74th Annual Virginia Philosophical Association Conference

74th Annual VPA Conference Program

October 18-19, 2013

George Mason University Fairfax, VA: Johnson Center, Room D

Hotel Information - VPA Website    

Friday October 18, 2013  

2:15                      Registration  

2:45-3:40            Expressing as Showing What’s (Not) Within: A  Response to Mitch Green’s Self-Expression                                   

Trip Glazer (Georgetown)                                    

Commenter: Daniel Moseley (University of North Carolina)  

3:45-4:40            Socratic Intellectualism Revisited                                    

John Mahlan (University of Virginia)                                    

Commenter: Rose Cherubin (George Mason University)  

4:40-5:05             Break  

5:05-6:00            How Not to Argue Against Feeling-Centered Theories of Emotion      

Jake Earl (Georgetown)                                    

Commenter: Paul Davies (William and Mary)  

6:05-7:00            Behavioral Vs. Neoclassical Economics                                    

Erik Angner (George Mason University)                                    

Commenter: TBA  

7:15                        Banquet  

8:15-10:00            Keynote Address 

Jonathan Edwards’ Argument about Persistence                                    

Antonia LoLordo, University of Virginia  

Saturday October 19, 2013  

9:00                       Registration  

9:30-10:25            The Self Shows Up in Experience                                    

Matt Duncan (University of Virginia)                                    

Commenter: Adam Tiller (University of Virginia)  

10:30-11:25           Aristotle on Heroic Virtue                                    

Douglass Reed (University of Virginia)                                    

Commenter: Patrick Goodin (Howard University)  

11:25-11:40            Break  

11:40-12:55            Invited Lecture                                    

Utilitarianism andRespect for Sentients                                    

Eugene Mills (Virginia Commonwealth University)

1:00-1:15             Business Meeting - Including the ever-popular Resolution of Gratitude and elections of officers