Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium2008-2009 Program Events SITES OF PHILOSOPHY

Aristotle, ethics, and science: A conference and graduate student workshop

This event is supported by the GPPC and Saint Joseph's University.

Saturday, October 4, 2008 - 12:00-5:00 P.M.
Sunday, October 5, 2008 - 11:00-3:00 P.M.
Lapsley Room
Haub Center (5th floor, McShain Hall)
Saint Joseph's University.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

John Cooper, Princeton University
"Aristotle and Philosophy as a Way of Life"
Jean Roberts, University of Washington
"Is Patriotism an Aristotelian Virtue?"
Cass Weller, University of Washington
"Eudaimonia and the Focal Character of the Good"

Refreshments will be served.

For further information contact Andrew Payne at apayne@sju.edu.

New Approaches To The Mind/Body Problem

This event is supported by the GPPC and the Department of Philosophy, Swarthmore College.

Saturday, November 22, 2008
1:00-5:00 P.M.
Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall,
Swarthmore College

SPEAKERS:

Taylor Carman, Barnard College
"Merleau-Ponty and the Effort of Modern Thought"
Mark Johnson, University of Oregon
"The Bodily Origins of Meaning and Thought"

COMMENTATORS:

Gary Hatfield, University of Pennsylvania
Tamsin Lorraine, Swarthmore College

CHAIR AND COORDINATOR:

Richard Eldridge, Swarthmore College

Refreshments and a wine reception.

For further information contact Richard Eldridge at reldrid1@swarthmore.edu.

Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

This event is supported by the GPPC and University of Delaware

Sunday, March 1, 2009
10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.
Trabant Multi-Purpose Room A
University of Delaware

COORDINATOR:

David Silver, University of Delaware, dsilver@udel.edu.

Undergraduates are invited to submit a philosophical essay on any topic, approximately 3,000 words (10 pages, double-spaced) and suitable for a twenty minute presentation. Papers must be prepared for blind review. Electronic submissions should be .doc, .pdf, or .rtf files. If you are interested in being a commentator, whether or not you submit a paper, please contact Professor Silver. Notification of accepted papers will be by January 20, 2009; accepted papers will be published on the web in the Annual Proceedings of the GPPC Undergraduate Philosophy Conference. Cash prizes will be awarded to top papers.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, December 15, 2008, by email attachment to dsilver@udel.edu or in hard copy to Professor Silver, Philosophy Department, University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716.

Information about the conference will be posted at www.udel/Philosophy. For further information contact David Silver at dsilver@udel.edu.

Early Modern Philosophy And Science

This event is supported by the GPPC and Ursinus College

Saturday, April 4, 2009
1:00-5:00 P.M.
Free Library of Philadelphia
19th and Vine, Montgomery Auditorium

SPEAKERS:

Daniel Garber, Princeton University
"Remarks on the Pre-History of the Mechanical Philosophy"
Catherine Wilson, CUNY Graduate Center
"Was Newton a Metaphysician?"

COMMENTATORS:

Karen Detlefson, University of Pennsylvania
Julie Klein, Villanova University

CHAIR:

Han-Kyul Kim, Temple University

COORDINATOR:

Roger Florka, Ursinus College

Refreshments will be served.

For further information contact Roger Florka at rflorka@ursinus.edu, or 610-309-4000

Public Issues Forum: War Crimes And Just War Theory

The event is sponsored by the Board of Governors of the GPPC and Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences, and Drexel University's Earle Mack School of Law.

Saturday, April 25, 2009
1:00-5:00 P.M.
Room 140, Earle Mack Law School
3320 Market Street,
Drexel University, University City Campus.

SPEAKERS:

Larry May, Washington University, Saint Louis
"Collective Responsibility in Warfare"
Robert D. Sloane, Boston University School of Law
"The Cost of Conflation: The Dualism of Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello in the Contemporary Law of War"
Peter Tramel, United States Military Academy at West Point
"Conscientious Objection and Volunteer Military Service"

CHAIR AND COORDINATOR:

M. G. Piety, Drexel University

A reception will immediately follow the conference.
A banquet will be held later in the evening. If you wish to attend the banquet, please contact M. G. Piety at mgpiety@drexel.edu.

Beginning in October there will be a reading group that will meet once per month to discuss Professor May's book War Crimes and Just War (Cambridge University Press, 2007). The group will meet at Drexel's Earle Mack School of Law. Those interested in participating in the reading group should contact M. G. Piety at mgpiety@drexel.edu.

