Undergraduate
Philosophy Conference Schedule
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Opening Comments,
Don Poochigian
9:00 – 9:15, Red
River Valley Room |
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Group A, Memorial Room |
Group B, Red River Valley Room |
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Session I: 9:15 – 10:30 |
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“Are the Forms Real?”
Kathryn Joyce
University of North Dakota
Discussant: Melissa Chruszch
“The Epistemic Standpoint:
A Linguistic Analysis”
Christopher Coy
Ball State
University
Discussant: Isham
Christie
Moderator: David
Lawrence |
“On Women and their Humanity”
Elizabeth Sund
University of
North Dakota
Discussant:
Sierra Kraft
“The Denial of Women”
Tim Pierz
Ball State
University
Discussant:
Patrick Zander
Moderator: Lynn
Lindholm |
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Session II: 10:45 – 12:00 |
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“Causation and the Problem
with Causal Powers”
Richard Hoberg
Jamestown College
Discussant: Colin
Kennedy
“Who’s Talking About Bats?
Pitfalls of Subjectivity in Thomas Nagel’s
What is It Like To Be A Bat?
Pete G. Res
Hartwick College
Discussant:
Sydney Vranna
Moderator: Don
Poochigian |
“Does Hegel Value the Individual?”
Isham Christie
University of
North Dakota
Discussant: Mary
Clinton
“Freedom, Morality, and Law:
Freedom as Goodness”
Joshua M. Simmons
Hartwick College
Discussant: Amy
Kielmeyer
Moderator: David
Lawrence |
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Lunch at Suite
49: 12:00 – 1:45
(Attendees are
responsible for their own bill. A shuttle bus
will be provided to the restaurant.) |
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Keynote Address:
Red River Valley Room, 2:00 – 3:30
“Adam Smith’s Ad Hominem:
Eighteenth Century Insight into the Role of
Argument”
Jack Russell
Weinstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of
North Dakota
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Session III: 3:45 – 5:00 |
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“Not Necessarily One of A Kind, or
On the Question of Nietzsche’s Inevitability”
Jeremy Bold
University of
North Dakota
Discussant:
Hunter Gordon
“Arbitrary and Outside Morality”
Jes Geary
University of
Missouri – Columbia
Discussant: Joel
Engel
Moderator:
Charles Miller |
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Closing Comments,
Charles Miller
(5:00 – 5:15, Red
River Valley Room) |
Refreshments will be served outside of the Memorial
Room
during the morning and afternoon breaks.
Phi Sigma Tau Film Series
(Free
and open to the public)
Jan.
18th – Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries
Jan. 25th – Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
Feb. 1st – Fritz Lang’s M
Feb. 8th – Terry Gilliam’s Brazil
Feb. 15th – Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris
Feb. 22nd – Duck Soup
March 1st – Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon
March 8th – The Day the Earth Stood Still
March 15th - Spring Break - No Film
March 22nd – The Unbearable Lightness of Being
March 29th – Fritz Lang’s Metropolis
April 5th – Elia Kazan’s A Face in the Crowd
April 12th – Luis Bunuel’s The Discreet Charm of the
Bourgeoisie
April 19th – Capturing the Friedmans
April 26th – Woody Allen’s Love and Death
All films will be
shown at 7:00pm in room 209 in Merrifield Hall,
discussion to follow.
Films are subject to change
Would you like to join
Phi Sigma Tau?
Criteria:
-Must have taken at least two philosophy classes and
be enrolled in third.
-Must have at least a 3.2 accumulative GPA
-$40.00 due at initiation
Benefits:
-Submit articles to “The Dialogue,” The Phi Sigma Tau
Journal.
-Flexible hours for meetings and participation
-Develop closer relationships with philosophy professors
and other students.
-Because this is a nationally recognized honors society,
it can help you
with grad school and job opportunities.
-Develop leadership skills within the numerous officer
positions.
Plans for the Future:
-Meet with colloquium speakers for lunch on the day of
their presentations.
-Possibly organize a philosophy journal for publication
at UND.
-Organize small groups of classmates who wish to dig
deeper into the subject matter.
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