FPA 2006, Tampa
52nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association
What's New: as of November 16, 2006
The 52nd annual meeting of the FPA was a terrific meeting thanks to the contributions of so many interesting papers, and to the hard work of our site coordinator, Brook Sadler, and our program coordinator, David McNaughton.
Many thanks for giving us a fine meeting.
—Greg Ray, President (2005-2006)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Except where indicated, all events take place in the Communication and Information Sciences builing (CIS) on the campus of USF, Tampa.
Thursday, November 9: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Embassy Suites Hotel, "Waterfall" Lobby Area
- Welcoming Reception & Registration. Free food, cash bar.
Friday, November 10
Friday, Parallel Sessions I: 9:00-9:50 am
- Room 1045—
Scott Kimbrough, Jacksonville University:
“The Philosophy of Emotion and Ordinary Language”
Chair: Robert Ennis, University of Illinois, U-C - Room 1047—
Nicholas Formica, University of South Florida:
“On Delivering Man from Revenge”
Chair: Michael Strawser, UCF - Room 1016—
Marshall Abrams, University of Alabama Birmingham:
“What Determines Biological Fitness? The Problem of the Reference Environment”
Chair: Steven Geisz, Tampa
Friday, Parallel Sessions II: 10:10-11:00 am
- Room 1045—
Eva and Hugh LaFollette, University of South Florida:
“Conscientious Objection for Pharmacists”
Chair: Peter Dalton, FSU - Room 1047—
Brook J. Sadler, University of South Florida:
“Epistemic Authority and Autobiography: Problems with the Narrative of Gender Dysphoria”
Chair: Scott Kimbrough, Jacksonville U - Room 1016—
Sally Ferguson, University of West Florida:
“Is ‘Evolutionary Psychology’ Even Possible?”
Chair: Nick Power, UWF
Friday, Plenary Session: 11:20-12:10 pm
- Room 1048—
Outstanding Graduate Paper:
Chris Zarpentine, Florida State University:
“Michael Smith, Rationalism, and the Moral Psychology of Psychopathy”
Chair: Hugh LaFollette, USF, St. Petersburg
Lunch: 12:10-2:00 pm
- (& Past President's Luncheon)
Friday, Plenary Session: Book Symposium: 2:00-3:50 pm
- Room 1048—
Symposium on Ernie Lepore & Kirk Ludwig Donald Davidson: Meaning, Truth, Language, and Reality
Symposiasts: Simon Evnine (U Miami) and Piers Rawling (FSU)
Respondant: Kirk Ludwig (UF)
Chair: David McNaughton, FSU
Friday, Plenary Session: 4:10-5:00 pm
- Room 1048—
Outstanding Undergraduate Paper:
Mindi Torrey, University of South Florida:
“Authenticity: Existential Virtue or Platonic Ideal?”
Chair: Michael Gibbons, USF
Friday, Annual Banquet:
Embassy Suites Hotel, Salons F&G
- 6:30 pm —Cash Bar Opens
7:00 pm —Banquet - Presidential Address:
"Fifty-Two Pick Up", Greg Ray (UF)
Saturday, November 11
Saturday, Business Meeting: 9:00-10:00am
- Room 1048—
Annual Business Meeting
Saturday, Parallel Sessions III: 10:15-11:05 am
- Room 1045—
Risto Hilpinen, University of Miami:
“On Practical Abduction”
Chair: David Copp, UF - Room 1047—
Hans Pedersen, University of South Florida:
“Understanding Heidegger’s Claim that Aristotle’s Concept of [phronesis] is Conscience”
Chair: Nicholas Michaud, UNF - Room 1016—
Emil Badici, University of Florida:
“Semantical Paradoxes and the Universality of English”
Chair: Kirk Ludwig, UF
Saturday, Parallel Sessions IV: 11:25-12:15 pm
- Room 1048—
David Copp, University of Florida:
“‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’ and the Derivation of the Principle of Alternative Possibilities”
Chair: Chris Hudspeth, USF - Room 1045—
Jesse Unruh:
“Ontological Problems in the Deprivation Argument against Abortion”
Chair: Matthew Schuh, Miami-Dade - Room 1047—
A.J. Kreider, Miami-Dade College:
“Game Playing without Rule-Following”
Chair: Denise Kleinrichert, USF - Room 1016—
Shane Oakley, University of Miami:
“Is the Newcomb Setup and Instance of Simpson’s Paradox?”
