SSP Panels at the APA Pacific Division Meeting

April 8-12, 2009

Vancouver, British Columbia

[Official APA-P program available at: http://apa-pacific.org/current/group-program.php]

GI-G. Society for Student Philosophers, Session 1

Wednesday, April 8, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Topic: Moral and Social Philosophy

Speakers:

David Barnes (University of Colorado–Boulder)

    “Jus in Bello and the Sophisticated Utilitarian”

Sarah Mattice (University of Hawaii–Manoa)

    “Relationships of Ruling in Plato’s Laws and the Mengzi”

Amber Arnold (University of Colorado–Boulder)

    “Morality, Capability, and Fairness”

Mathew A. Foust (University of Oregon)

    “From Custom to Conscience: John Dewey, Mob Mentality, and Moral Creativity”

GXI-D. Society for Student Philosophers, Session 2

Saturday, April 11, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Topic: Language, Metaphysics, and Belief

Chair: Travis N. Rieder (University of South Carolina–Columbia)

Speakers:

Donovan Wishon (Stanford University)

    “A Stretch Semantics for Four-Dimensionalism”

Travis N. Rieder (University of South Carolina–Columbia)

    “The Nature of Reasons and the Question of Doxastic Voluntarism”

Tyler Paytas (University of Missouri–St. Louis)

    “The Evolution of an Illusion: How Darwinism Supports Moral Skepticism”

Leigh Duffy (University at Buffalo)

    “Similarity Accounts of Modal Illusions”