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1.	Panel Discussion:  "What Is Beauty?"		Kenneth W. Walters, William H. Davis, Keith A. Abney		January 23 at 5:10 in Tichenor 2062.	Mitchell Gabhart:  "Spinoza On Self Destruction"		January 30 at 5:10 in Tichenor 2063.	Keith A. Abney:  "Virtue Theory And Demarcation"		February 13 at 5:10 in Tichenor 2064.	James Summerford:  "What The Ostrich Nominalist Should Say"		February 20 at 5:10 in Tichenor 2065.	Tibor R. Machan:  "Social Contract As The Basis For Community Norms"		February 26 at 5:10 in Tichenor 2066.	Robert A Epperson:  "Frustrated Autonomy"		March 6 at 5:10 in Tichenor
	****  Fall Quarter '97 Schedule of Speakers and Topics  ****              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.	Organizational Meeting: Phi Sigma Tau, Philosophy Honor Society		September 27 at 5:00 p.m.  Place TBA  2.	Jody L. Graham & G. Michael Watkins:  "Personal Identity and                                                the Ethics of Abortion"		October 3 at 5:00 p.m.  Place TBA  3.	James D. Summerford:  "The Way of Exemplification"		October 17 at 5:00 p.m.  Place TBA  4.	Roundtable on:  "The Meaning of Life"		October 31 at 5:00 p.m.  Place & People TBA  5.	Alabama Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, Auburn University		November 14-15 at the AU Conference Center  6.	William H. Davis:  "A View on Perspectivism"		December 5 at 5:00 p.m.  Place TBA=============================================================================	**** Spring Quarter '97 Schedule of Speakers and Topics ****	     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.	David Pitt (U. of Nebraska):  "What It's Like To Believe That p"		April 11 at 5:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206  2.	David E. Walker (AUM):  "A Refutation Of Theism:  A Three-Part				 Presentation"	     Part One:  "Faith, Reason And The Burden Of Proof"		 April 18 at 5:10 p.m. in Haley Center 3195	     Part Two:  "Arguments FOR God's Existence"		 April 25 at 5:10 p.m. in Haley Center 3195	     Part Three:  "Arguments AGAINST God's Existence"		 May 2 at 5:10 p.m. in Haley Center 3195		     3.	Stephen W. White (AU):  "Anti-Psychiatry"		May 16 at 5:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206  4.	Sidney Shoemaker (Cornell U.):  TBA		May 22-23, TBA  5.	Clifton B. Perry (AU):  Title TBA		May 30 at 5:10 in Tichenor 206  *************************************************************************	**** Winter Quarter '97 Schedule of Speakers and Topics ****	     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.	Amy-Hope Dyson (AU Graduate):  "Owen contra Owen:  Reconsidering                                                the Theaetetus"		January 10 at 5:10 p.m. in BB 110   ~~~~~~~~~~  2.	Randy Clark (University of Georgia):  "Freewill"		January 17 at 5:10 p.m. in BB 110  3.	Gina Champlin (AU):  "Naming and Flux in Plato's Cratylus"		January 24 at 5:10 p.m. in BB 110        ~~~~~~~~  4.	Don Levi (U of Oregon):  "Is Death a Bad Thing?"		January 31 at 5:10 p.m. in BB 110  5.	Robert Hudson (AU):  "Direct Perception"		February 7 at 5:10 p.m. in BB 110		Commentator:  G. Michael Watkins  6.	Keith Abney (AU):  "Demarcating Science and Non-Science"		February 14 at 5:10 p.m. in BB 110		Commentator:  Kelly D. Jolley  7.	Round-Table Discussion:  "Relativism"	Participants:  G. Michael Watkins; Kelly Dean Jolley;		       William H. Davis; Keith A. Abney		February 21 at 5:10 p.m. in BB 110  8.	James Conant (U. of Pittsburgh):  "Frege and the Early Wittgenstein                                                  on Elucidation"		March 6 at 5:10 in BB 110           9.	James Conant, University Lecturer:  "Nietzsche as Educator"		March 7; TBA 10.	G. Michael Watkins & Kelly Dean Jolley:  "What it's Like to be a                                                      Phenomenologist"		March 13 at 5:10 p.m. in BB 110       +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++	 **** Fall Quarter '96 Schedule of Speakers and Topics ****	     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.	G. Michael Watkins (AU):       "Nomic Pluralism:  				  Supervenience Without Emergence"	Comments:  Kelly Dean Jolley:  "Gnomic Pluralism?"		October 4; Time & Place TBA  2.	Jody L. Graham:  "Caring From Afar"	Comments:  TBA		October 18; Lowder 110 at 5:00 p.m.  3.	Robert A. Epperson:  "Is Mill a Utilitarian?"	Comments:  G. Michael Watkins		November 1; Lowder 110 at 5:00 p.m.  4.	--Deferred until Winter Quarter--	[James Conant (U. of Pitt.):  "Frege and the Early Wittgenstein					    on Elucidation"]	[Comments:  Kelly Dean Jolley		November 6; Time & Place TBA]  5.	--Deferred until Spring Quarter--	[James Conant [Public Lecture]:  "Nietzsche as Educator"]	[University Lecture Sponsored by the Office of the Provost		November 7; Time & Place TBA]  6.	Round Table Discussion:  "Philosophy and its History"	Participants:  Charles Brown, Jan Wojcik, Jody Graham, Kelly Jolley		November 14; Lowder 110 at 5:00 p.m.  7.	Roger Wertheimer (California State University at Long Beach):			"Conceptualizing Condemning"		November 19; Time & Place TBA  8.	David Dyas (Georgia State):  Frege & Ricketts on Objecthood"	Comments:  Amy-Hope Dyson		December 5; Time & Place TBA	**** Spring Quarter '96 Schedule of Speakers and Topics ****	     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.	Tibor R. Machan (AU):  "Revisiting Blocked Exchanges"	    Thursday, April 4, at 4:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206  2.			Departmental Picnic	    Saturday, April 6, Jack's Farm in Fredonia  3.	