Annual Georgia Student Philosophy Symposium - April 10, 2010

Keynote speaker: Professor David Schmidtz Department of Philosophy,
University of Arizona

Undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines encouraged to
submit their work on any philosophical topic.

Scope: Original papers on any philosophical topic from graduate and
undergraduate students are welcome. The conference format will be
symposium-style: each session will include presentation/reading,
commentary, and brief Q&A/discussion period. Undergraduate and
graduate
authors will be selected for presentation. All accepted submissions
will available online in the Proceedings of the Georgia Student
Philosophy Symposium.

Prizes: One prize valued at $100 will be awarded to the most
outstanding paper by a graduate student. Another prize valued at $100
will be awarded to the most outstanding paper by an undergraduate
student. Prizes may take the form of books of the winner's choice.
Winners will be selected on the basis of philosophical content/
insight, clarity of written expression, and general appeal to a
student audience.


Submission Requirements: Papers must be prepared for blind review
(i.e., no author-identifying information or notes in the body of the
paper, only on the cover page). Reading length of paper should not
exceed twenty-five minutes (approx 3750 words). When submitting,
please include the following in the body of the email:

1. Author's name
2. Paper/presentation title
3. Brief abstract (~100 words describing topic discussed in paper)
4. Academic status (undergraduate/graduate), major, university
affiliation
5. Regularly checked email address

Submissions that fail to include all of the above will not be
accepted. No more than one submission per author will be considered.
Authors should email their submission as a Word or PDF attachment to
Shane Callahan at scallahan2@student.gsu.edu

Deadline: Papers must be received no later than January 20, 2010.
Notification of acceptance will be emailed by February 21, 2010.

For any questions (including queries from students traveling from
outside the area who may need overnight accommodations) - contact
Shane Callahan at scallahan2@student.gsu.edu

Sponsored by the Zeta Chapter (Georgia) of Phi Sigma Tau, and the
Center for Ethics, Student Forum Georgia State University


Posted by Andrew I. Cohen, Department of Philosophy, Georgia State
University - aicohen@gsu.edu

The Third Annual Southeast Philosophy Congress invites submissions from undergraduate and graduate students in any area of philosophy. The Congress, hosted by Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia, runs February 12-13, 2010, with keynote speaker George Rainbolt from Georgia State University. Presented papers will be published in online and print proceedings.

Talks run 20 minutes, followed by a 10 minute question/answer period. Please email papers, accompanied by a brief abstract, to Dr. Todd Janke:ToddJanke@Clayton.edu. Submission deadline is January 31, 2010. To allow time to plan travel, speakers will be notified immediately upon acceptance and selection will close when all slots are filled. The registration fee of $45.00 includes lunch both days and a print copy of the proceedings.

CALL FOR PAPERS
for the upcoming meeting of the
GEORGIA
PHILOSOPHICAL
SOCIETY
at
Georgia Perimeter College
Dunwoody Campus
Saturday,
November 14, 2009
Twenty minute reading time limit
Blind review
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
October 30, 2009
Graduate student submissions welcome
Send Papers to
Raymond Woller: rwoller@uga.edu

Georgia State

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2009-2010 Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series

Visitors to the Department 2002-2009

	Knowledge, Politics, and Commercialization: Science under the Pressure of Practice Martin Carrier (Universität Bielefeld) Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Philosophy Department Conference Room directions
	What Does It Mean When Scientists Say "Free Will Is an Illusion?" Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State University) Date: Friday, October 16, 2009 Time: 3:30 pm Location: Philosophy Department Conference Room directions
	TBA Christie Hartley (Georgia State University) Date: Friday, January 29, 2010 Time: 3:30 pm Location: Philosophy Department Conference Room directions
	TBA Rüdiger Bittner (Universität Bielefeld) Date: Friday, Feburary 26, 2010 Time: 3:30 pm Location: Philosophy Department Conference Room directions
	TBA Cora Diamond (University of Virginia) Date: Friday, March 19, 2010 Time: 3:30 pm Location: Philosophy Department Conference Room directions
	The Unity of Virtue Elizabeth Kiss (Agnes Scott College) Date: Friday, March 26, 2010 Time: 3:30 pm Location: Philosophy Department Conference Room directions

