2009 Meeting: Dallas, TX

Date: 13-15, November 2009

Local arrangements: Scott Bartlett
Program Chair: David Hildebrand

Draft Program of
71st ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE SOUTHWESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
November 13-15. 2009
Dallas Magnolia Hotel,
Dallas, TX

DRAFT Program 
Southwestern Philosophical Society 2009

Draft Program, Southwestern Philosophical Society
last revised 10/8/09 by dlh

Friday, November 13
12:00 to 5:00 REGISTRATION
Foyer Outside Meeting Rooms

1:00 to 3:00 I-A: PHILOSOPHY OF LITERATURE Room: Griffin
Chair: Julie Kuhlken, Misericordia Univ.
** Kames On Ideal Presence: Revisiting The Problem of Fiction And Emotion
Eva Dadlez, Univ. of Central Oklahoma
Commentator: Scott Bartlett: Southern Methodist Univ.
** Fact, Fiction, or Fraud; Faked Memoirs From Frey To Wilkomirski
Sarah Worth, Furman Univ.
Commentator: Anne-Marie Bowery, Baylor Univ.

1:00 to 3:00 I-B: SKEPTICISM AND BELIEF
Room: Jackson
Chair: Thomas Senor, Univ. of Arkansas Fayetteville
** Pragmatic Invariantism and External World Skepticism
Eric Thompson, Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville
Commentator: Scott Aikin, Vanderbilt U.
** Van Inwagen's Two Failed Arguments for the Belief in Freedom
Zachary Goldberg, Arizona State Univ.
Commentator: Candice Shelby, Univ. of Colorado Denver

BREAK

3:30 to 5:30 II-A: Political Agency and Legitimation
Room: Griffin
Chair: Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt Univ.
** The Inseparability Thesis: Why Political Legitimacy Entails Political Obligations
Jason Wyckoff, Univ. of Colorado Boulder
Commentator: Alastair Norcross, Univ. of Colorado Boulder
** The Modern Corporation as Moral Agent: The Capacity for Thought and a First-Person Perspective'
Kendy M. Hess, College of the Holy Cross
Commentator: David Beisecker, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas

3:30 to 5:30 II-B: Aristotlelian and Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics
Room: Jackson
Chair: Anthony Thomas, Kishwaukee College
** Friendship as an Impersonal Value
Todd Lekan, Muskingham College
Commentator: David Schwartz, Randolph College
** Hursthouse's Virtue Ethics, the Slide into Consequentialism, and the Problem of Instrumentally Successful Vice?
Mark Piper, James Madison Univ.
Commentator: Henry Jackman, York Univ.

Saturday, November 14
9:00 to 12:45 and 2:15 to 4:30 REGISTRATION
Foyer Outside Meeting Rooms

8:30 to 10:30 I-A: Ethics: Hume and Nietzsche
Room: Griffin
Chair: Stuart Rosenbaum, Baylor Univ.
** Hume's Deflationary Theory of Allegiance
Kenneth Henley, Florida International Univ.
Commentator: Chris Shrock, Baylor Univ.
** Nietzsche, Economy and Morality
Iain Morrisson, Univ. of Houston
Commentator: Mark Painter, Misericordia Univ.

8:30 to 10:30 I-B: Environmental Ethics
Room: Jackson
Chair: Matthew Brown, Univ. of Texas, Dallas
** Nature, Virtue, and the Nature of Virtue: An Outline for an Environmental Virtue Ethics
Chris Meyers, Univ. of Southern Mississippi
Commentator: Julie Kuhlken, Misericordia Univ.
** Biodiversity Loss, the Motivational Gap, and the Failure of Conservation Education
William Grove-Fanning, Univ. of North Texas
Commentator: Jonathan Parker, Univ. of North Texas

BREAK

10:45 to 12:45 II-A: Kant and Ethics
Room: Griffin
Chair: James Swindler, Illinois State Univ.
** Kant on Empirical Concept- and Intuition-Formation: Discussion with Hannah Ginsborg
Hoke Robinson, Univ. of Memphis
Commentator: Ken Rogerson, Florida International Univ.
** Willing Universal Law Vs. Universally Lawful Willing: What Kant?s Supreme Principle of Ethics Should Have Been
Scott Forschler, Independent Scholar
Commentator: Richard Galvin, Texas Christian Univ.

