USF
Philosophy Department
Graduate Student Papers Presented 2005
- 2006 Papers Presented “A Defense of Hume's Conceivability Thesis” by Jeremy Kelly. Dalhousie University and the Univrsity of King's College, Halifax , Nova Scotia , Summer 2007. "Globalization and Jamaican Market Economics" by Jason J Campbell Pan American International Conference on Caribbean Studies . Texas . November 2-5, 2006 "Transcending Path-Dependent Learning?" by Kristina Biniek. 32nd Annual Meeting of The Society for Philosophy and Psychology , Washington University, St. Louis, 1-4 June 2006. “Source of Power for the Business Manager: Social Responsibility and the Community,” by Denise Kleinrichert. 14 th International Symposium on Ethics, Business & Society , University of Navarra , Barcelona , 18-19 May 2006. “Linking Business Ethics Education to Practice,” by Denise Kleinrichert. 14 th International Symposium on Ethics, Business & Society , University of Navarra , Barcelona , 18-19 May 2006. “The Authenticity of the Seventh Letter: A Question of Interpretation” by Jennifer Ingle. 5 th Annual Graduate Research Symposium , University of South Florida . Tampa , Florida , April 2006. “Beyond Gender Essentialism and the Social Construction of Gender: Redefining the Conception of Gender through a Reinvestigation of Transgender Theory” by Jason Campbell and Chioke I'Anson. 16th Annual Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture Conference , Binghamton University , 21-22 April 2006. “An Outline of a Heideggerian Philosophy of Action” by Hans Pedersen. Georgia Student Philosophy Symposium , Georgia State University , Atlanta , GA , 14 April 2006. “Response to Adam Kadlac's ‘Moral Vision and Moral Disagreement: A Critique of Projectivism'” by Christopher Hudspeth. The 98 th Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology , Charleston , South Carolina , April 13-15, 2006. “The Effect of Understanding on Risk Aversion” Christopher Hudspeth with Sandra Schneider . The 98 th Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology , Charleston , South Carolina , April 13-15, 2006. “A Philosophical Investigation of the Female Cult Leader: New Concerns in the Perpetuation of Evil” by Jason Campbell. Society for Women's Advancement in Philosophy , Florida State University , March 31 – April 1, 2006. “Foucault and the Power of Architects” by Christopher Hudspeth. Fourth Annual North Georgia Student Philosophy Conference , Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA, 31 March – 1 April 2006. “The Development of Personal Identity: A comparison on the role of Strong Evaluations in the writings of Charles Taylor, Richard Rorty, and Harry Frankfurt,” by Jason Blunt. Fourth Annual North Georgia Student Philosophy Conference , Kennesaw State University , Atlanta GA , 31 March – 1 April 2006. “A Heideggerian Interpretation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann ” by Hans Pedersen. World Language Education Research Colloquium, University of South Florida , Tampa , Florida , 31 March 2006. “Kripke's Difficulties in Imagining Things to have been Otherwise” by Jeremy Kelly. Intermountain West Student Philosophy Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, March 30-April 1, 2006. “On African Socialism” by Michael Williams . Brennan Lecture 2006 Graduate Student Conference “Discourse, Democracy, Justice,” Loyola University Chicago, 10-12 March 2006. “Whose Inclination Is It Anyway?: The Use of Imagination and Inclination in R.M. Hare's Moral Theory,” by Edward A. Matusek. UNF Student Conference , 10-11 March 2006. “The Corporate Co-opting of Speech Rights” by Michael Williams . Association for Applied and Professional Ethics Fifteenth Annual Meeting , Jacksonville , Florida , 2-5 March 2006. "An Open-Ended Conversation" by Michael Thompson. Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium, The University of the West Indies; Cave Hill , Barbados , March 2,3,4 2006 (presented and discussed in absentia). “Response to Jake Noland's ‘Personal Survival,
Community, and Abortion',” by
Diana Moxley. Pacific Society of Christian
Philosophers 2006 Pacific Meeting “Selves,
