2010–2011 philosophy.osu.edu Words from the Chair Autumn quarter is always filled with energy: the campus once more teems with students; parking is hard to find; syllabi are queued up to be printed for classes; and the halls of the Philosophy Department are again filled with conversation. The yearly academic rhythms are familiar to returning Alison had been juggling what Sukjae Lee was plucked from faculty and students alike. In is called in academia ‘the two- us from further afar—halfway those respects, we begin this body problem’—the problem of around the world, in fact. The year like many others. handling two academic careers prestigious Seoul National In one respect, though, this year which often results is two separate University, which obviously has is different. We begin this year employment locations. Wayne a keen eye for philosophical without three of our valued commuted to Columbus from talent, made Sukjae an offer former colleagues. Dan Farrell’s Pittsburgh. This is not a stable or that he and his wife, Haechung, departure, through retirement, desirable solution to the two-body decided they couldn’t pass up. was of course anticipated. (See problem, especially when you Sukjae was one of the organizers last year’s Logos for details about have two children. We hoped for the 2008 World Congress Dan’s retirement and p. 9 in this for some time that OSU would of Philosophy held at Seoul issue for one student’s reflections be able to offer an appropriate National University. As Chair, on the first annual Dan Farrell position to Alison. Alas, Carnegie I wrote letters to our College Undergraduate Retreat.) In Mellon solved the two-body supporting Sukjae’s application addition to Dan, we also lost problem before OSU was able for funding to participate in Sukjae Lee and Wayne Wu. to do so. This fall, Wayne began this important conference. In a new page in his career as an retrospect, I regret this decision. We lost Wayne to Carnegie Don Hubin, Chair Assistant Professor and Associate We should have kept Sukjae Mellon University where his Director of the Center for the under wraps here at OSU. and Dai Heide will join us wife, Alison Barth is an Associate Neural Basis of Cognition at CMU. Seriously, this is a wonderful this year to fulfill some of our Professor in the Department of Wayne will be missed greatly opportunity for Sukjae and critical teaching needs. We’re Biological Sciences. Ever since by all of us in the Philosophy Haechung. We wish them the very pleased to welcome them Wayne’s appointment in our Department. very best. as colleagues—even if only Department in 2006, he and Autumns are also marked by temporary ones. We consider new arrivals. This year we have them to be very well-trained philosophers. We want to know what you’ve been doing and how no new regular faculty but we were able to hire two of our We have nine new graduate you see your education in philosophy contributing recent graduates as Visiting students joining us this year. to your career or other aspects of your life. Assistant Professors. Ryan Jordan This is a large, and very (continued on p. 2)
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Marge Turnbull...... 2 OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values...... 8 Gabrielle Johnson...... 3 The Dan Farrell Undergraduate Retreat...... 9 Vikas Gampa...... 4 Words About the Faculty...... 10 Xiaoxi Wu...... 5 Words About the Graduate Students...... 12 Mike Perkins...... 6 Dubrovnik...... 13 Conference on Value and Valuing at the University of Iceland, June 2010...... 7 Words from the Chair cont’d
impressive, group of young has developed an exciting project philosophers. Three of our new that has drawn enthusiasm and graduate students received highly support from many areas of the competitive graduate fellowships. University. The project, about This autumn, many of our which you can read more on p. graduate students, including 8, is a year-long, University-wide most of the new recruits, spent “conversation” on immigration. a weekend late in September at This is an exciting project that the Jeffers’ Tree Farm in southeast comprises a series of newly- Ohio. Jim Jeffers, who did both funded interdisciplinary academic undergraduate and graduate work events and the alignment of in philosophy in our Department numerous existing OSU programs many years ago, graciously to generate an extended, volunteered his tree farm for this interdisciplinary discussion of purpose. (Jim also allowed it issues related to immigration. Those of us involved in the effort to be the site of the Dan Farrell Sukjae and Haechung dining with OSU friends at the World Congress of Philosophy in Seoul in 2008. Undergraduate Retreat. See the to create the OSU Center for (We believe their manifest joy is explained by the OSU friends, not the location of the photo.) story about last year’s kickoff of Ethics and Human Values believe We have much to learn from our We would also post some of this event on p. 9.) Next year, we that this project is an excellent former students. I was reminded the pictures that have been hope that some faculty will be one for demonstrating the value of that again when I shared kept in the departmental “shoe able to join graduate students at of such a center. a copy of our Department’s box” with a request for help in another such event for a weekend Let me close by repeating a history with Louise Vigoda, who identifying those people who 2 of camaraderie and relaxed request that I’ve made before. had studied philosophy at OSU we have not yet been able philosophical exchanges. We’re interested in hearing some years ago. Louise was to identify. That will be a fun from you. Every year when we The effort, led by the Philosophy kind enough to contact me with project, I think. send out the new issue of Logos Department, to develop the OSU corrections to our history of some of our friends and former What we have to learn from Center for Ethics and Human the Department. This led me to students and colleagues write our alumni, though, goes far Values has gained significant initiate a project that I hope we’ll back to tell us what they’ve been beyond this. We want to know momentum. The Innovation be able to bring to completion in doing. I enjoy reading these what you’ve been doing and Group that was created last the next few months. The idea letters and it would be great to how you see your education in year created five focus groups. is to have an on-line history of receive more. We’re exploring philosophy contributing to your One of those groups, the the OSU Philosophy Department ways to use social media to make career or other aspects of your Democratic Governance group, which would allow for additions it easier to stay in touch with us. life. We look forward to hearing and corrections from our alumni. from you.