Roundtable Discussion:  "Philosophy And Science"	    Friday, April 12, at 4:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206  4.	Frank X. Ryan (AU):  "Reductio of Realism"	    Friday, April 19, at 4:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206		Comments by G. Michael Watkins  5.	James Conant, Visiting Lecturer (University of Pittsburgh)		"Frege and Wittgenstein on Elucidation"	    Thursday, May 9, at 5:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206   6.	James Conant, University Lecturer (University of Pittsburgh)			"Nietzsche as Educator"	    Friday, May 10, TBA  7.	Robert V. Andelson (AU): "Ecology's Contributions to Ethics"	    Friday, May 17, at 4:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206  8.	Roundtable Discussion:  "Environmental Ethics"	    Friday, May 24, at 4:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206  9.	Thomas Olshewsky:  "Deliberation and Desire in Aristotle & Hume"	    Thursday, May 30, at 5:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206-----------------------------------------------------------------------	**** Winter Quarter '96 Schedule of Speakers and Topics ****	     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.  Jody L. Graham (AU and St. Mary's University, Nova Scotia):       "Common Sense and Perception in Berkeley's _New_Theory_Of_Vision_"	    Friday, January 12, at 4:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206	         Commentator:  Kelley Dean Jolley (AU)  2.  Iakovos B. Vasiliou (Georgia State University):  	"The Allure of Techne, Socrates on Virtue and Knowledge"	    Friday, January 19, at 5:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206  3.  Keith A. Abney (AU):  "Naturalizing the Philosophy of Science"	    Friday, January 26, at 4:10 p.m. in Tichenor 206		 Commentator:  Rob Epperson (AU)  4.  Oleg M. Sichivitsa (Ukrainian State University of Forestry)	     "Parascience in the Mirror of Morality"	  Thursday, February 1, at 4:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206  5.  Round-Table Discussion:  "On The Existence of God"      Tibor R. Machan, William H. Davis, Keith A. Abney,	   David E. Walker, and Kenneth W. Walters	 Friday, February 9, at 4:10 p.m. in HC 3195  6.  Barry Smith (SUNY at Buffalo; Editor of the _Monist_)    "Boundaries:  A Hithertofore Neglected Metaphysical Category"	Wednesday, February 21, at 4:10 p.m. in TR 206  7.  Michael Watkins (AU):  "The Morning After:  Colors and				Physicalism's False Promise"	Thursday, February 22, at 4:10 p.m. in TR 206	Comments by Kelley Jolley (AU):  "Principia Pigmenti"	    =========================================================================	  *** Fall Quarter '95 Schedule of Speakers and Topics ***	      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.  Michael Watkins (AU):  "What to do about that Embarrassing Residual				Normativity"	    Friday, September 29, at 5:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206  2.  Col. Paul Christopher (West Point):  "Military Ethics"      Gerard A. Elfstrom (AU):  "Response to 'Military Ethics'"	    Friday, October 13, at 5:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206  3.  Kelley Dean Jolley (AU):  "Moore, Wittgenstein and Common-sense"			   **and**			 in response      William H. Davis (AU):  "Common Sense Objections to Common Sense"	    Friday, October 27, at 5:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206  4.  Round-Table Discussion (AU):  "Evil"	    Friday, November 17, at 5:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206  5.  Greg Pence (UAB):  "Why we should allow Physician-Assisted			     Suicide"	    Friday, December 1, at 5:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206==============================================================================          ** Winter Quarter '95 Schedule of Speakers and Topics **	     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.  Delos McKown, Auburn University:  Jeremy Bentham on Natural Religion	       Thursday, January 12, at 7:00 p.m. in HC 3309			       (Down)  2.  Kelly Dean Jolley, Auburn University:  Wittgenstein and the Ordinary	        Friday, January 27, at 4:00 p.m. in HC 3309  3.  David Dyas, Auburn University:  Rethinking Plato's Forms		Friday, February 17, at 5:00 p.m. in HC 3309  4.  Kelley Dean Jolley, Auburn University  --  Satellite Uplink to		West Point Academy:  A Discussion Entitled		  "Wittgenstein on (Automatic) Reading"		Wednesday, March 15, at 6:30 p.m. in AE 357______________________________________________________________________________~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          ** Spring Quarter '95 Schedule of Speakers and Topics **	     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1.  Rob Epperson, Auburn University:  Some Directions for Epistemology		Tuesday, April 11, at 7:00 p.m. in HC 3309			       (Down)  2.  Crispin Sartwell, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa  		       "Philosophy of Rap Music"		Friday, April 14, at 5:00 p.m. in HC 3309  3.  Sheldon Wein, St. Mary's University:  Hume and the Origins of Justice		Friday, April 21, at 5:00 p.m. in HC 3309  4.  Michael Watkins, Auburn University:  Do Other Animals See Color?		Friday, May 26, at 5:00 p.m. in HC 3309          (nah)	   Subsequent Speakers:  Times and Places to be announced           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~		  Tim Day, UAB:  Realism and Anti-Realism



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