Souls and Survival,” San Diego, “The Infinite: Perspectives concerning infinity in the writings of Spinoza and Leibniz,” by Jason Blunt. Descartes and Pascal Conference , University of South Florida , Tampa FL , 13-15 January 2006. “Doing the Will of Beliefs” by Chadwick Hale. 1 st Annual Conference of the Society for Classical Pragmatism Studies , University of South Florida , November 2005. “Davidson's Quine, Kripke's Wittgenstein and Brandom on Meaning,” by Thomas Brommage. 1 st Annual Conference of the Society for Classical Pragmatism Studies , University of South Florida , November 2005. “Sellars, Derrida, and the Task of Analytic Philosophy” by Thomas Brommage. 51st Annual Florida Philosophical Association Meeting, Cocoa Beach , Florida , November 2005. “The Friend-Enemy Distinction,” by Edward A. Matusek. Virginia Tech Graduate Student Philosophy Conference , 28-29 October 2005. “A Pragmatic Use of Ontology?: An Evaluation of Quine's Approach to Issues of Language and Ontology,” by Edward A. Matusek. Northwest Philosophy Conference , Seattle University , 21-22 October, 2005. Comments on Hal Thorsrud, “Some Objections and Replies to the Analogy Between Physical and Psychological Health in the Service of Virtue Ethics,” by Edward A. Matusek. Northwest Philosophy Conference , Seattle University , 21-22 October 2005. "Self-Realization in Confucius and Zhuangzi: Junzi or Zhenrén?" by Christopher Kirby. International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy , Fordham University , New York City, 14-16 October 2005. “Boethius' View of Divine Foreknowledge and a Molinist Counterproposal,” by Edward A. Matusek. International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy , Fordham University , New York City, 14-16 October 2005. "What is so?!" by
Michael Thompson. Marquette Graduate
Student Conference, Marquette University, Milwaukee
, WI . October 7-8, 2005.
Invited Lectures “Finding Ourselves: The Search for the Argenta, ” by Denise Kleinrichert. Scholars Symposia 2005-6, Department of English & Writing, University of Tampa , 16 March 2006. “Katrina, The Public and Its Problems , and the Philosopher's Task,” by Christopher Kirby. Society for Classical Pragmatism Studies Lecture Series, Tampa , Florida , 10 March 2006. “Ethics: A Social Responsibility of Higher Education,” by Denise Kleinrichert. Sylvia M. Thomasson Educational Enhancement Leadership , Pasco-Hernando Community College, New Port Richey, Florida, 2 March 2006. “In Favor of Moral Dilemmas” by Christopher Hudspeth. Philospohy Graduate Student Organization Lecture Series , Tampa , Florida , March 2006. “Understanding Zhuangzi's Zhenrén” by Christopher Kirby. Professor Martin Schönfeld's “Dao of War” Seminar, Tampa , Florida , 26 October 2005. “Education and Culture from a Pragmatist's Perspective” by Christopher Kirby. Society for Classical Pragmatism Studies Lecture Series, Tampa , Florida , 23 September 2005.
2005
Papers Presented “Psychopharmacology and the Psychoevolutionary Theory of Emotion: Bridging the Gap between Affect-Programs and System Modularity,” by Jason Campbell and Chioke I'Anson. Emotions, Others and the Self Conference , Abo , Finland , 25-27 August 2005. “Character, Culture, Tradition: Which Confucius, Which Socrates?” by Christopher Kirby. 17 th International Conference of Philosophy: The Philosophy of Culture in the Age of Globalisation , Samos , Greece , 1-7 August 2005. “Culture Wars in Philosophy: Dewey, Aristotle, and Rand,” by Philip Bishop. 17 th International Conference of Philosophy: The Philosophy of Culture in the Age of Globalisation , Samos , Greece , 1-7 August 2005. “Socratic Method: Is Elenchus Enough?” by Philip Bishop. XVIth International Symposium of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture . Olympia , Greece , 25-30 July 2005. "Socrates, Eros and Philosophy" by Christopher Kirby. XVIth International Symposium of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture . Olympia , Greece , 25-30 July 2005. "The Phenomenology of Sport in Ancient World Sculpture," by Michael Arvanitopoulos. Philosophy, Ethics and Sport Conference , New Brunswick , Canada , June 2005. "The Essence of What It Means to be Human," by Denise Kleinrichert. 15 th Annual Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture Conference , Binghamton University , S.U.N.Y., 22-23 April 2005. “The Plantation System Throughout Jamaica and the Early Caribbean : An Epoch of Exploitation Ushers in Neoliberal Economics,” by Jason Campbell. 15 th Annual Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture Conference , Binghamton University , S.U.N.Y., 22-23 April 2005. “Beyond Gender Essentialism and the Social Construction of Gender: Redefining the Conception of Gender through a Reinvestigation of Transgender Theory” by Jason Campbell. Society for Women's Advancement in Philosophy , Florida State University , 9 April 2005. "The Autonomous Soul and Desire as Deterministic: An Examination of Plato's Model of the Soul in the Republic" by Kristina Biniek. 