10:45 to 12:45 II-B: Dewey, Ethics, and Democracy
Room: Jackson
Chair: David Hildebrand, Univ. of Colorado Denver
** Ethical Progress and the Goldilocks Problem: Objectivity and the Radical Revision of Values
Amanda L. Roth, Univ. of Michigan
Commentator: Cynthia Gayman, Murray State Univ.
** Moral Considerations in Epistemic Conceptions of Democracy
Mary Butterfield, Vanderbilt Univ.
Commentator: Stuart Rosenbaum, Baylor Univ.

LUNCH ON OWN

2:45 to 4:45 III-A: Aesthetic Value Theory
Room: Griffin
Chair: Danney Ursery, St. Edwards Univ.
** Obscenity, Censorship And Aesthetic Value
Jenn Neilson, Univ. of Texas, Austin
Commentator: Joseph Bien, Univ. of Missouri
** Critical Philosophy As Artistic Endeavor: On The Form of Kant's Critique of Aesthetic Judgment and Its Implications
Sam Stoner, Tulane Univ.
Commentator: Meghant Sudan, Stony Brook Univ.

2:45 to 4:45 III-B: Realism and Truth
Room: Jackson
Chair: Scott Aikin, Vanderbilt Univ.
** Proper Function Justification and Epistemic Rationality
Todd Long, California Polytechnic State Univ.
Commentator: Jerry Steinhofer, Brown Univ.
** Platonism and Recent Correspondence Theories of Truth
Timothy Mosteller, California Baptist Univ.
Commentator: James Shelton, Univ. of Central Arkansas

5:00 to 7:00 BUSINESS MEETING & PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Room: Griffin
Why I am Not a Pluralist
Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt Univ., President, SWPS

7:00 to 9:00 BANQUET
FUSE Restaurant (Directions at Registration Table)

Later PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION
President's Suite

Sunday, November 15
9:00 to 11:00 I-A: Autonomy and Agency
Room: Griffin
Chair: Matthew Swanson, Misericordia Univ.
** Hey, You, Whats so Special about the Second-Person Perspective?
Robyn Gaier, St. Louis Univ.
Commentator: Soroya Gollop, Southern Methodist U.
** Autonomy and Accountability
James Swindler, Illinois State Univ.
Commentator: E.J Coffman Jr., Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville

9:00 to 11:00 I-B: Plato and The Good
Room: Jackson
Chair: Ronald Bishop, Jones County Junior College
** The Philosopher-Ruler: from Theory to Action
Betsy Jelinek, Vanderbilt Univ.
Commentator: Blake Hestir, Texas Christian Univ.
** Nature, Value, And Duty
Richard Cole, Univ. of Kansas
Commentator: Randall Auxier, Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale

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Membership

You must be a member to present. To join the society, send inquires to:

Randy Auxier, Secretary/Treasurer
Department of Philosophy
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Carbondale, Il 62901-4505
E-mail: drauxier@yahoo.com

Please direct any other questions or comments to

Dr. David Hildebrand
Department of Philosophy, Box 179
University of Colorado Denver
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
303.556.8558
hilde@yahoo.com
http://davidhildebrand.org

Websites:

SWPS: http://www.southwesternphilosophical.com/
2009 Conference Location: http://www.magnoliahoteldallas.com/dallas.aspx

Local Arrangements Information
for the Seventy-First annual Southwestern Philosophical Society Conference
November 13th-15th
at The Magnolia Hotel in Dallas, Texas

Travel Information:
Two airports service Dallas, DFW International Airport and Love Field.  Love Field is closer to downtown Dallas, the location of the conference, and is smaller and easier to get around.  DFW is the larger of the two, and thus can offer more flight options.  The estimated driving time from Love Field to the Magnolia Hotel is fifteen to twenty minutes and from DFW is twenty five to thirty minutes in normal traffic.  The following link provides driving directions to the hotel from both airports, shuttle and taxi information, and detailed maps.
http://www.magnoliahoteldallas.com/magnolia-dallas-our-hotel-our-history.aspx?menupos=1 

Registering and Joining

Presenters must register for conference and join the Society. All others need only register though membership in the Society is heartily encouraged.

