ATLANTIC REGION PHILOSOPHERS’ ASSOCIATION
2015 Annual Meeting, October 30-31
St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick
Friday, October 30, 2015
University of New Brunswick
3:00-5:00PM:
Registration
Wu Conference Centre, Room 100A
University of New Brunswick
7:30-8:45pm:
Keynote Lecture:
“The Relevance of Philosophy: Practical Arguments, Kant
and the Ethics of Eating”
Andrew Chignell (Cornell University)
(Q&A to follow)
J. Harper Kent Auditorium, Wu Conference Centre
8:45-10:00pm:
Wine & Cheese
Foyer, Wu Conference Centre
Saturday, October 31, 2015
St. Thomas University
Margaret Norrie McCain Hall
9:00-9:30am: Coffee
9:30-11:10am:
Concurrent Sessions A (9:30-10:10; 10:20-11:00; Q&A to follow each presentation)
11:10-11:30am: Coffee
11:30am -12:30pm: (11:30-12:10; Q&A to follow presentation)
Concurrent Sessions B
12:30-2:30pm: Lunch
2:30-4:10pm:
Concurrent Sessions C (2:30-3:10; 3:20-4:00; Q&A to follow each presentation)
4:10-4:30pm: Coffee
4:30-5:30pm:
Concurrent Sessions D (4:30-5:10; Q&A to follow presentation)
6:00pm: Conference Dinner
Group reservation at Brewbakers, 546 King Street
(participants billed individually by restaurant)
Detailed Presentation Schedule
Saturday, October 31st, 2015
St Thomas University
Margaret McCain Hall (MMH) 9:00 am – 9:30 am Coffee (light refreshments served) Location: MMH Lower Lobby
9:30 am – 11:10 am Concurrent Sessions A (9:30-10:10, 10:20-11:00; Q&A to follow each paper presentation) Session A 01 Location: MMH 102 Chair: Bethany Hindmarsch (Dalhousie University) James Crombie (Universite Sainte-Anne): “The Relevance of Bachelard's Antifoundationalist Scientific Rationalism Matt Silk (Waterloo): “Helen Longino and Classical Pragmatism” Session A 02 Location: MMH 106 Chair: Saladdin Ahmed Kenneth Boyd (Dalhousie University): “Easy Understanding and Epistemic Value” Brian Lightbody (Brock University): “Emotional Alchemy: Transmuting Anticipated Regret into Self-Control Gold” Session A 03 Location: MMH 201 Chair: Samuel LeBlanc (University of New Brunswick) Lisa Weber (Memorial University): “Advocating Progressive Education:How John Dewey’s Educational Philosophies can Support Inclusion in Newfoundland and Labrador” Scott Johnston (Memorial University): “The Relevance of Philosophy to Education in the 21st Century North America” Session A 04 Location: MMH 202 Chair: Gabriela Tymowski (University of New Brunswick) Duncan Maclean (Mount Royal University): “A Snare in the Philosophy of Socrates?” Bernard Wills (Memorial University): “Blake and God” Session A 05 Location: MMH 203 Chair: Jeff Frooman (University of New Brunswick Robert Ansell (Saint Mary’s University): “Metaphysical Malaise” Robert Piercey (University of Regina): “From History to Hope: The Metaphilosophy of the Analytic-Continental Divide” Session A 06 Location: MMH 204 Chair: David Mercer (University of New Brunswick) Christina Behme (Mount Saint Vincent University): “How would Plato solve “Plato’s Problem”?” Fabien-Denis Cayer (Dalhousie University): “Reinventing the Gadfly: Plato and the Invention of Philosophy in Democratic Athens” Session A 07 Location: MMH 307 Chair: Daniel Adsett (Marquette University) Daniel Ahern (University of New Brunswick): “Nietzsche’s Master—Slave Aesthetics: Prelude to a 'Physiology of Art'” Ryan Priddle (Boston University): “Happiness as Mood of Affirmation for Nietzsche A Discussion of GS §§340-343” Session A 08 Location: MMH 308 Chair: Katie Stockdale (Dalhousie University) Rebecca MacIntosh (University of Western Ontario): “The Relevance ofEvolution to Ethics and of Ethics to Evolution” Stéphane Savoie (York University): “Empathy and Public Reasons in Korsgaard”
Session A 09 Location: MMH 309 Chair: Hayden Kee (Fordham University)
Jacob Graham (Bridgewater College): “Philosophy’s Relevance” Robbie Moser (Mount Allison University): “‘Philosophy as Therapy’ to What End?”