4th Annual College of Arts and Sciences Research Symposium , University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 8 April 2005. “Reconstructing Aristotle's Empiricism: Aristotle's Imagination,” by Michael Thompson. 4th Annual College of Arts and Sciences Research Symposium , University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 8 April 2005. “Redefining the Conception of Gender through a Reinvestigation of Transgender Theory,” by Chioke I'Anson and Jason Campbell. S.W.A.P. Conference for Topics of Diversity in Philosophy , Tallahassee , Florida : April 2005 "Approaching the Debate over Tensed and Tenseless Theories of Time from a Heideggerian Perspective" by Hans Pedersen. Continental Philosophy: Examining the Margins at SUNY-Buffalo, 6 March 2005. “Sublime Art: Tragedy,” by Michael Thompson. Continental Philosophy: Examining the Margins at SUNY-Buffalo, 5 March 2005. “Beyond Gender Essentialism and the Social Construction of Gender,” by Chioke I'Anson. Brennan Lecture and Graduate Student Conference , Loyola University , Chicago , March 2005. “ What can social activists do to improve respect for human rights locally and around the world?” by Sudarsan Padmanabhan. International Conference sponsored by Florida Humanists Association and Institute for Humanist Studies, University of Miami, 24-27 February 2005. “On the Limits of Traditional Ethics in a Global Economy,” by Michael Williams. Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics , San Antonio , TX . , 24-27 February 2005. “Las Meninas and Paradox,” by Jeremy Kelly . 2005 Intermountain West Student Philosophy Conference , Salt Lake City , 10-12 February 2005. “The Scattering of Moonlight: Leibniz' Connection with Chinese Thought,” by Christopher Kirby. Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities . Honolulu , HI , 16 January 2005. "Olympics and the Hawaiian Makahiki Games: What Sport Is Common to All Humanity?" by Michael Arvanitopoulos. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities , Oahu , Hawaii , January 2005. Invited Lectures"Hegelian Content and Kantian Discontent: Some Remarks on CI Lewis' Place in the History of Pragmatism," Thomas Brommage. Society for Classical Pragmatism Studies, Tampa FL : April 2005. “Charles Sanders Peirce's Pragmatic Consensus,” Sudarsan Padmanabhan. Society
for Classical Pragmatism Studies, University of South Florida
, Tampa , FL., 25 March 2005. 2004
Papers Presented “Eudaimonia and Growth: The Concept of Flourishing in Aristotle and Dewey,” by Christopher Kirby and Philip Bishop. Fordham University International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy . New York , NY , 30 October 2004. “The Relevance of Non-Attached Action for Globalization,” Sudarsan Padmanabhan. Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion , Buffalo State College, Buffalo , October 28-29, 2004. "Speaking To/For/Of the Other: Representation and Cultural Imperialism," Thomas Brommage. Expanding Human Consciousness Conference 'Consequentiality: Human, All Too Human' San Diego , CA : August 2004. "Greek Ruffians and Multicultural Vindicationists: Are the Olympics Yet Another 'Stolen' Legacy?" Michael Arvanitopoulos. First World Olympic Congress of Philosoph y, Spetses , Greece , July 2004. "Social Responsibility of What? An Analysis of the Critique of Enlightenment and Social Responsibility," Denise Kleinrichert. International Social Theory Consortium , York University , Toronto , June 6-9, 2004. "A Missed Opportunity: A Dialogue on the Body between Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty" by Kevin Aho with Charles Guignon. 38th Annual North American Heidegger Conference in New Orleans (May, 21-23). “Civil Society – A Conceptual Critique,” Sudarsan Padmanabhan. Graduate Research Symposium, University of South Florida , Tampa , FL. April 9, 2004. "Two
Views on Spatiality: Heidegger or Merleau- Ponty" by Kevin Aho. American
Philosophical Association Central Division Meetings in Chicago
for the Society of Student Philosophers, April 2004. "Ethics and Social Responsibility" by Denise Kleinrichert. Insurance Women of Tampa, April 22, 2004. "Ethics and Social Responsibility" by Denise Kleinrichert. Florida Suncoast Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society, Tampa, March 8, 2004. “Introduction to Indian Philosophy,” Sudarsan Padmanabhan. Hillsborough Community College , Tampa , FL , April 6, 2004. Papers Presented
"The Missing Dialogue Between Heidegger
and Merleau-Ponty: On the
“Dialogue, Art and
Philosophy,” Jennifer Ingle with Joanne B. Waugh. Society
for Ancient Philosophy at Fordham University, New York, October
31 through November 2, 2003.