Marge Turnbull
As this issue of Logos was being finalized, people better off. In the next issue of Logos, we received the sad news that Marge Turnbull we’ll include a more proper remembrance. passed away. Marge was the wife of the late I invite you to write to me ([email protected]) Bob Turnbull, who chaired the Department if you have some thoughts that you would like from 1968 to 1980. Those who knew her need to contribute to such a remembrance. no reminder that Marge was a truly remarkable woman. She was kind and compassionate in her dealings with people but feisty and tenacious in her attempts to improve the conditions of those least able to stand up for themselves. She touched the lives of many—both in her personal relationships and, less directly but no Marge Turnbull with Don Hubin at the less significantly, in her work to improve the dedication of the Turnbull Lounge. political institutions of Ohio—always leaving THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Gabrielle Johnson Current Undergraduate
Gabby is kind of scary. She came to philosophy late, and already she's functioning at the level of a graduate student—a good graduate student. I mean, if she spends more than a handful of quarters at this, or goes to grad school, how good is she going to be then?
his quote is from Ben Caplan who reflected in the quality of her work. On Ben’s taught Gabrielle (Gabby) Johnson in recommendation, she soon became involved T his course in Advanced Philosophy in her first graduate-level seminar. She audited of Language. Gabby is a senior majoring and participated in Stewart Shapiro’s seminar in philosophy at OSU who, due to her in philosophy of language. Meanwhile, she conspicuous job as a manager of the campus was meeting with Stewart outside of class as Chipotle restaurant, is known by some of part of an independent study. Stewart reports her classmates as “Chipotle Girl.” The rapid that this arrangement worked out wonderfully. development of her philosophical prowess has Gabby wrote an insightful comment paper made her a star among the current group of on a presentation by one of the graduate undergraduate philosophy majors at OSU. students in the seminar. Also, she ended up Gabby grew up in Canton, Ohio, a small city writing an excellent term paper that may about an hour south of Cleveland. Canton end up becoming her writing sample for her is most well-known as the home of the Pro applications to grad schools. Football Hall of Fame. Though she grew up Gabby will be finishing her undergraduate less than ten minutes from the Hall of Fame, philosophy degree in the spring of 2011. she never once visited. (Gabby notes that, After that, she plans to spend a year working, Philosophical friends, Gabby Johnson and James Kinkaid. as a senior at OSU now, she’s never been to hanging around Columbus, and perhaps doing 3 Ohio Stadium either.) For awhile, Gabby was a little traveling, while preparing a first-rate not sure she would attend college. Neither her application to philosophy graduate programs. bicycle-friendly and eco-friendly cities in parents nor her siblings had gone to college; At the moment, she says her “dream schools” the country, and because it has the most her dad never finished high school. Gabby are MIT, Rutgers, and UCLA. microbreweries of any city in the world. worried that going to college would pose too Among the many misadventures during What has distinguished philosophy courses the forty-five hour car trip to Portland was much of a financial hardship to her family, but for Gabby, in contrast to courses in other her parents finally prevailed on her to go to a near encounter with a tornado in North departments at OSU, has been the quality and Dakota and car troubles in the Nevada town OSU. At OSU, she chose to major in political frequency of intense classroom discussion. science. of Puckerbrush (population 28). Eventually Even before taking her first philosophy the group did make it to Portland. Gabby Gabby’s major changed after her roommate course with Robert Kraut (whose classes recalls that the most memorable aspect of James Kinkaid (who was the winner of tend to be full of discussion), Gabby enjoyed the trip was a certain “feeling of freedom.” the 2010 Bingham award for the best philosophical discussions with her roommate undergraduate philosophy paper) convinced James. Since then, the two of them have “I remember on our fourth day there we her to take Robert Kraut’s Introduction to continued their philosophical interaction were sitting in the park outside the Portland Metaphysics course. Here’s how she describes in productive ways. Though they’ve been Art Museum and James asked ‘What should her experience in that course: enrolled in many courses together, their we do tomorrow?’ to which I responded outlooks have diverged. She observes, ‘Let’s go to San Francisco.’ And so we did. “That class overall was galvanizing. The It’s not often with work and school that I get subject matter was some of the most “[James] tends to pursue continental topics , whereas I am still deeply enveloped in the the chance to make a spur of the moment interesting and stimulating material I have decision to drive to an incredible place like come across in my collegiate career, and issues of analytic philosophy, which has been a major catalyst for many late night debates.” San Francisco (granted the drive was ten Professor Kraut was a hoot. I remember after hours), but that’s what the entire trip was a particularly vigorous discussion on the Gabby’s enthusiasm for intense discussion about: Having the opportunity to live life existence of universals, Professor Kraut asked at home and inside the classroom has been one day at a time, but, in doing so, coming me if I was a philosophy major, and after I manifested also as an adventurous orientation to appreciate even what seems to be the admitted I was not, he responded with ‘Well to the larger world. She counts a recent road most unfortunate of events in sight of the you are now. Come see me and we’ll talk.’” trip to Portland, Oregon, that she took with trip as a whole.” Since then Gabby has enjoyed her classes in James and some other friends, as one of the formative and remarkable experiences of Now that her road trip has ended, Gabby’s logic and especially philosophy of language. near-term plans involve finishing her She mentions Ben Caplan’s Advanced her undergraduate years. She and her group of friends chose Portland as a destination senior year of college, continuing her Philosophy of Language class as one of job at Chipotle, and adopting a new dog. her favorites. Judging from Ben’s quote for three reasons: because it is a far-away cultural hub, because it is one of the most She’s already the decided that the dog, above, it seems Gabby’s enthusiasm was an Australian Shepherd, will be named “Kripke”. Vikas Gampa Former Undergraduate
compared to most of my other classes. Most to ethical understanding and social of my science classes were lecture-based and I improvement. I enjoyed all of our meetings.” barely interacted with anyone in the classroom.” For his thesis, Vikas received the mark of Not only was Vikas glad for the chance for high- “Research Distinction.” He was also honored level philosophical interaction with his peers, he by OSU in the 2010 President’s Salute to was also deeply engaged in the issues that arose Undergraduate Academic Achievement. It in the classes—especially his ethics classes. bears mentioning that Vikas did all this while After taking Dan Farrell’s Advanced Ethics in teaching part-time at Kaplan, working as a Healthcare class (Philosophy H580), Vikas went research assistant at Nationwide Children’s on to write an honors thesis, under the direction Hospital, and maintaining a full plate of of Piers Norris Turner, on the topic of extracurricular commitments, including medical ethics. his role as president of the undergraduate In his thesis titled “Trust in the Doctor-Patient Bioethics Society. Relationship,” Vikas examined the question of A recent internship is one more feather in trust in the modern medical context. Patients’ Vikas’ cap. During the summer of 2009, trust in their doctors has decreased over recent Vikas was an intern at the Center for decades. Vikas asked: What informs doctor- Bioethics at Yale University. Describing his patient trust, how can it be secured, and experience at Yale, Vikas explains: why should it matter? At a minimum, trust in “I conducted research on the roles and doctors requires both a confidence in their requirements of doctors during pandemics expertise and the willingness to rely on their (when few resources were available). Vikas Gampa good intentions. This trust may result from the Particularly, I argued that doctors were not 4 qualities of the individual doctors themselves, in the position to ration medical resources or from the design of the institutions within ikas Gampa, who finished his and they should not ‘ration at the bedside.’ I which the doctors work. Vikas argued that undergraduate work at OSU in argued that doctors promise (in taking some the loss of interpersonal trust in the modern June, says this about the Honors version of a Hippocratic oath/becoming a V medical context is cause for concern, both in Collegium program at OSU: “The Honors doctor) to treat their patients, individually, light of traditional models of the doctor-patient Collegium is an organization that supports without considering the benefits for the relationship and with regard to health outcomes individuals who are seeking a career that entire society (that is the role of public themselves. Institutional incentives for doctors is unique.” It seems that Vikas was the health officials).” to perform well may not be sufficient on their ideal participant for the Honors Collegium. Before returning to school to continue his own to ensure either quality care or the sort of Vikas double-majored in philosophy and work on bioethics, Vikas is taking a year ethical relationship one expects with molecular genetics. He has completed to work for Americorps. At a hospital in one’s doctor. multiple prestigious internships researching the Bronx, he is organizing a community bioethics. He is currently an Americorps Reflecting on his relationship with Vikas, advisory board. The board aims to ensure a member working at a hospital in the Bronx. Piers says, “He was a pleasure to teach. He is well-working informed consent process and Eventually, he plans to earn an MD and self-motivated, organized, smart, and a caring safe clinical trials. He is also working continue researching