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2019 APA Pacific Division Meeting Program The American Philosophical Association PACIFIC DIVISION NINETY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM WESTIN BAYSHORE, VANCOUVER VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA APRIL 17 – 20, 2019 Mention coupon code APAP19 and receive a 20% discount on all pb & a 40% discount on all hc only Offer good until 5/20/19 Order online: www.sunypress.edu Order by phone: 877.204.6073 or 703.661.1575 Socratic Ignorance Approaching Hegel’s and Platonic Logic, Obliquely Knowledge in the Melville, Molière, Beckett Dialogues of Plato Angelica Nuzzo Sara Ahbel-Rappe The Politics of Paradigms Totalitarian Space Thomas S. Kuhn, and the Destruction James B. Conant, of Aura and the Cold War Saladdin Ahmed “Struggle for Men’s Minds” The Ages of the George A. Reisch World (1811) Available May 2019 F. W. J. Schelling Translated and with an The Hand introduction by of the Engraver Joseph P. Lawrence Albert Flocon Meets Gaston Bachelard Another white Hans-Jörg Rheinberger Man’s Burden Translated by Josiah Royce’s Quest Kate Sturge for a Philosophy of white Racial Empire The Real Tommy J. Curry Metaphysical Club The Philosophers, The Distortion Their Debates, and Selected Writings of Nature’s Image from 1870 to 1885 Reification and the Frank X. Ryan, Ecological Crisis Damian Gerber Brian E. Butler, and James A. Good, Another editors Mind-Body Problem Introduction by A History of John R. Shook Racial Non-being John Harfouch Pragmatism Applied William James The Cudgel and the Challenges and the Caress of Contemporary Life Reflections on Cruelty Clifford S. Stagoll and and Tenderness Michael P. Levine, David Farrell Krell editors Nothingness in the Plato and the Body Heart of Empire Reconsidering The Moral and Political Socratic Asceticism Philosophy of the Kyoto Coleen P. Zoller School in Imperial Japan Harumi Osaki IMPORTANT NOTICES FOR MEETING ATTENDEES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association acknowledges that it meets this year on the unceded, traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Special Event Code for this event is: 19TAPA. SESSION LOCATIONS Please note: this online version of the program does not include session locations. The locations of all individual sessions will be included in the paper program that you will receive when you pick up your registration materials at the meeting (if you opted to receive a paper program) as well as in the meeting app beginning the first day of the meeting. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRATION Please note: it costs $50 less to register in advance than to register at the meeting. Early bird registration at www.apaonline.org is available until April 3 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Online registration will be closed from April 4 until April 17. Beginning on April 17, registration will reopen, and you may register online or at the meeting registration desk. Registration fees provide the major source of support for every divisional meeting. Without that income, the APA is unable to host meetings and provide quality services and resources to members. Thank you for your support and cooperation. PRONOUN STICKERS As a show of the APA’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide pronoun stickers for your name badge, including blank stickers that will allow you to use a pronoun of your own choosing. Stickers will be available for pickup at registration and can easily be worn as a show of solidarity, and a means of making our annual conference a friendly and safe environment for all. GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS AND QUIET ROOM A gender-neutral bathroom will be available in the meeting hotel. A key for the quiet room is available at the registration desk. 1 SPECIAL EVENTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Wednesday, April 17, 3:00–7:00 p.m. DE GRUYTER KANT LECTURE Wednesday, April 17, 4:00–6:00 p.m. PUBLIC SESSION The Philosophy of Fake News Wednesday, April 17, 7:00–9:00 p.m. THE AAPT-APA TEACHING HUB Thursday, April 18, 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Friday, April 19, 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. COFFEE BREAK Thursday, April 18, 11:00 a.m.–Noon BUSINESS MEETING Thursday, April 18, Noon–1:00 p.m. MEET THE PUBLISHERS Commissioning editors from exhibiting publishers answer questions on the book publishing process. Thursday, April 18, 1:00–4:00 p.m. PRIZE RECEPTION Thursday, April 18, 3:00–4:00 p.m. ANNUAL RECEPTION Thursday, April 18, 10:00 p.m.–Midnight APA DEPARTMENT CHAIRS NETWORK Friday, April 18, 9:00 a.m.–Noon COFFEE BREAK Friday, April 19, 11:00 a.m.