“Dialogical Negotiations:
Plato's Philosophic Conversation,” Jennifer Ingle. The Fifteenth
International Conference on Greek Philosophy (IAGP) in Chalkidiki,
Greece, 1-7 August 2003.
“The Role of Friendship
in the Theoretical Life,” Jason Sears. Fourteenth International
Symposium of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture,
Pyrgos, Greece, 26-31 July 2003. "Order in the court comes not from the judges
, rather the lawyers," Joseph Baker. Orlando Sentinel
, June 15, 2003, G1+. "Authority
and Justification in Rorty and Derrida," Diana Moxley. 4th
Annual International Social Theory Consortium, North Redington
Beach, Florida, 18-21 May 2003.
"Heidegger
on Authenticity and Politics," Thomas Brommage. 4th Annual
International Social Theory Consortium, North Redington Beach,
Florida, 18-21 May 2003. "Redeeming
the Negative Social Critique of Adorno and Horkheimer: A Response
to Habermas," Kevin Aho. 4th Annual International Social
Theory Consortium, North Redington Beach, Florida, 18-21 May
2003.
"International
vs. Civil Authority: Approaches to Nationalism termed Terrorism
by the U.S. and Great Britain," Denise Kleinrichert. 4th
Annual International Social Theory Consortium, North Redington
Beach, Florida, 18-21 May 2003.
“Heidegger and the
Body: Ontic and Ontological Questions,” Kevin Aho. Thirteenth
Annual Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture Conference,
Binghamton, New York, 11-12 April 2003. “Heidegger and the Problem of Empathy,” Kevin Aho. Society of Women in Philosophy: Eastern Division Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 4-6 April 2003.
"Fragmented
Selves," Diana Moxley, Society of Women in Philosophy: Eastern
Division Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 4-6 April 2003.
“Informed Consent in Clinical Practice,” Nancy Kettle. Society of Women in Philosophy: Eastern Division Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 4-6 April 2003. “Searching for the Missing Bodies," Thomas Brommage. Commentator for session on Hannah Arendt. Society for Women in Philosophy: Eastern Division Meeting. Tampa, Florida, 4-6 April 2003.
“Supererogation,
Care, and Justice in Ethical Theory,” Nancy Kettle. Student
Symposium on Topics in Feminist Gender Studies, University
of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 29 March 2003. "Dissociation
and Subjectivity," Diana Moxley. Seventh Annual Northeast
Florida Philosophy Conference, Jacksonville, Florida 7-8 March
2003.
“A Case for Master Hui's Tree: Ironic Tolerance in Rorty and Zhuangzi,” Christopher Kirby. University of Hawaii Cross Currents Comparative Philosophy Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 7 March 2003. "Vision and Voice in the Philosophy of Science." by Jennifer Ingle. University of South Florida Student Symposia on Gender and Gender Studies, University of South Florida, March 2003. "FILOSOFIA: Plato's Reactionary Definition" by Jennifer Ingle. AFGLC-ICHS Classics Forum, University of South Florida, February 2003.
Papers Presented
“The Concept of Spirit in Leadership and Some Thoughts on Freedom of Religion,” Ari P. Lindeman. European Ethics Summit, 15th Annual EBEN Conference, ‘Business Ethics: Sustaining Humanity in Global Economy' Brussels, Belgium, August 2002.
“Epictetus' Cosmopolitan Socrates,” Eleni Tsalla. XIV International Conference on Greek Philosophy, Samos, Greece, August 2002.
“Globalization and the Need to Define a Human Being,” Jason Sears. 14th International Conference on Greek Philosophy, Samos, Greece, August 2002.
“Development – Through Ethics of Duty or Ethics of Happiness?” Ari P. Lindeman. The Third International Annual AmFiTan Conference on Ethics and Development, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 2002.
“Truth and Non-Violence --- Means or Ends?" Sudarsan Padmanabhan. The Third International Annual AmFiTan Conference on Ethics and Development, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 2002.
“On Recent Criticisms of Hume's Treatment of Conceivability,” Jeremy Kelly. 29th Annual Hume Conference, Helsinki, Finland, August 2002.
“Dignity in Discourse Theory: Gadamer and Rorty,” Diana Moxley. The Future of Religion: Truth in Discourse and Lifeworld, 26th Annual Seminar at Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 2002.