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Department Colloquia 2009-2010 10 September "Is My Mind Mine? Neuroethics and the 'Mind-Reading' Paradox," Paul Wolpe, Associate Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building 17 September “A Narrative Interpretation of Action,” Laszlo Tengelyi, Professor of Philosophy, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 4:15 p.m., C280 Psychology Building Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy 1 October "Political Animals," Geoffrey Bennington, Chair of Comparative Literature, and Asa G. Candler Professor of Modern French Thought, Emory University, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building 15 October "Kant and Hegel," Beatrice Longuenesse, Professor of Philosophy, New York University, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy 22 October "Americanism/Anti-Americanism and Afro-Caribbean Identity," Gertrude Gonzalez de Allen, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Spelman College, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building 5 November “At the Crossroads of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Thoughts on the Ethical Sublime,” Vanessa Parks Rumble, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Boston College, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building Williams Edwards Undergraduate Lecture 12 November “French Nietzscheanism and the Emergence of Poststructuralism,” Alan Schrift, Chair and F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy, Grinnell College, 4:15 p.m., C280 Psychology Building Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy 11 February "Montaigne and the Origins of Modern Philosophy," Ann Hartle, Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, 4:15 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy 18 February On Aristotle (title TBA), Ronna Burger, Chair and Professor of Philosophy, Tulane University, 4:15 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy 18 March On Pragmatism (title TBA), Eddie S. Glaude Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Princeton University, 4:15 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy 1 April TBA 8 April TBA 15 April TBA

I am pleased to report that Professor John Greco (http://www.slu.edu/x25195.xml

), Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Chair in Philosophy at Saint Louis University, will deliver the Keynote Address at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Philosophical Association on November 6, 2009 in Furman Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University. Professor Greco's topic is "How to Think about Testimonial Knowledge."

I would also remind you that the deadline for submitting conference papers rapidly approaches. It's October 9, 2009. (For details, surf to http://www.tpaweb.org/callforpapers.html).

I look forward to seeing you all in Nashville.

Charles

Charles E. Cardwell, PhD
Secretary: Tennessee Philosophical Association (www.TPAWeb.org)
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator: Philosophy
Pellissippi State Community College
POB 22990, Knoxville, TN 37933-0990
(865) 539-7052
cecardwell@pstcc.edu cecardwell@pstcc.edu>

Agnes Scott College Ethics Program Lecture Series

Topic for 2009-2010: Extraterrestrial Ethics

Lara Denis, Director ldenis@agnesscott.edu x5364

This is a four-part series, inspired by the International Year of Astronomy and Project Galileo.

Fall Semester:

I

Title: “Values and Ethics in Space” -- Agnes Scott College McNair Ethics Lecture

Speaker: Holmes Rolston III (Philosopher -- Colorado State University)

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Rebekah Hall, Woltz Room

How earthbound are values and ethics? Values are pervasive on a wonderland Earth, but is there anything of value in space? Out there are only whirls of flaming gas, raw energy, rotating and revolving chunks of brute matter. But non-Earth places are not without intrinsic value. Only arrogant Earthlings will disvalue the creative projective nature out of which they have come. We live in an inventive universe. Astronauts ought to respect the new worlds they visit. Can we expect to share some of our science and ethics with extra-terrestrials? Perhaps in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, the question to ask is not about the value of pi, or the atomic number of carbon. A more revealing test might be to ask whether one should tell the truth, keep promises, or be just. The Golden Rule may be as universally true as is the theory of relativity.