bioethics. A distinctive and careful person, whose academic and to organize a clinic for refugees and career trajectory indeed. professional aims are guided by a commitment asylum-seekers. Vikas was born in India. While growing up, he lived in India, New Zealand, and Ohio. He graduated from high school in Dayton and began his undergraduate work at OSU in Autumn 2006. It was in Justin Vikas argued that the loss of interpersonal trust in the modern D’Arms’ Philosophy H101 class (Honors medical context is cause for concern, both in light of traditional Introduction to Philosophy) that Vikas first realized he had an interest in philosophy. models of the doctor-patient relationship and with regard to Subsequently, he found that his philosophy health outcomes themselves. classes were quite different from the other classes he had been taking at OSU. “It was actually fun to attend philosophy classes THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Xiaoxi Wu Current Graduate
iaoxi Wu’s long route to the In a field where language often takes center- philosophy PhD program at OSU stage, Xiaoxi has not always found it easy. Xmakes twists and turns through some There were some linguistic difficulties diverse intellectual (and geographical) terrain. which caused me embarrassments. The route extends from the study of electrical Sometimes those embarrassments made engineering in Wuhan, China, to investigation me nervous. And the more nervous I of the metaethics of evaluative disagreement got, the more difficult it was for me to here at OSU. produce understandable English. But these Her undergraduate work was at Wuhan difficulties provided opportunities for me to University. The university is in her hometown become a stronger person if I honestly and of Wuhan, a city in central China with over bravely faced them and looked for a way nine million people. She completed her to handle them. degree in electrical engineering, but by Since enrolling in the PhD program Xiaoxi the time she finished she had come to feel has taken up some of her old interests about that the theoretical model employed in that aesthetic evaluation, this time in the context discipline was too disconnected from the of contemporary analytic philosophy. She objects of ordinary life. reports being very engaged in seminars with While serving as the moderator for an Robert Kraut, and she is planning a candidacy electronic discussion forum, Xiaoxi began project on evaluative conflict and evaluative worrying earnestly about the objectivity of disagreement with Justin D’Arms. Justin our evaluative discourse. She explains: observes, “Xiaoxi’s background studying aesthetics in China gives her not only a rich When I was in charge of the literary writing supply of examples, but some distinctive ways BBS of my university, people occasionally Xiaoxi Wu 5 of thinking about what it’s like to experience criticized me as using my own taste as the value in the world. That’s a valuable store criterion of evaluating and recommending. As opposed to development of detailed and to draw from as she undertakes her more But I doubted there was any ‘objective rigorous, yet relatively narrowly focused analytical project here, on the nature of standard’, and thought that the criticisms work characteristic of analytic philosophy, evaluation and evaluative disagreement.” were quite unjustified unless they could show Chinese philosophy, according to Xiaoxi, me that there was such an objective standard So, has Xiaoxi fully made the transition aspires to comprehend the big picture— and it was different from my ‘taste’. to analytic philosophy and left her former producing narratives comprising large swaths intellectual outlook behind? The answer is Of course, following such a line of thought of dialectic. Of Chinese philosophers, Xiaoxi no. She sees the work she is doing now as could lead only to the philosophy classroom. explains, “They treat contemporary thoughts ultimately intersecting with the concerns that However, before beginning to study as historical products that grow out of the motivated her to begin work on philosophy in philosophy-proper, Xiaoxi started graduate history of philosophy, so that one cannot the first place. To recognize the challenges she school in Chinese classical aesthetics. fully appreciate contemporary philosophical faces in bringing about this intersection, it is issues without tracing their roots into the Xiaoxi’s life took a major turn in 2006 when crucial to understand the differences between history.” she moved to Columbus with her husband. the typical way philosophy is approached in Xiaoxi hopes ultimately to integrate the He was beginning graduate work in the math China and the way it is approached in the two philosophical traditions. This does not department, and Xiaoxi took the opportunity Western, Anglo-American tradition. afforded by her new locale to enroll as a non- mean merely making contributions to each degree student and take philosophy courses. or including elements from each in a single She focused primarily on history, attempting essay or book. She explains, “My ultimate to trace major philosophical trends from Plato goal is to try to find a way to make some of the important issues in analytic philosophy to Kant. She ended up writing a paper about Since