“Rorty, Irony, and Hope,” J. Craig Bradley. The Future of Religion: Truth in Discourse and Lifeworld, 26th Annual Seminar at Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 2002.
“Aristophanes: Lysistrata,” Lisa A. Wilkinson. Honors Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, March 2002.
“Schmitt and Habermas,” Diana Moxley. University of North Florida Annual Philosophy Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, March 2002.
“Transcendental Paths: On the Phenomenological Reduction,” Christopher Kirby. University of North Florida Annual Philosophy Conference, March 2002.
“Socrates'
Paideia and Gorgias' Paidia: The Relation between Teaching and Virtue
in Plato's Meno,” Jason
Sears. Classics
Forum, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, February
2002. “An Extension of De Finetti: Identifying a Subjective and Novel Foundational Issue in the Use of the Probability Calculus,” Kevin Johnson. College of Arts & Sciences Research Symposium, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, February 2002.
“Aristotle's
Theory of Character,” Jason Sears. History and Historiography of Philosophy, 2nd Biannual History of Philosophy
Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, January
2002.
Invited Lectures
“Either
You're With Human Rights Or You're With The Terrorists,” Chadwick
Hale and Christopher Kirby. Jacksonville University and
University of North Florida Joint Colloquia Series, Jacksonville,
Florida, July 2002.
“Unity in Diversity – A Perspective on Indian Culture,” Sudarsan Padmanabhan. USF Intercultural Organization, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, April 2002.
"International
Teaching Assistants," Sudarsan Padmanabhan. Panel discussion
hosted by USF Center for Teaching Enhancement, University of South
Florida, Tampa, Florida, March 2002.
2001
“Justice as Forgiveness,” Diana Moxley. International Association for Women Philosophers Biannual Conference, Zürich, Switzerland, October 2001.
“The Relation between Cleverness and Practical Wisdom in Aristotle's Ethics,” Jason Sears. Twentieth Annual Conference of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, SUNY Binghamton, October 2001.
“Cleverness, Practical Wisdom, and Deliberative Rhetoric: Aristotle on Alcibiades,” Jason Sears. Thirteenth International Conference on Greek Philosophy, Rhodos (Greece) August 2001.
“Communicating Philosophy: Platonic Dialogue and Socratic Method,” Lisa A. Wilkinson with Joanne B. Waugh. Thirteenth International Conference on Greek Philosophy, Rhodos (Greece) August 2001.
“Heidegger and Deep Ecology,” Matthew Antolick. The Future of Religion: The Different Conceptions of Modernity, 25th Annual Seminar at Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 2001.
“Persecution and Enlightenment: Leo Strauss and Japanese Zen Buddhism,” Diana Moxley. The Future of Religion: The Different Conceptions of Modernity, 25th Annual Seminar at Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 2001.
“Response
to ‘Korsgaard and Kantian Morality',” Diana Moxley. University of North Florida Annual Philosophy Conference, Jacksonville,
Florida, March 2001. Invited Lecture:
“Piercing the Mirror of the Mind,” Kevin Johnson. Reflexive Control 2000 Conference, Moscow, Russia, October 2000.
“Parmenides' Fragmented Truth: Putting the Pieces Back Together,” Lisa A. Wilkinson. Twelfth International Conference on Greek Philosophy, Samos (Greece) August 2000.
“Consistent Spatio-Temporal Reasoning in a Transfinite Cantorian Universe,” Kevin Johnson. International Society for the System Sciences 2000 World Congress, Toronto, Canada, July 2000.
“Phenomenology of Listening,” Diana Moxley. The Future of Religion: Inclusion of the Other?, 24th Annual Seminar at Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 2000.
“Aeschylus: Agammenon and Prometheus Unbound,” Lisa A. Wilkinson. Honors Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, March 2000.
“Husserl Without Meditation: a mundane exposition of Cartesian Meditations,” Diana Moxley. University of North Florida Annual Philosophy Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, March 2000.
“Response to ‘Evolution as Moral Foundation',” Diana Moxley. University of North Florida Annual Philosophy Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, March 2000.
“John Dewey, Pragmatism and Environmental Ethics,” Matthew Antolick. Continental Philosophy/Ethics/Social Theory, 1st Biannual History of Philosophy Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, January 2000.
“Levinas and Forgiveness,” Diana Moxley. Continental Philosophy/Ethics/Social Theory, 1st Biannual History of Philosophy Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, January 2000.
“Teaching Ethics to ROTC Cadets,” Carlos Bertha. JSCOPE Conference, Washington, D.C., January 2000. |