Holmes Rolston III is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University. His publications include Genes, Genesis and God; Science and Religion: A Critical Survey; Philosophy Gone Wild; Environmental Ethics; and Conserving Natural Value. He has edited Biology, Ethics, and the Origins of Life. His articles have appeared in a wide range of journals, including Ethics, Inquiry, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Theology Today, Natural History, Conservation Biology, Yale Journal of International Law, and Christianity Today. Professor Rolston was awarded the Templeton Prize in Religion in 2003. Other awards include the Mendel Medal, bestowed on him by Villanova University in 2005.

This event is co-sponsored by the Agnes Scott Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta of Georgia, through its McNair Lecture Fund.

II

Title: “Space Exploration and Environmental Sustainability on Earth”

Speaker: William K. Hartmann (Scientist, Author, Artist -- Planetary Science Institute)

Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Evans Hall, Rooms ABC

Recent exploration of the inner solar system has revealed information on our nearby cosmic environment, including asteroids of many compositions, and the essentially endless supply of solar energy in space. Dr. Hartmann will describe how these results offer opportunities for humans to begin to allow the Earth itself to “relax” back toward its more natural state. Artwork offers a good tool for illustrating and exploring these opportunities; with that in mind, Dr. Hartmann will include images from of his own paintings as part of his presentation.

Dr. William K. Hartmann is a scientist, writer, and painter affiliated with the Planetary Science Institute. His research involves origin and evolution of planets and planetary surfaces, and the small bodies of the solar system. His current research focuses on the new data from Mars as part of his work with the Mars Global Surveyor’s imaging team (NASA). He has authored text books; popular illustrated, non-fiction books; and works of fiction; as well as many technical papers. His paintings have appeared in numerous publications and international exhibitions; he has twice had paintings commissioned by the NASA Fine Arts Program. Dr. Hartmann is the recipient of a G.K. Gilbert Award from the Geological Society of America for outstanding contributions to the solution of fundamental problems in planetary geology (2004). He has been elected as a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002). And he was the first recipient of the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society for popular writing and astronomical paintings (1998).He holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy and a M.S. in Geology, both from the University of Arizona, and a B.S. in Physics from Pennsylvania State University.

Spring Semester:

III

Title: “The Ethics of Exploration: Planetary Astronomy”

Speaker: Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ (Astronomer -- the Vatican)

Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Time: 7:30, p.m.

Location: Evans Hall, Rooms ABC

Astronomy is a remote and passive field; how can we worry about doing the wrong thing, when we basically aren’t doing anything at all except observing far distant objects? Yet a number of ethical issues arise in the field of planetary sciences ranging from the way we do our work to the broader question of the nature of exploration itself. Is the study of astronomy a valid use of scarce resources, or does it make inappropriate demands on our money, our human talent, and scarce environmental settings like clear, dark mountaintops which may impinge on other human values, such as the rights of indigenous religions, and the desire for personal security and economic well-being? Are we humans “contaminating” space with our presence? Under what conditions is it ethical to “terraform” a planet -- can we be sure that no life would ever arise on another planet in some future date if we did not terraform there? Do we have a responsibility to non-intelligent indigenous life -- say, Martian bacteria -- or to the potentiality of future life that does not yet exist? What assumptions does our activity as explorers make concerning the natural or “supernatural” status of humans in the universe? Every scientific action has a moral dimension that cannot be ignored; but that also includes the decision not to proceed with a scientific action. How do we make these choices?

Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ is an American research astronomer and planetary scientist at the Vatican Observatory. He also curates of the Vatican Meteorite collection. His research focuses on the connections between meteorites and asteroids, and the origin and evolution of small bodies in the solar system. In addition to over 40 refereed scientific papers, he has co-authored several books on astronomy for the popular market. Among these are: Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist (2000), God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion (2007), and The Heavens Proclaim: Astronomy and the Vatican (2009). During 1996, he took part in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites, ANSMET, where he discovered a number of meteorites on the ice fields of Antarctica.

Brother Guy received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his doctorate from the University of Arizona. All of his academic degrees planetary science, though he has also studied philosophy and theology. Before entering the Jesuit order in 1989, he held several academic positions, including a postdoctoral research post at the Harvard College Observatory. He also spent two years in the US Peace Corps, teaching astronomy and physics in Kenya.