11:10 am – 11:30 am Coffee Break (light refreshments served) Location: MMH Lower Lobby 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions B (11:30-12:10; Q&A to follow paper presentation) Session B 01 Location: MMH 102 Chair: David Mercer (University of New Brunswick) Roopen Majithia (Mount Allison University): “Virtue and the Law in Aristotle’s Ethics” Session B 02 Location: MMH 106 Chair: Scott Dunham (University of New Brunswick) Adam Auch (Dalhousie University): “Responding to Charges of Climate Hype” Session B 03 Location: MMA 201 Chair: Connor Barry (Independent Scholar) Mark Burke (University of King’s College): “Charles Fourier’s Philosophy of Emotion” Session B 04 Location: MMA 202 Chair: Jason Holt (Acadia University) Emily Bingeman (Dalhousie University): “Disability and Ability in Knowledge as Achievement Accounts”
Session B 05 Location: MMA 203 Chair: Scott Stapleford (St Thomas University) Thomas Vinci (Dalhousie University): “Three Arguments One Might have Thought Kant used to Demonstrate the Unities of Space and of Time” Session B 06 Location: MMH 204 Chair: Stephen Baldner (St. Francis Xavier University) Sheldon Wein (Saint Mary’s University): “Conceptualizing Religion” Session B 07 Location: MMH 307 Chair: Rebecca MacIntosh (University of Western Ontario) Katie Stockdale (Dalhousie University): “Blameworthiness and Blame: Reflections on Scanlon and Smith” Session B 08 Location: MMH 308 Chair: William Altenberg (Smarts Hill Laboratories, Maine) Jeff Frooman (University of New Brunswick)& Ben Wente (ErasmusUniversity, Netherlands): “Markets, Morality, and Managing the Allocation of Goods” 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Lunch (see dining options available in registration kit)
2:30 pm – 4:10 pm Concurrent Session C (2:30-3:10, 3:20-4:00; Q&A to follow each paper presentation) Session C 01 Location: MMH 102 Chair: Jeff Frooman (University of New Brunswick) Bethany Hindmarsh (Dalhousie University): “Imagination & Ideology” Warren Heiti (University of King’s College): “Weil on Character” Session C 02 Location: MMH 106 Chair: Sheldon Wein (Saint Mary’s University) Christopher Cohoon (University of King’s College): “Unmurderability:Ethical Force in Levinas” Saladdin Ahmed: “The Need for Philosophy of Space” Session C 03 Location: MMH 201 Chair: Duncan McLean (Mount Royal University) Gregory Coulter (University of St. Thomas, Minnesota): “The Relevance of Philosophy as a Common Pursuit” Andrew Cutler (Dominican University College/Carleton University): "Aristotle, Leisure and the Good Life” Session C 04 Location: MMH 202 Chair: Jennifer Hart Weed (University of New Brunswick) William Altenburg (Smarts Hill Laboratories, Maine): “The Future of Philosophy in Catherine Elgin’s Essay "The Legacy of Quine’s ‘Two Dogmas of Empiricism’” Brandon Williams (Rice University): “The Possibility of Carnapian Error Therapy”
Session C 05 Location: MMH 203 Chair: Roopen Majithia (Mount Allison University) Hayden Kee (Fordham University): “Towards a neurophenomenology of gesture: the relevance of phenomenology for the empirical sciences of mind” Daniel Adsett (Marquette University): “Foreign Minds: On the Intentionality of Inserted Thoughts”
Session C 06 Location: MMH 204 Chair: Jacob Graham (Bridgewater College) Gerard Gentry (University of South Carolina): “Hegel: Recognizing Artistic Thought in Philosophy” Keegan Nichols (Georgia State University): “The True Judges of Virtue” Session C 07 Location: MMH 307 Chair: Emily Bingeman (Dalhousie University) Mike Ashfield (University of Southern California): “A Credal-Reductive Account of Suspended Judgement” Erik Nelson (Concordia University): “Explicating Epistemology: Methodology within Naturalized Epistemology” Session C 08 Location: MMH 308 Chair: Malcolm Murray (University of Prince Edward Island) Todd Calder (Saint Mary’s University): “Moral Spectrums: Evil, Wrongdoing, and the Ethics of Care” Maria Jimenez (York University): “The Moral Self: Identity, Care, and Moral Motivation” Session C 09 Location: MMH 309 Chair: Steve Baldner (St. Francis Xavier University) Sasa Stankovic (Brandon University): “Leibniz’s Conception of Freedom: The Practical Nature of Contingency” Conor Barry (Independent Scholar): “Kant’s Critical Philosophy as the Fusion of Leibniz’ Rationalist Doctrine and Hume’s Skeptical Empiricism”
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Concurrent Session D (4:30-5:10 Q&A to follow paper presentation) Session D 01 Location: MMH 102 Chair: Connor Barry (Independent Scholar) Emanuel Jannasch (Dalhouise University): “Smoothness and Truth”
Session D 02 Location: MMH 106 Chair: Nick Hardy (University of New Brunswick) Sean Hermanson (Florida International University): “New Data about Women in Philosophy”
Session D 03 Location: MMH 201 Chair: Gabriela Tymoski (University of New Brunswick) Jason Holt (Acadia University): “Stubborn Misquotation” Session D 04 Location: MMH 202 Chair: Mira Bachvarova (University of New Brunswick) Malcolm Murray (University of Prince Edward Island): “A Contractarian Normative Principle?”
Session D 05 Location: MMH 203 Chair: Gregory Coulter (University of St. Thomas, Minnesota) Stephen Baldner (St. Francis Xavier University): “Descartes, Suarez, and Occaionalism” Session D 06 Location: MMH 204 Chair: William Altenburg (Smarts Hill Laboratories, Maine) J. S. Hancox (University of Pittsburgh): “Are Animals Self-Conscious?”
Session D 07 Location: MMH 307 Chair: Daniel Adsett (Marquette University) Scott Edgar (Saint Mary’s University): “A Defense of Hermann Cohen’s Principle of the Infinitesimal Method”
6:00 pm Conference Dinner Location: Brewbakers, 546 King Street (Participants billed individually by restaurant)
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