56th Northwest Philosophy Conference
Bellevue Community College
Bellevue, WA
October 8-9, 2004
Organizer: W. Russ Payne
Program
Friday, October 8th, 2004
Registration 1:00 pm - 2:00pm
C120 Continental Room
Session 1 2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
1a. R201: Philosophical Analysis and Analytical Pedagogy
1b. R202: The Problem of Evil and the Alleged Incoherence of Theism
Meggan Payne, University of Miami, and Keith Sims,
Western Michigan University
Commentator: Paul Pardi, philosophynews.com
Chair: A. Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
1c. R301: Reid’s Theory of Language
David Alexander, Baylor University
Commentator: Brian Glenney, University of Southern California
Chair: Dylan Dodd, University of California, Santa Barbara
1d. R302: A Virtue Ethical Approach to Analyzing Environmental Problems
Matt Drouhard, Whitman College
Commentator: John Jenson, University of Idaho
Chair: Ewan Magie, Bellevue Community College
Plenary Session 3:00 pm – 4:50 pm
N201: Philosophical Analysis (handout)
Jeff King, University of Southern California
Session 2 5:00 pm – 5:50 pm
2a. R101: Can the Zombie Thought Experiment Support Physicalism
Kathryn Kanuck Lammens, University of Florida
Commentator: Noa Latham, University of Calgary
Chair: Uriah Kriegel, University of Arizona
2b. R201: A Dilemma for a Picture of Motion
James Blackmon, University of California, Davis
Commentator: Hud Hudson, Western Washington University
Chair Renee Conroy, University of Washington
2c. R202: Divine Eternality, Creation, and Occasionalism
R. Zachary Manis, Baylor University
Commentator: Paul Herrick, Shoreline Community College
Chair: A. Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
2d. R301: How many Seattleites must like rain before "Seattleites like rain"? Analyzing collective ascription
Todd Jones, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Commentator: Michael O’Rourke, University of Idaho
Chair: David Boersema, Pacific University
Bill Rottschaefer, Lewis & Clark College
Commentator: Patrick McDonald, Seattle Pacific University
Chair: Mark Storey, Bellevue Community College
Session 3 6:00 pm – 6:50 pm
3a R101: Coherence, Consistency and Cohesion: Clade Selection in Okasha and Beyond
Matt Haber, University of California, Davis
Commentator: Christopher Pearson, University of Washington
Chair: Bill Rottschaefer, Lewis & Clark College
3b. R201: Domination and Resistance in Nietzche’s Theory of Pleasure
Donovan Miyasaki, University of Toronto
Commentator: Andrew Jeffery, Bellevue Community College
3c. R202: Non-Legal Worlds in Counterfactual Analysis
Charles M. Hermes, Florida State University
Commentator: Eric Swanson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chair: A. Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
3d. R301: From Spinoza’s Substance to Hegel’s Subject
J. M. Fritzman and Brianne Riley, Lewis and Clark
Commentator: Mary Katrina Krizan, University of Colorado, Boulder
Chair: Patrick McDonald, Seattle Pacific University
3e. R303: Hume and the Afterlife
Charles Wallis, California State University, Long Beach
Commentator: R. Zachary Manis, Baylor University
Chair: Mark Storey, Bellevue Community College
Banquet 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Silver Cloud Hotel (registration required)
Saturday October 9th, 2004
Session 4 9:00 am – 9:50 am
4a. R101: The Problem of The Socratic Elenchus
Alejandro Santana, University of Portland
Commentator: Steve Duncan, Bellevue Community College
Chair: Mary Katrina Krizan, University of Colorado, Boulder
4b. R201: The Phenomenon of Evidence
David Boersema, Pacific University
Commentator: Robert Deltete, Seattle University
Chair: A. Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
4c. R202: Self-Centeredness: A study in problems of ethical perception
Colin Heydt, Boston College
Commentator: Gerda Wever-Rabehl, Simon Fraser University
Chair: Sarah McGrath, College of the Holy Cross
4d. R301: Epistemological Analysis of Historical Subjects: The Implications of Empirical Study for Epistemic Theories
Kaylene Nielsen, University of Idaho
Commentator: David Ohreen, University of Lethbridge
4e. R302: Nature, Culture, and Natural Heritage
Thomas Heyd, University of Victoria
Commentator: Flo Leibowitz, Oregon State University
Chair: Mark Storey, Bellevue Community College
Session 5 10:00 am – 10:50 am
5a. R101: Procedural vs. Substantive Theories of Autonomy: Reinterpreting the Connection between Good Values and Autonomy
Timothy Kolke, Simon Fraser University
Commentator: Sara Goering, University of Washington
Chair: Sarah McGrath, College of the Holy Cross
5b. R201: Does Size Matter? A Response to Etchemendy's Finitist Argument
Phil Corkum, University of California, Los Angeles
Commentator: Meggan Payne, University of Miami
Chair: C. D. Herrera, Montclair State University
5c. R202: Natural sentiments: from Adam Smith to environmental virtue ethics
Patrick Frierson, Whitman College
Commentator: Paulette Kidder, Seattle University