enrolling in the PhD Aristotle’s view of contemplation for a class live vividly in Chinese philosophical with Allan Silverman, and she used this as her program Xiaoxi has taken up thoughts, not by simply adding the two writing sample in her application to the PhD some of her old interests about traditions together, but by multiplying them program in 2008. to generate a new life.” She expects that this aesthetic evaluation, this time academic trajectory may eventually lead her Working at OSU in the humanities as an back to a university in China—where she will international student and non-native speaker in the context of contemporary no-doubt have much of value to contribute. of English has presented challenges of its analytic philosophy. own. In philosophy classes, students’ mastery of English tends to be taken for granted. Mike Perkins Former Graduate
Mike grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. kindest people I know, and also As an undergraduate at Georgia really, really smart.” State University in Atlanta, he Dan and Mike became close majored in philosophy and when Mike was working on his minored in music. Just after dissertation. They used to have that, in 1977, Mike joined the some of their meetings at Dan’s philosophy graduate program house. At the time, Dan’s son, at OSU. Back then computer David, was struggling to learn science was not as much the the guitar—receiving little help well-defined discipline it is today, from his parents who, according and it was more common for to Dan himself, lacked any people from other areas to work musical talent. While visiting the in computer science as well. So, Farrells one day, Mike politely in addition to taking the standard and unimposingly started helping philosophy graduate courses David with the guitar. Soon (including a lot of logic classes), David’s talent for music became Mike frequently took computer clear. David later went on to be science courses. a music major at OSU, eventually Despite his interest and talent in switching from guitar to jazz more paradigmatically technical bass. To this day, David attributes areas, Mike was captivated whatever success he’s had in by Dan Farrell’s approach to music to Mike’s early influence. 6 philosophy. Mike explains: Although he was a talented The two things that first philosopher and successful in interested me in working with graduate school, Mike started a Dan Farrell were his pursuit job as a computer programmer of big issues and his passion the week after he received Mike Perkins for the activity of philosophy. his PhD in philosophy. This Dan was never terribly choice—a quite important one ike Perkins is a veteran statistical analysis and visualization interested in side issues or in his life—worked out well for of the computer of market research data. minor points. He was always Mike. He reflects, “Though I have after the big issues. His classes missed the academic environment software industry. He The foregoing may seem like an M over the years, I have never were a lot of fun. He was has worked in software for unlikely biography for a former a good lecturer, but more regretted this decision. I have over twenty-five years. Most OSU philosophy graduate student importantly, he spent a lot of always been fortunate to have of his work has been geared who wrote a dissertation on time doing philosophy in the interesting and challenging work.” toward creating the tools other moral philosophy, but that is classroom. In his graduate computer programmers use just what it is. Before his career Since finishing his philosophy classes, Dan would frame the to develop and manage large in computer software took doctorate, Mike has kept in touch problem and then lead the applications. Among other things off, Mike wrote a dissertation with members of the Philosophy class in a probing discussion this has involved designing and entitled, “Moral Evaluation and Department, especially Dan. of it. We didn’t come up implementing special-purpose the Moral Sentiments in Hume’s Also, over the years, Mike has with a lot of solutions, but programming languages, data Treatise,” under the direction of been extraordinarily helpful in we came away with a deep management software, automated Dan Farrell. In the dissertation, finding computer jobs for former understanding of the problem. business application generators, Mike argued that an apparent of members of the philosophy And we had a hell of a good cross-platform computer conflict between several of Hume’s graduate program who were time doing it. networking software, and IT commitments in the Treatise can be unable to find good academic systems management software. resolved by correcting a common Mike continues to have a lot of positions or who left the program His list of employers includes misunderstanding of Hume’s admiration and affection for Dan before finishing a doctorate Goal Systems, Legent Software, notion of moral sentiments. Farrell. In fact, Mike is one of degree. Computer Associates, and Symix the financial contributors who As one would expect, Mike’s Mike now lives in Dublin, Ohio, Systems. Currently he is Chief made possible the Dan Farrell dissertation had nothing to do with his partner Paula Lambert Information Scientist for Prosper undergraduate retreat. (See page with computer programming. and two of Mike’s teenage Technologies, where he develops 9 of this newsletter.) And the So, how is it that Mike became children. software for automating the affection is mutual. Dan says, engaged in these two very “Mike is one of the sweetest, different sorts of pursuits? THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Conference on Value and Valuing at the University of Iceland, June 2010
