Schedule of Presentations:
Keynote Address
Elaine E. Englehardt, Utah Valley University
“Thomas Reid on Moral Systems and Practical Ethics and Professional Ethics”
2:00p.m. – 2:45p.m., Room 321
ELAINE E. ENGLEHARDT is Special Assistant to the President and a Distinguished Professor of Ethics and a Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University (UVU). As a professor of Philosophy she teaches courses such as Ethics and Values, Business Ethics, Communication Ethics, Political Philosophy, Bioethics, and Legal Ethics. For over two decades she has been a broadcast Philosophy Professor for Utah’s education channel 9. She is the author of seven books and has contracts on three upcoming books. She has presented hundreds of scholarly papers and published scholarly articles.
Breakout Sessions
Room 321
3:00 – 3:45 Mark Olsen, Utah Valley University, Weber State University, and Westminster College, “Emotions, Felt States and Value Judgments”
4:00 – 4:45 Travis Anderson, BYU, “Reconsidering the Knight of Faith: How Hagar and Ishmael Complicate Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling”
5:00 – 5:45 Michael Arts, BYU, “The Worst Argument in the World”
Room 305
3:00 – 3:45 Gordy Mower, BYU, Weber State University, “Montaigne’s Skepticism of History”
4:00 – 4:45 J. Alden Stout, Utah Valley University, “Autonomy, Property Rights and the Minimal State: A Problem for Nozick's Entitlement Theory”
5:00 – 5:45 Ryan Christensen, BYU, “A Fictionalist Semantics of Vagueness”
Room 312
3:00 – 3:45 Darin Gates, BYU, “Autonomy, Self-Interest, and Moral Obligation in Kantian Moral Philosophy”
4:00 – 4:45 Rachael Boch, BYU, “A Defense of the Given”
5:00 – 5:45 Chris Weigel, Utah Valley University, “Is Determinism Compatible with Free Will?: A New Perspective on an Old Question”
Room 316
3:00 – 3:45 Daniel W. Graham, BYU, “Two Stages of Early Greek Cosmology”
4:00 – 4:45 Richard Greene (paper co-authored by Wade Fox), Weber State University, “Twelve-Bar Zombies: Wittgensteinian Reflections on the Blues”
5:00 – 5:45 Jim Skidmore, Idaho State University, “Conscien-tious Refusal in Medicine: Problems with the Standard Compromise”
Room 331
3:00 – 3:45 David Grandy, BYU, “Leibniz on Space, Time, and Monads”
4:00 – 4:45 William McCurdy, Idaho State University, “The Logical Status of Induction (and Its Non-Deductive Kin): A Peircean Response to Mark Sainsbury”----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of the Governor
This is an unpaid opportunity offering a variety of experiences for young men and women seeking an opportunity to work within the Executive Branch of government.
Duties include:
- Drafting letters and letter production
- Logging documents
- Assisting with set-up of press events
- Special projects and research
- Archiving
- Routine office duties.
Selections will be made by December 16th
Contact: Dr. Leah Murray, lmurray@weber.edu
Political Science, SS Building Room 280
On October 13, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof met with members of the WSU community, including a special meeting with faculty and students of the Political Science and Philosophy department (pictured here in our seminar room). Links to stories on his visit follow.
(Photo courtesy of Kaneez Hassan and The Signpost)
WSU Signpost Article on Mr. Kristof's visit:
http://www.wsusignpost.com/news/nicholas-kristof-shares-with-weber-1.778625
Standard-Examinar columnist Charles Trentelman's piece on Mr. Kristof's visit:
http://www.standard.net/topics/weber-state-university/2009/10/14/pulitzer-prize-winning-author-speaks-weber-state-students