Thursday, December 13, 2012

CFP: Kentucky Philosophical Association Spring 2013 Meeting




Kentucky Philosophical Association (KPA)
Spring 2013 Meeting
Call for Papers

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Meeting
Keynote
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Host:  Peter Fosl, Ph.D.
            Transylvania University
            Lexington, KY
Professor Richard Polt, Ph.D.
                   Department of Philosophy
                   Xavier University
Paper:       "A Heideggerian Critique of Cyberbeing"
Call for Papers – General Meeting
Submission:  Submissions on any philosophical topic are welcome. Papers should be no longer than 3,000 words, suitable for reading aloud, and prepared for blind review. Include the following information as a cover page in a separate file:
1.      Title of paper
2.      150-word abstract
3.      Author's name
4.      Author's institutional affiliation
5.      Author's email address
6.      Indicate whether you would be willing to serve as a commentator should your paper not be accepted.
Please send General Meeting submissions by email to Bob Sandmeyer at bob.sandmeyer@uky.edu, with "KPA Submission" appearing in the subject line.

Call for Papers – Undergraduate Student Essay Contest
Submission:  Same conditions and requirements as listed above for the General Meeting.
·         Eligibility: Contest open to any undergraduate student who attends a college or university in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Only one essay may be submitted by each entrant.
·         Awards: the First Place Winner will receive $100 and be asked to read the essay at the KPA Spring 2013 Meeting. Runner-Up will receive a letter of recognition from the Kentucky Philosophical Association.
Please send Contest submissions by email to Audrey Anton at audrey.anton@wku.edu, with "KPA Student Essay Contest Submission" appearing in the subject line.

Deadline for both Calls:  February 1st, 2013

Contact:  Bob Sandmeyer, Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, 1429 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY  40506-0027, 859-257-7749, bob.sandmeyer@uky.edu.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

KPA Spring 2012 Meeting & Program

Saturday, April 28, 2012 
Centre College 
Danville, Kentucky 

Keynote Address:
Anita Superson
University of Kentucky

Full Program (with abstracts) (pdf)

8:30-9:00 a.m. - Registration, Breakfast, Welcome, Ewen Room

9:00-10:00 a.m.:

Audrey Anton, Western Kentucky University
“Fixed and Flexible Characters: Aristotle on the Permanence and Mutability of Distinct Types of Character”
Commentator: Eva Maria Cadavid, Centre College
Ewen Room
 
10:00-11:00 a.m.:

Ben Dixon, Stephen F. Austin State University
“A Decision Procedure for Sustainable Development”
Commentator: Robert Sandmeyer, University of Kentucky
Ewen Room

Robert Guerin, University of Kentucky
“Presuppositions and Grounds: Maimon and Fichte on the Quid Facti of the Transcendental Deduction”
Commentator: Chaz DeBord, University of Kentucky
Room 201

11:00-Noon:

Adam Bowen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Perceptual Atomism and the Charge of Tensed Content”
Commentator: Terry Pence, Northern Kentucky University
Ewen Room

Robert Carry Osborne, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Why Death Is a Loss: The Asymmetry of Pre-Natal and Post-Mortem Non-Existence”
Commentator: Clint Jones, University of Kentucky
Room 201

Noon-1:00 p.m.: Lunch, Location TBA

1:00-2:00 p.m.: Business Meeting: All Are Welcome and Invited, Ewen Room

2:00-3:00 p.m.:

Winner of the 2012 KPA Student Essay Contest
Harry Chalmers, Centre College
“On the Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinism: Exploring the Role of Choice”
Commentator: Audrey Anton, Western Kentucky University
Ewen Room

3:00-4:00 p.m.:

Keynote Address
Anita Superson, University of Kentucky
“Moral Bindingness”
Ewen Room

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