Chair: Kristina Biniek, USF
Lunch: 12:15-2:00 pm
Saturday, Parallel Sessions V: 2:00-2:50
- Room 1045—
Rebecca Stangl, University of Virginia:
Selective Infanticide and Respect for the Handicapped: Can Peter Singer Have Both”
Chair: Larry Cobb, EthicsWorks - Room 1047—
S. West Gurley, University of South Florida:
“Attention attends to itself”
Chair: Sandra Schuh, Miami-Dade - Room 1016—
Murat Aydede, University of Florida:
“Secondary Qualities and the Grain Problem”
Chair: Chris Zarpentine, FSU
Saturday Session VI: 3:10-4:00 pm
- Room 1045—
Stephen F. Geisz, University of Tampa:
“A Dilemma for a Right to an Adequate Environment”
Chair: Natasha Liebig, USF - Room 1047—
Daren Hibbs, Nova Southeastern University:
“The Origin(s) of Philosophical Idealism”
Chair: Charlotte Pressler, South Florida CC - Room 1016—
Elijah Chudnoff, Harvard University:
“The Phenomenology of Rational Intuition”
Chair: Michael Thompson, USF
Saturday Session VII: 4:20-5:10
- Room 1045—
Mark Formichelli, Florida State University:
“Empathy and Unconditional Forgiveness”
Chair: Jared Kinggard, USF - Room 1047—
Andrea J. Pitts, University of South Florida:
“Aiming at Target Concepts: A Critical Analysis of Sally Haslanger”
Chair: Nancy Kettle, USF - Room 1016—
Otávio Bueno, University of Miami:
“How Structuralism Can Solve the Access Problem”
Chair: Alex Levine
- Conference Ends, Saturday, 5:10 pm
FEE SCHEDULE
- Conference Fee:
- Faculty: $25
- Grad Student: $15
- Undergraduate Student: $5
- Other: $25
- Banquet Fee:
- $25
- FPA Membership:
- Full: $15
- Associate: $10
- Retired Full: $0
Conference Hotel Information
The Embassy Suites Hotel has offered a reduced group rate to people attending the FPA meeting November 9-11, 2006 in Tampa. The hotel is adjacent to the USF campus and very near Busch Gardens, MOSI (the Museum of Science and Industry), a shopping mall, and a number of restaurants.
The group room rate (not including tax) is as follows--depending on room occupancy:
- Single Occupancy: $114
- Double Occupancy: $124
- Triple Occupancy: $134
- Quad Occupancy: $144
The room rate includes a cooked-to-order breakfast and an evening Manager's Reception with free drinks for hotel guests.
The Embassy Suites is a full-service hotel that has an on-site restaurant and free parking. More hotel information.
TO MAKE A ROOM RESERVATION, PLEASE CALL 813-977-7066. ASK FOR THE FLORIDA PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION GROUP RATE.
[DO NOT CALL THE EMBASSY SUITES 1-800 NUMBER SINCE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE GROUP RATE INFORMATION!]
We urge those who plan to attend the conference to make reservations early to ensure that we meet our minimum.
Did you know that every room in the Embassy Suites Hotel is en suite with separate living area and kitchenette? It is a great opportunity for the family to enjoy the many activities that the Tampa area has to offer over the holiday weekend.
The FPA will host a reception at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Thursday evening November 9th, and a banquet there on Friday, November 10th.
If you have any difficulties dealing with the hotel, the hotel contact person for our group is Heather Suitt.
