal Disclosure" Martin A.: "Materialism and the Mind-Boggling Problem" Registration: $60.00, including banquet, $40 without banquet. Members of the USC community may register for $35, including banquet, or $15 without banquet.  |
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