For further information contact M. G. Piety at mgpiety@drexel.edu

Discussion Groups

Ancient Philosophy Discussion Group

Barbelin Hall, Saint Joseph's University

Philosophy of Science Discussion Group

Meets monthly on a Wednesday evening, 7:00 pm, Room 493, Claudia Cohen Hall (formerly Logan Hall), University of Pennsylvania.
Coordinator: Michael Weisberg, University of Pennsylvania, weisberg@phil.upenn.edu,
On the web: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~hatfield/gppcps.html

Philosophy of Religion Discussion Group

Second Wednesday of each month, September to May, 7:30 - 9:30 pm, Greaton Room, Barbelin-Lonergan 116, Saint Joseph's University.
Reading for this year: Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Belknap Press, 2007). For September 10, 2008, read the Introduction and Chapter One.
Coordinator: Joseph Godfrey, jgodfrey@sju.edu.
For further information you can also contact Joanne Devlin, jdevlin@sju.edu.

The Hermeneutics and Semiotics Circle Discussion Group

Coordinator: First Thursday of each month, beginning September 4, 2008, 5060 MacAlister Building
Drexel University, SE corner of 33rd & Chestnut
Stacey Ake at sea29@drexel.edu, or 215-895-6819.

Public Issues Forum Reading Group

Meets monthly, beginning in October, at the Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University.
Reading for this year: Larry May, War Crimes and Just War (Cambridge University Press, 2007). See also the listing for the Public Issues Forum to be held on Saturday, April 25, 2009.
Coordinator: M. G. Piety, Drexel University, mgpiety@drexel.edu.

Officers of the GPPC

Chair: Richard Eldridge, Swarthmore College
Vice Chair: Danielle Macbeth, Haverford College
Secretary: Andrew Payne, Saint Joseph's University
Treasurer: Marc Moreau, La Salle University

GPPC Board of Directors*

Michael Krausz, Bryn Mawr College
Marilyn Piety, Drexel University
Danielle Macbeth, Haverford College
Marc Moreau, La Salle University
David Macauley, Pennsylvania State University
Alan Preti, Rosemont College
Andrew Payne, St Joseph's University
Richard Eldridge, Swarthmore College
Miriam Solomon, Temple University
Rick Kamber, The College of New Jersey
David Silver, University of Delaware
Gary Hatfield, University of Pennsylvania
Roger Florka, Ursinus College
John Carvalho, Villanova University
Frank J. Hoffman, West Chester University

*Home institutions appoint directors and associate directors

GPPC Board of Governors*

Officers:

President: Anthony J. Parrotto
First Vice President: Stephen F. Esser
Second Vice President: Maree Regan
Treasurer: Louis M. Deering
Secretary: Peggy Kane
Officers at Large: Howard Kee and Linda S. Parrotto

Other Members:

Baruch S. Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Georgia Biezup
Ann Bora
Jacques Catudal, Ph.D.
Betsy Z. Cohen
Nadia Cuckler
Jonathan G. Granoff
Ashok Gangadean, Ph.D.
Frederick S. Kaplan, MD
Michael Krausz, Ph.D.
Yun Ja Lassek, Ph.D.
Murray Levin, Esq.
Barry Mac Monegle
E. Neil Moore, D.V.M, Ph.D.,
Joseph Margolis, Ph.D.
Laura Mezrow
Maurie D. Pressman, M.D
Michelle Simon
William H. Simon
Jean Yost

Founders:

Michael Krausz
Joseph Margolis

*The Governors provide valuable support as friends of the GPPC

The GPPC is a cooperative venture of its member schools:
Bryn Mawr College
Drexel University
Haverford College
La Salle University
Pennsylvania State University
Rosemont College
St Joseph's University
Swarthmore College
Temple University
The College of New Jersey
University of Delaware
University of Pennsylvania
Ursinus College
Villanova University
West Chester University

The GPPC operates under the auspices of the Greater Philadelphia Human Studies Council, Dr. Brice Wachterhauser (St. Joseph's University), Chair

For information and correspondence, please contact:
Richard Eldridge, Chair, GPPC
Department of Philosophy
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Phone: 610-328-8428
E-mail: reldrid1@swarthmore.edu
Website: http://www.udel.edu/GPPC

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Richard Eldridge, Chair
Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium
Department of Philosophy
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Bryn Mawr College
Drexel University
Haverford College
La Salle University
Pennsylvania State University
Rosemont College
St Joseph's University
Swarthmore College
Temple University
The College of New Jersey
University of Delaware
University of Pennsylvania
Ursinus College
Villanova University
West Chester University