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SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY
2005 Annual Conference
Furman University
Greenville, South Carolina
Februrary 25-26, 2005
Conference Program
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On-Site Registration Information
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Hotel Accommodations
Map and Directions
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Original Call for Papers and Submission Guidelines
SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS AND EVENTS
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25
(All Sessions Furman Hall Room 128)
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3:45-4:20pm
Registration (Furman Hall)
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4:20-5:40pm
Session FI: Heidegger, Kierkegaard, God and Authenticity
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Existentialism and the Ethics of Authenticity
David Przekupowski,
University of South Carolina, Columbia
God as Presence
Blanche Premo-Hopkins, University of South Carolina,
Aiken
Moderator: Malcolm Munson, Greenville Technical College
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5:40-7:00pm
Dinner Break
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7:00-8:20pm
Session FII: Public Reason, Concepts and Properties
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An Empirical Account of Public Reason
Mark Stone, Furman University
Concepts and Properties
Dennis Earl, Coastal Carolina University
Moderator: Nils Rauhut, Coastal Carolina University
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9:00pm
Reception at the home of Mark Stone (maps available at
registration)
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26
(All Sessions Furman Hall Room 128)
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8:15-8:45am
Registration (Furman Hall)
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8:45-10:05
Session SI: Undergraduate and Graduate Paper Award Session
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Morality of the Will
Brian Lucier, Wofford College (winner
Undergraduate Award)
The Beneficial Nature of Virtues
Jeff Turner, University of South
Carolina, Columbia (winner Graduate Award)
Moderator: Michael Ruse, Coastal Carolina University
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10:05-10:15
Break (Continuing Registration)
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10:15am-12:15pm
Session SII: Philosophy of Mind, Qualia and Mental Causation
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Neural Materialism, Pain's Badness, and A posteriori Identities
Irwin
Goldstein, Davidson College
Shoemaker's Moderate Qualia Realism and the Transparency of Qualia
Renee Smith, Coastal Carolina University
Pollyanna Goes to the Park: A Case Study for Mental Causation
David A.
Norman, University of South Carolina, Lancaster
Moderator: Liz Stillwaggon, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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12:15-1:25pm
Lunch Break
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1:25-3:25pm
Session SIII: Modernity, the Cogito and the Self
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Modernity and Modernism
Nikola Ristic, University of South Carolina,
Columbia
Descartes and Methodological Doubt: Was the Cogito Necessary
Steven
Yates, University of South Carolina, Upstate
The Narcissism that is Not One
Adam Rosen, New School University
Moderator: Cynthia Bryson, Greenville Technical College
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3:25-3:40pm
Break
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3:40-5:40pm
Session SIV: Science, Technology and Values
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Hypothetical and Virtual Reality: Simulations as Technicolor Thought
Experiments
Liz Stillwaggon, University of South Carolina, Columbia
How to Argue (and How Not to Argue) About Values in Science
Kristen Intemann, Coastal Carolina University
Toward a Humean Environmental Virtue Ethic: An Explication of Humility
Paul Haught, Newberry College
Moderator: (TBA)
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5:45pm
Business Meeting
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7:15pm
Banquet
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