The Metaphysical Society of America
Founded in 1950
Constituent of the American Council of Learned Societies
64th Annual Meeting
Metaphysics and Ethics, East and West
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Conference Program (updated 02-12-13)
Conference Program
Friday April 12
8:15-8:45 a.m. Breakfast
(Moran Lounge, 4th Floor Smith Hall)
8:50-9:00 Welcome by Dean Timothy R. Austin (Rehm Library, 3rd
Floor Smith Hall. This
is the location for all talks.)
9:00-10:00 Session I
Moderator: Anne Wiles (James Madison University)
Speaker: Jude Dougherty (The Catholic University of America)
“Morality
with and without God”
Respondent: Melvin Woody (Connecticut College)
10:10-11:10 Session II
Moderator: Todd Lewis
(College of the Holy Cross)
Speaker: Drew Christie (University of New Hampshire)
“Three
Accounts of No-Self (Anatta)”
Respondent: Gregory Moss (Oglethorpe University)
11:20-12:20 Session III
Moderator: Max Latona (St. Anselm College)
Speaker: James Wood (Xavier University)
“The
Philosopher and the Sage: Plato and Laozi on Following the Way of
Nature”
Respondent: Joe Lawrence (College of the Holy Cross)
12:30-1:50 Lunch (Hogan Campus Center, Room 408-409)
2:00-3:00 Session IV
Moderator: Carolyn Richardson (College of the Holy Cross)
Speaker: Wes DeMarco (Clark University)
“Better
than Ethics? The Way of
Moral Power”
3:10-4:35 Presidential Address
Introduction: Alan White (Williams College)
Speaker: May Sim (College of the Holy Cross)
“From Metaphysics to Ethics, East and West”
4:45-6:10 Keynote Address
Introduction: John Berthrong (Boston University)
Speaker: Robert C. Neville (Boston University)
“The Good is One, its Manifestations are Many: Comparative Themes
for a Contemporary Metaphysics of Value”
6:15-6:30 Founder’s Medal Award
6:35-7:50 Banquet (Mentalism by award-winning magician, Hogan Campus Center,
Room 408-409)
8:00-9:45 J. S. Bach and Evening Ragas Concert (Brooks Concert Hall)
Saturday April 13
8:15-8:55 a.m. Breakfast
(Moran Lounge, 4th Floor Smith Hall)
9:00-10:00 Session V
Moderator: Wes DeMarco (Clark University)
Speaker: Matt Walker (Yale-NUS College)
“‘Platonic
Fantasy’ or Platonic Insight?: Contemplating Beauty and Generating
Virtue in the Symposium”
Respondent: Chris Dustin (College of the Holy Cross)
10:10-11:10 Session VI
Moderator: Thornton Lockwood (Quinnipiac University)
Speaker: Jonathan Sanford (Franciscan
University of Steubenville)
“Aristotle
and the Privation Theory of Evil”
Respondent: Emily Katz (Michigan State University)
11:20-12:20 Session VII
Moderator: Nathan Strunk (McGill University)
Speaker: Richard Dien Winfield (University of Georgia)
“Truth,
the Good, and the Unity of Theory and Practice”
Respondent: Andrea Borghini (College of the Holy Cross)
12:30-1:50 Lunch (Hogan Campus Center, Jenks Suite A)
2:00-3:00 Session VIII
Moderator:
Andrea Borghini (College of the Holy Cross)
Speaker: Bob Kane (The University of Texas at Austin)
“Ethics
and the Metaphysical Quest for Wisdom in a Culturally Pluralist
World”
Respondent: Karsten Stueber (College of the Holy Cross)
3:10-4:10 Session IX
Moderator: Brian G. Henning (Gonzaga University)
Speaker: George Allan (Dickinson College)
Respondent: John Berthrong (Boston University)
4:20-5:20 Session X
Moderator: Suzanne Ironbiter (Purchase College and Hunter
College/CUNY)
Speaker: Brian Martine (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
“Being,
Becoming, and the Good”
Respondent: Larry Cahoone (College of the Holy Cross)
5:30-6:30 Session XI
Moderator: Sarah Glenn (St. Anselm College)
Speaker: David Weissman (City College of New York)
6:35-7:05 Business Meeting
Sunday April 14
8:15-8:55 a.m. Breakfast
(Moran Lounge, 4th Floor Smith Hall)
9:00-12:00 Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Session:
Metaphysical implications and
Ethical Philosophy: Pragmatism and Asia
Moderator: Marjorie C. Miller (Purchase College)
Speaker: Robert C. Neville (Boston University)
“Developing Pragmatic Metaphysics as a Confucian Ethical Project”
Speaker: Suzanne Ironbiter (Purchase College and Hunter
College/CUNY)
Speaker: David Sprintzen (C.W. Post College, LIU)
“Emerging Freedom” ("A Ripple in a Field")
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