This event is co-sponsored by the Agnes Scott College Observatory.

IV

Title: “Extraterrestrial Searches and Planetary Protection”

Speaker: Margaret Race (Astrobiologist -- SETI Institute)

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Evans Hall, Rooms ABC

Dr. Race will discuss the status of science investigations in astrobiology (especially on Mars), the policy and legal issues involved in mission planning, and the societal (and ethical) issues that arise along the way. Among these issues she may consider is that of microbial contamination: both of and by astronauts carrying out interplanetary explorations and the vehicles transporting them. What are the dangers of such contamination for affected human beings, or for our own or other planets’ environments? What steps can and we and ought we to make sure that our missions do not transfer microbes from Mars to Earth, or the other way around?

Dr. Race is a biologist, with a focus on astrobiology and searches for microbial extraterrestrial life. She is a marine ecologist by training, with a PhD, from University of California, Berkeley. Her overall interests are in environmental impact analyses, invasive species, implications of new technologies (including synthetic biology and nanotech), science policy, and science communication via the mass media. She has worked on other topics at the intersection of science, technology, and policy, such as bioterrorism, quarantine and public preparedness; global warming and planetary sustainability, and planetary defense—i.e., protecting Earth from hazardous asteroids. Dr. Race is affiliated with the SETI Institute.

The North Carolina Philosophical Society announces its call for papers for the Biennial Joint Meeting with the South Carolina Society for Philosophy on February 26 & 27, 2010 at Queens University of Charlotte. MAP (4 hours from ATL)

The keynote speaker will be Michael Dickson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and editor of the journal Philosophy of Science.

Papers in any area of philosophy designed for a presentation time of about 20-30 minutes are welcome. Further details including submission instructions can be found at the new NCPS website at: http://www.northcarolinaphilosophicalsociety.org/

Undergraduate submissions are again strongly encouraged, and there will be a $250 prize for the best NCPS paper submitted by an untenuured faculty member, a $150 prize for the best NCPS graduate student paper, and a $100 prize for the best NCPS undergraduate prize.

NORTH CAROLINA PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Biennial Joint Meeting with the South Carolina Society for Philosophy

February 26 & 27, 2010

Queens University of Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

CALL FOR PAPERS

Keynote Speaker - Michael Dickson

University of South Carolina

Submitted Papers

Papers on any philosophical topic are welcome. Papers should be designed for a presentation time of about 20-30 minutes. Submitted papers must be postmarked or sent electronically no later than Monday, January 11, 2010.

Send one copy of your submission in a format suitable for blind review to Christian Miller at either:

millerc@wfu.edu (preferred) or Christian Miller, P.O. Box 7332, Department of Philosophy, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

In a cover letter or in the body of your email, please indicate your name, email address, phone number, and institutional affiliation (if any). If you wish your paper to be considered for a prize (see below), you should submit two copies (in the case of postal submissions) and indicate in your cover letter or email whether you are an untenured faculty member, graduate student, or undergraduate.

Panels and Workshops

Panel and workshop proposals on any topic in philosophy, including its pedagogy, are welcome. Proposals should specify issues to be discussed, format (including time to be allotted), and names of presenters, and should include brief abstracts of presentations.

Undergraduate Papers

A sufficient number of undergraduate submissions will allow for a session devoted to papers by undergraduates. Undergraduate submissions should be clearly labeled as such.

Prizes

There will be a $250 prize for the best NCPS paper submitted by an untenured faculty member, a $150 prize for the best NCPS graduate student paper, and a $100 prize for the best NCPS undergraduate paper. Awarding of prizes is contingent on an adequate numbers of submissions.

Website

Information about the North Carolina Philosophical Society and periodic updates about the conference can be found at our new website at http://www.northcarolinaphilosophicalsociety.org/. Information about the South Carolina