Things to See and Do in Tampa
The FPA meets November 9-11 in Tampa, Florida. This is a holiday weekend (Veteran's Day is Nov. 11th). For students or faculty, traveling with or without family, here are some links to local attractions. Estimated driving time (with no rush-hour traffic) from the conference hotel/USF meeting site to each location is indicated in brackets. For more stuff than listed here, see Tampa Bay Online
- • AMUSEMENT
- Busch Gardens Tampa [10 mins from USF]
- Lowry Park Zoo Tampa [15-20 min drive from USF]
- Museum of Science and Industry Tampa [across the street from USF; five mins from hotel]
- Florida Aquarium [25 mins]
- • ART
- USF Contemporary Art Museum Tampa [5 mins]
- Tampa Museum of Art [25 mins]
- St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts [45 mins from USF]
- Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota [60-75 mins]
- Gulf Coast Museum of Art Largo [45 mins]
- Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburg [45 mins from USF]
- • PERFORMANCE
- Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center [25 mins]
- Ruth Eckerd Hall Center for Performing Arts Clearwater [35-40 mins]
- • SHOPS, NIGHTLIFE, RESTAURANTS
- Channelside [25 mins]
(movie theaters, cruise ships, restaurants, shops, Florida Aquarium) - Ybor City [25 mins]
(movies, restaurants, clubs, cigars) - Old Hyde Park Village [25-30 mins]
(shops, restaurants, movies) - University Mall[five mins]
(your basic mall with movies) - International Plaza [30 mins]
(very upscale mall, restaurants, and food court) - Westshore Mall [25-30 mins]
(movies, shopping, food court)
Call for Papers
Paper submissions are invited for the 52nd annual meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association which will be held in Tampa at the University of South Florida, Nov 9-11, 2006. Program Coordinator: David McNaughton. Local Organizer, Dr. Brook Sadler.
1. Regular Submissions:
Submission Deadline: * August 15, 2006 *
Papers submitted for inclusion in the regular program should be limited to a reading time of 30 minutes, that is, approximately 12 double-spaced pages. We welcome papers from all philosophical traditions. Papers will be peer-reviewed in a blind referee process.
Submission of papers in all areas of philosophy is welcomed. All papers should be prepared for blind refereeing. Please include a cover sheet with name, email address, affiliation and paper title. Cover page should also indicate if paper is to be considered a) for publication in the FPR, b) for the graduate student paper award as described below. Paper Length: Presentation time for papers on the regular program will be 45 minutes, and submitted papers should be correspondingly brief (approx. 12 double-spaced pages).
Electronic submission of papers is requested. Papers in PDF, RTF, Word or WordPerfect formats are accepted. Electronic submissions should be sent to David McNaughton clearly marked in the subject line as submissions. Please submit TWO attachments: one should contain the paper (with title please); the other should contain just the cover sheet. Please also paste the details from cover sheet into the body of your email.
Postal paper submissions should be sent in triplicate with cover sheet to David McNaughton / Department of Philosophy / 151 Dodd Hall / Florida State University / Tallahassee, FL 32306-1500
2. Florida Philosophical Review
A selection of the papers from the meeting will be published in the annual conference issue of the Florida Philosophical Review. If you would like your submission to be considered for publication, please follow these additional instructions: i) indicate your interest in the cover page of your submission, ii) submit your paper to the FPA electronically (instructions above), iii) make the file format and content of your submission for the FPA in conformance to the guidelines of the journal. All members are encouraged to take this opportunity. The FPR is an anonymously refereed journal indexed by Philosopher's Index and Noesis.
3. Graduate Paper Award Competition:
Graduate students submitting papers may elect to have their papers considered for the "Outstanding Graduate Paper" award, and should so indicate on their cover page. The award winning paper will be published in the Florida Philosophical Review.
4. Undergraduate Paper Submissions:
Undergraduate students may submit papers for special award consideration. Eligible undergraduates should indicate which one of the following award competitions they are submitting for: 1) The Gerrit and Edith Schipper Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper in a Four-Year College or University, or 2) "The Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper in a Two-Year College". Papers may be any length, but 15 double-spaced pages is recommended. The award winning papers will be published in the Florida Philosophical Review.
5. Other Program Business:
Members are invited and encouraged to help by lending their expertise in the refereeing of papers. If you are a full member of the FPA and would like to volunteer to referee papers, please email the program coordinator indicating your willingness to serve, and the areas of specialization in which you might referee.
If you are coming to the meetings, being a Session Chair is a great way to contribute to the spirit and success of the occasion. If you would like to volunteer to chair a session at the meeting, please email the program coordinator.