–Noon POSTER PRESENTATIONS Friday, April 19, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 2 Special Events and 2019 Program Committees APA LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON Friday, April 19, 12:00–1:00 p.m., APA leadership only COFFEE BREAK Friday, April 19, 3:00–4:00 p.m. DEWEY LECTURE RECEPTION Friday, April 19, 5:30–6:00 p.m. PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION Friday, April 19, 7:00–8:00 p.m. 2019 Program Committee Cindy Holder, chair Masato Ishida Lucy Allais Taneli Kukkonen Thomas Barrett Marcy Lascano Saba Bazargan-Forward Emily S. Lee Sylvia Berryman Todd R. Long Joe Campbell Colin Macleod Troy Cross Kerry McKenzie Shamik Dasgupta Clair Morrissey Kenny Easwaran Michael Nelson E. Sonny Elizondo Laura Perini Melinda Fagan Chris Tillman Robert Figueroa Anand Vaidya Iskra Fileva Daniela Vallega-Neu Nicolas Fillion Seth Yalcin Michael Hardimon Masahiro Yamada Randall Harp 2019 Public Session Program Committee Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Columbia) Lisa Shapiro (Simon Fraser University) 3 The AAPT-APA Teaching Hub The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) and the American Philosophical Association Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy (CTP) have co- organized a two-day conference on teaching for the 2019 Pacific Division meeting. We are aiming to bring the collegial and supportive culture of the AAPT to the APA; highlight teaching within the context of an APA meeting; stretch beyond the traditional APA session format to offer sessions that model active learning; and attract a broader range of philosophers to the divisional meetings. THE 2019 APA-AAPT TEACHING HUB PLANNING COMMITTEE Dave Concepción, Chair Susan Mills Ruth Boeker Kaitlin Louise Pettit Alexandra Bradner Rebecca Scott Christina Hendricks Ian Smith Mark Jensen Kimberly Van Orman Russell Marcus Robin Zebrowksi THURSDAY, APRIL 18 Welcome 9:00–9:15 a.m. 4L. APA Committee Session: New Approaches to the Early Modern Survey Arranged by the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy Coffee, tea, breakfast bars, and fruit will be served. 9:15 a.m.–Noon Organizer and Chair: Susan Mills (MacEwan University) Speakers: Charles Goldhaber (University of Pittsburgh) “How and Why to Include Practical Philosophy in Early Modern Survey Courses” Kathleen Creel (University of Pittsburgh) “Early Modern Correspondences” Ruth Boeker (University College Dublin) “Introducing Students to Early Modern Debates about Personal Identity” 4 The AAPT-APA Teaching Hub 5M. APA Committee Session: Syllabus Makeover Competition Arranged by the APA Committee on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies 1:00–4:00 p.m. Chair: Adrian Currie (University of Exeter) Speakers: Julianne Chung (University of Louisville) Alexus McLeod (University of Connecticut) Mercedes Valmisa (Gettysburg College) Anand Vaidya (San José State University) Steven Geisz (University of Tampa) Sean Smith (University of Hawaii at Manoa) Commentators: Liz Goodnick (Metropolitan State University of Denver) Susan M. Peppers-Bates (Stetson University) 6M. APA Committee Session: Workshop: Philosophy Begins in Apathy: Building Student Curiosity in Introductory Courses Arranged by the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy and co-sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers 4:00–6:00 p.m. Chair: Christina Hendricks (University of British Columbia) Speaker: Merritt Rehn-DeBraal (Texas A&M University at San Antonio) G6A. American Association of Philosophy Teachers, Session 1 Topic: Teaching Core Texts: Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion” Co-sponsored by the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy 6:00–9:00 p.m. Organizer and Chair: Ian Smith (Washburn University) Speakers: Nicole Dular (Franklin College) “Widespread Violin-se? The Importance of Statistics to Teaching on Abortion” Matthew Meyer (University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire) “Teaching Thomson with Technology: How iClickers Can Enhance Student Comprehension of Thomson’s Famous Analogies” Mara Harrell (Carnegie Mellon University) “Teaching with Diagrams: Thomson’s ‘A Defense of Abortion’” Bertha Manninen (Arizona State University) “Violinists, People Seeds, and Burglaring Burglars: Helping Students Appreciate Thomson’s Thought Experiments” 5 The AAPT-APA Teaching Hub FRIDAY, APRIL 19 7K. APA Committee Session: Diverse Approaches to Dialogue in Public and Precollege Philosophy Arranged by the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy and co-sponsored by the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO). Coffee and tea will be served. 9:00 a.m.–Noon Chair: Michael D. Burroughs (California State University, Bakersfield) Speakers: Myisha Cherry (University of California, Riverside) “Liberatory Dialogue” Barry Lam (Vassar College) “The Use of Narrative in Public Philosophy: A Diagrammatic Guide” Kristopher G. Phillips (Southern Utah University) “The Kids are Alright: Philosophical Dialogue and the Utah Lyceum” Amy Reed-Sandoval (University of Texas at El Paso) “Can Philosophy for Children Contribute to Decolonization?” 8K. APA Committee Session: “Diving in” to Philosophy for Young People: A Workshop with a Variety of Approaches for Participants to Experience Arranged by the APA Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy 1:00–4:00 p.m. Organizer and Chair: Wendy Turgeon (St. Joseph’s College, New York) Speakers: Marisol Brito (Metropolitan State University) “Let’s Talk about Sex: Pre-college Philosophy as a Model for Just, Inclusive, and Comprehensive Sex Education” Natalie M. Fletcher (Université de Montréal and Brila Youth Projects) “High-stakes Moments in P4C: Navigating Ethical and Political Issues” Amy Reed-Sandoval (University of Texas at El Paso) “Immersive Spanish Language P4K” David A.
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