Chair: Gregory Roth, Spokane Community Colleges
5d. R301: Analysis of Causal Processes
M. Gregory Oakes, Seattle University
Commentator: Judy Cross, California Polytechnic State University
Chair: A. Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
5e. R302: Frege’s Puzzle and the Presuppositions of Proper Names
Eric Swanson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Commentator: Devon Belcher, University of Colorado, Boulder
Chair: Jeff King, University of Southern California
Session 6 11:00 am – 11:50 am
6a. R101: Curing Cyborg Craving: Buddhism and Cognitive Technologies
David DeMoss, Pacific University
Commentator: Charles Wallis, California State University, Long Beach
Chair: Mark Storey, Bellevue Community College
6b. R201: The Problem with Principles: Towards an Alternative Conception of Mature Moral Agency
Jennifer Wright, University of Wyoming
Commentator: Sarah McGrath, College of the Holy Cross
Chair: A. Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
6c. R202: Another Problem for Indeterminate Identity
Dylan Dodd, University of California, Santa Barbara
Commentator: Marla Mynell, Simon Fraser University
Chair: Mary Katrina Krizan, University of Colorado, Boulder
6d. R301: Making Distinctions and Thinking Philosophically
C. D. Herrera, Montclair State University
Commentator: Alejandro Santana, University of Portland
Chair: Michael O'Rourke, University of Idaho
6e. R302: A Partial Defense of Religious “Cafeteria” Pluralism
Andrew Jeffery, Bellevue Community College
Commentator: Bill Rottschaefer, Lewis & Clark College
Chair: Steve Duncan, Bellevue Community College
Session 7 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm
7a. R101: The Analysis of Courage
Uriah Kriegel, University of Arizona
Commentator: Bill Talbott, University of Washington
Chair: Steve Duncan, Bellevue Community College
7b. R201: Physical Properties: from the Microphysical to the Physical
Noa Latham, University of Calgary
Commentator: M. Gregory Oakes, Seattle University
Chair: Kathryn Kanuck Lammens, University of Florida
7c. R202: Appreciative Description and Reviews of Works of Art
Flo Leibowitz, Oregon State University
Commentator: Renee Conroy, University of Washington
Chair: Thomas Heyd, University of Victoria
7d. R301: Definitely Definite Higher Order Paradox?
Mary Katrina Krizan, University of Colorado, Boulder
Commentator: Geoff Georgi, University of Southern California
Chair: A. Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
7e. R302: Mmm. . . Pudding!
Michael O’Rourke, University of Idaho
Commentator: Paul Hovda, Reed College
Chair: Phil Corkum, University of California, Los Angeles
Lunch 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
BCC Cafeteria (registration required)
Plenary Session 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm
N201: Analysis and Reduction
Michael Jubien, University of Florida
Session 8 4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
8a. R101: From Aristotle to Classicality to Paraconsistency: A History of Avoiding Explosions
Marla Meynell, Simon Fraser University
Commentator: Mary Katrina Krizan, University of Colorado, Boulder
Chair: Phil Corkum, University of California, Los Angeles
8b. R201: Self-Ascriptions as Self-expressions: An Explanation of First-Person Authority?
Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
Commentator: David Alexander, University of Washington
Chair: Renee Conroy, University of Washington
8c. R301: A Puzzle About Epistemic Standards
Richard Greene, Weber State University
Commentator: G. J. Mattey, University of California, Davis
Chair: Catherine P. Roth, Spokane Community College
8d. R302: Moral Factuality and Moral Knowledge
Ron Wilburn, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Commentator: Robert Epperson, Western Washington University
Chair: Michael O'Rourke, University of Idaho
Session 9 5:00 pm – 5:50 pm
9a. R101: Analyzing Wrongness as “Sanctionworthiness”
Todd Bernard Weber, Monterey Peninsula College
Commentator: Jeremy Fischer, University of Washington
Chair: Sarah McGrath, College of the Holy Cross
9b. R201: Why Folk Psychology is Not Universal
David Ohreen, University of Lethbridge
Commentator: Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
Chair: Kelly O'Connell, University of Washington
9c. R 301: Some Things about Stuff
Shieva Kleinschmidt, Western Washington University
Commentator: Jim Blackmon, University of California, Davis
Chair: Matt Haber, University of California, Davis
9d. R302: Can Political Liberalism Deliver Equality in the Social-Bases of Self-Respect?
Gerald Doppelt, University of California, San Diego
Commentator: Kenneth Himma, University of Washington
Chair: Mark Storey, Bellevue Community College
9e. R303: Faith as Virtue in Practical Reason
Phil Smith, George Fox University
Co-Commentators: Jennifer Wright, University of Wyoming
and John Bengson, University of Wyoming
Chair: Dylan Dodd, University of California, Santa Barbara