Illinois Philosophical Association Annual Conference November 9-10, 2007 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Illinois Philosophical Association Annual ConferenceNovember 9-10, 2007 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville All paper sessions will be held in the Redbud/Oak Room, Morris Universit

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, 2rd Floor

8:00 Registration opens

Author: Todd Stewart, Illinois State University

Commentator: Teresa Britton, Eastern Illinois University

Chair: TBA

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

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

Author: Shelley Weinberg, University of Toronto

Comments: Emily Crookston, Washington University in St Louis

Chair: TBA

Author: Kaplan Hasanoglu, University of Iowa

Comments: Harry Deutsch, Illinois State University

Chair: TBA

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, 2nd Floor

6:00 Banquet, Illinois Room, Morris University Center

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

SYMPOSIUM ON THE WORK OF ELLIOTT SOBER

Commentator: Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin – Madison Chair: Judith Crane, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

Author: Morgan Wallhagen, Bryn Mawr College

Comments: Tad Bratkowski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Chair: TBA

Author: William Demsar, Northern Illinois University,

Comments: James Pearce, Illinois Central College

Chair: TBA

Author: Mark Tschaepe, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,

Comments: Robert Wolf, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Chair: TBA