Looking at the program for the upcoming meeting of the Central APA I noticed the names of a number of Prosblogion contributors, commenters, and readers. I know those on the program need no further excuse to be in Chicago in February, but the rest of you might be interested in coming for some of the talks listed below the fold.
Thursday 19th
GI-9 Society for the Study of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy
9:00am-Noon
Speakers: Marie Friquegnon (William Paterson University)
"Santaraksita and Rongzompa: Enlightenment, Appearances and Sensation"
Douglas Duckworth (Florida State University)
"Substance and Quality: Contours of Buddhist 'Absolute'"
Toy Tung (John Jay College-CUNY)
"Further Considerations: Longchenpa and Cittamatra"
Philip Richman (Independent Scholar)
"Revaluation of the Concept of Karma for Buddhism in the West"
Philippe Turenne (McGill University)
"Philosophy as Hermeneutics: Tibetan Interpretations of Five Treatises of Maitreya"
Owen Flanagan (Duke University)
"Buddhism and Consequentialism: Reflections of Charles Goodman's Rendering of Buddhist Ethics"
GII-2 Society of Christian Philosophers
5:15-7:15pm
Chair: Michael Murray (Franklin and Marshall College)
Speaker: Alvin Plantinga (University of Notre Dame)
"Naturalism, Theism, Morality, and Supervenience"
Commentator: David A. Merli (Franklin and Marshall College)
Everyone is cordially invited to the reception which follows this session.
Friday 20th
II-K Colloquium: Philosophy of Religion
9:00-10:00am
Chair: Michael Rea (University of Notre Dame)
Speaker: Michael J. Almeida (University of Texas-San Antonio)
"Sider, Hell, and Supervaluation"
Commentator: Gerhard Nuffer (Reed College)
10:00-11:00am
Chair: Daniel S. Breyer (Illinois State University)
Speaker: Jonathan Scott Miller (Bowling Green State University)
"The Relation between Anatta and the Atman of the Upanishads: A Reply to Miri Albahari's Advaita Vedantist Interpretation of Buddhist Doctrine of Anatta"
Commentator: Joy E. Laine (Macalester College)
11:00am-Noon
Chair: Patrick Kain (Purdue University)
Speaker: R. Zachary Manis (Southwest Baptist University)
"A Molinist Solution to the Problem of Divine Freedom"
Commentator: Wesley Morriston (University of Colorado-Boulder)
GIV-12 Philosophy of Religion Group: Patristic Conceptions of the Trinity
7:00-10:00pm
Chair: Michael Rea (University of Notre Dame)
Speaker: Richard Cross (University of Notre Dame)
Lewis Ayres (Emory University)
J. T. Paasch (Oxford University)
Saturday 21st
V-D Invited Session: Are Science and Religion Compatible?
2:30-4:00pm
Chair: William Ramsey (University of Nevada-Las Vegas)
Speaker: Alvin Plantinga (University of Notre Dame)
"Religion and Science: Where the Real Conflict Lies"
Commentator: Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University)
Would someone PLEASE record Plantinga's talks? Especially the one with Dennett commenting. I think that will be an exchange worth remembering.
Anon,
I know the APA central has video taped various sessions in the past. You might want to contact them to urge that they tape this one.
Matt,
Where is the APA central program? I could not find it on the APA site.
The program isn't online yet. I got my program in the mail a couple of days ago.
Thanks, just got mine today!
The program is now available online at http://www.apaonline.org/divisions/central/V82_3.aspx
Maybe everyone knows this already, but there were complaints (at various blogs) about there not being any room assignments on the Eastern program. That's no mistake. You have to register in order to get the room assignments. The same is true at the Central. It's not poor planning, I'm sure; it's to get more APA members to pay the required (but often ignored) registration fee before going to papers!
Given the way the APA staff were policing the Central last year, I'd be surprised if you could get into anything with out a badge this year. Last year I showed up to chair my session and was forced to go register before they'd even let me down the hall to get to my room assignment.
I and some seminary friends would be very interested in the Plantinga-Dennett Lecture. Is there a way to go to just that lecture and not register for the whole weekend? I didn't see any of that info on the website.