The registration fee for the conference (and Society membership) can be paid at the conference.

Anyone choosing to register or join early can contact the membership director, Randy Auxier, by mail with a check.

The banquet is not part of the registration fee. It is optional, $32, and no advance notice is necessary. Let the organizers know at the registration table if youre coming to the banquet.

Conference Site:
The Magnolia Hotel – 1401 Commerce Street   -    http://www.magnoliahoteldallas.com/dallas.aspx
For reservations call 1-888-915-1110. Mention the Southwestern Philosophical Society for conference room rate of $129.  Reservation due date is listed as October 13th, so prompt action is recommended.
Conference Banquet:
The banquet will be held near the Magnolia Hotel at Fuse.  Conference participants can easily walk to the restaurant.  Fuse serves a Southwestern/Asian cuisine.  There will be vegetarian options on the menu.  The local arrangements chair has eaten at Fuse and can vouch for its excellence.
http://www.fusedallas.com/

Places and Events of Interest near The Magnolia:
The hotel is located in the middle of downtown Dallas, so participants will be in walking distance of several Dallas attractions.  It is possible to either walk or take a taxi to The Dallas Museum of Art, The Nasher Sculpture Center, the new Winspear Opera House, The Farmers Market, The West End, The Sixth Floor Museum (JFK assassination museum), and holiday shopping at Neiman Marcus (a couple of blocks away).
http://www.dm-art.org/index.htm
http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/
http://www.dallasopera.org/the_company/winspear.php
http://www.jfk.org/
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/

Magnolia Hotel Information (Nov. 13, 14, 2009)

Address/Phone/Website

The Magnolia Hotel Dallas
1401 Commerce Street Dallas, Texas 75201
Direct: (214) 253-0076 Fax: (214) 752-0558
http://www.magnoliahoteldallas.com/dallas.aspx

Main Contact for SWPS:

Mai Nguyen, Conference Services Manager
Phone/email: 214-253-0075 or mnguyen@magnoliahotels.com

Reservations Deadline: October 13, 2009
Reservations phone: 1-888-915-1110

NOTE: mention “Southwestern Philosophical Society” for our room rate.

PREVIOUS MEETING: 70TH ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE SOUTHWESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Nov 14-16, 2007

Call for Papers, 2007

Papers on any theme or problem in philosophy are welcome. Presented papers are published in the winter issue of the Societys journal, Southwest Philosophy Review.

The Society gives an annual award of $100 to the best paper accepted for the program written by a graduate student or recent Ph.D. (degree granted within three years of the meeting.) Authors who are eligible for the prize should indicate this on the cover page of their submission.

Papers may not exceed 3000 words in length, submissions should include a word count on the title page. Papers exceeding this length will not be considered.

Papers should not contain any information identify their authors. Authors name, affiliation, email address and phone number should be on a separate page. If submitting electronically, any indentifying informaiton must be on a separtate file. Please include an abstract of the paper (150 words maxium) on a separate page.

You must be a member to present. To join the society, send inquires to:

Randy Auxier
Secretary/Treasurer
Department of Philosophy
Southern Illinios University, Carbondale
Carbondale, Il 62901-4505
E-mail: drauzier@yahoo.com

Deadline: Papers must be received by July 1, 2007. Electronic submissions to swpssubmissions@gmail.com are strongly preferred. They MUST be in Word, or RTF format; papers submitted in any other format cannot be processed. If submitting hard copy, please submit 3 copies of the paper and if possible a copy on disk (IBM compatible.) Please direct any other questions or commnents to robert.talisse@vanderbilt.edu. Those unable to submit electronically should send their papers to the Program Chair:

Robert Talisse
Department of Philosophy
111 Furman Hall
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37240
E-mail: robert.talisse@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615)343-8671