1 Illinois Philosophical Association Annual Conference November 9-10, 2007 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville All paper sessions will be held in the Redbud/Oak Room, Morris University Center, rd Floor Friday, November 9th 8:00 Registration opens 8:30 Justification-Affording Arguments and Corresponding Conditionals: A Response to Cling Author: Todd Stewart, Illinois State University Commentator: Teresa Britton, Eastern Illinois University Chair: TBA 9:30 Persson’s Dilemma: Rationality or Satisfaction? Author: James Hudson, Northern Illinois University Commentator: Jonelle DePetro, Eastern Illinois University Chair: TBA 10:30 Evidential Problem of Evil: Denying Dynamic Closure Author: Jeff Snapper, Northern Illinois University Comments: Bob Seltzer, Western Illinois University Chair: TBA 11:30 Lunch at local restaurants 1:00 Kant’s Non-Absolutist Conception of Political Legitimacy: How Public Right ‘Concludes’ Private Right in “The Doctrine of Right” Author: Helga Varden, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Comments: Zach Hoskins, Washington University in St Louis Chair: TBA 2:00 The Ambiguity of Consciousness in Locke’s Theory of Personal Identity Author: Shelley Weinberg, University of Toronto Comments: Emily Crookston, Washington University in St Louis Chair: TBA 3:00 The Presence of Rule-Following in Language Use: A Response to Wittgenstein Author: Kaplan Hasanoglu, University of Iowa Comments: Harry Deutsch, Illinois State University Chair: TBA 4:00 Internalism and the Primacy of the Subject’s Perspective Author: Blake Roeber, Northern Illinois University Comments: William Larkin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chair: TBA 5:30 Business meeting/cash bar, Illinois Room, Morris University Center, nd Floor 6:00 Banquet, Illinois Room, Morris University Center 7:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Redbud/Oak Room, Morris University Center, 2rd Floor Welcoming remarks Paul W Ferguson, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Evolution without Metaphysics? Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin – Madison Saturday, November 10th SYMPOSIUM ON THE WORK OF ELLIOTT SOBER Commentator: Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin – Madison Chair: Judith Crane, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 9:00 Let Us not Name It: Intelligent Design Theorists on the Intelligent Designer Author: John Beaudoin, Northern Illinois University 10:00 Apportioning Explanatory Responsibility Author: Robert Northcott, University of Missouri – St Louis, 11:00 Darwin’s Doubt Defended: Why Evolution Supports Skepticism Author: Greg Littman, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Comments: Tibor Solymosi, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chair: TBA 12:00 Lunch at local restaurants 1:30 What Has Evolution to with Life? Author: Morgan Wallhagen, Bryn Mawr College Comments: Tad Bratkowski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chair: TBA 2:30 The Intractable Problem of Evil Author: William Demsar, Northern Illinois University, Comments: James Pearce, Illinois Central College Chair: TBA 3:30 Realizing Mythic Contributions: Two benefits Cassirer supplies to pragmatic thought Author: Mark Tschaepe, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Comments: Robert Wolf, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chair: TBA ... Evolution Supports Skepticism Author: Greg Littman, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Comments: Tibor Solymosi, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chair: TBA 12:00 Lunch at local... supplies to pragmatic thought Author: Mark Tschaepe, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Comments: Robert Wolf, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chair: TBA ... Bratkowski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chair: TBA 2:30 The Intractable Problem of Evil Author: William Demsar, Northern Illinois University, Comments: James Pearce, Illinois Central