n June 2010 many of the best moral her enthusiasm and gratitude on behalf of the philosophers in the world were in Icelanders. IReykjavik, Iceland. The occasion was a The quality of the presentations and ensuing conference on the theme of “Value and discussion periods was uniformly high, but, Valuing.” The conference was a collaboration still, it is worth mentioning a few of the more of the Centre for Ethics at the University of remarkable sessions. On the last session of Iceland and the Department of Philosophy the first day, the conference became self- at OSU. Sigrún Svavarsdóttir at OSU worked reflective when Susan Wolf’s presentation with Salvör Nordal, who directs the Centre for turned to the question of whether philosophy Ethics, to organize the conference. would still be valuable even if it were not Sixteen philosophers gave presentations at the actually good for anyone. On the second day, conference: Michael Bratman (Stanford), John Harry Frankfurt offered the novel suggestion Broome (Oxford), Ruth Chang (Rutgers), Justin that when a person does something bad, but D’Arms (OSU), Harry Frankfurt (Princeton), something inadvertent for which he or she is Allan Gibbard (Michigan), Pamela Hieronymi not held responsible, the appropriate attitude (UCLA), Victoria McGeer (Princeton), Douglas on the part of the person is not guilt or shame, MacLean (UNC Chapel Hill), Philip Pettit but rather embarrassment. And in the last (Princeton), Peter Railton (Michigan), Samuel session, on the last day of the conference, Scheffler (NYU), Tim Scanlon (Harvard), Seana Samuel Scheffler provocatively examined the Shiffrin (UCLA), Michael Smith (Princeton), and significance for present valuation in one’s Susan Wolf (UNC Chapel Hill). In addition to own life, of the continued life of other human Justin D'Arms presenting in a session chaired by Salvör Nordal. these visiting presenters, a number of members beings after one’s own death. of the Icelandic philosophical community were Besides the philosophical stimulation students Owen King, Robby Newman, and 7 invited participants in the conference. generated by the conference proper, the Alisa Wandzilak. They were invited by The conference was designed to allow setting of Reykjavik offered the conference the University of Iceland Centre for Ethics conference participants to air new views participants additional enjoyment. For one to give presentations, in advance of the and receive feedback on them. Accordingly, thing, the geographic position of Reykjavik conference, to Icelandic undergraduate the presentations were short, typically 20 made for what we might consider an and graduate students. These presentations to 30 minutes. The rest of each 75 minute unusual nighttime. Because it is so far north focused on the work of the philosophers session was devoted to discussion. Presenters (approximately the latitude of Fairbanks, who would be giving papers in the exchanged new ideas and received incisive Alaska), Reykjavik is never completely dark conference. The presentations were intended feedback. The four days of the conference outside during the middle of summer. And to help the Icelandic students become included long lunch breaks, and there was since the conference was at the time of the better acquainted with the work of the ample time in the evenings for continuing summer solstice, the sun dipped below the philosophers at the conference. Owen’s discussions. In addition to the benefit to horizon for less than three hours each “night”. presentation focused on Ruth Chang’s work, the presenters, the conference was also of Several conference participants arrived in Robby discussed Harry Frankfurt, and Alisa great value to the Icelandic philosophical Iceland well in advance of the conference, examined arguments from John Broome. community. During her remarks at the allowing themselves time to travel to the These three Ohio State graduate students conference reception, Salvör Nordal expressed northern part of the island to see the huge report benefiting greatly by being able to populations of puffins. And many conference present some of their work and then attend participants managed to make it out of town such a stellar conference. Owen recalls to take a dip in the Blue Lagoon, Iceland’s one of his favorite sessions: “It was great to most famous hot spring. watch Philip Pettit and Michael Smith duke it Besides Sigrún (who organized the out over the nature of moral objectivity. conference) and Justin (who presented his I saw them work through a dialectic I’d work), three other members of the Ohio had occasion to think about before. So, it State Philosophy Department were invited to was really interesting for me to see how the attend the conference. Those were graduate competing positions played out.”
In addition to the benefit to the presenters, the conference was also
Sigrún Svavarsdóttir offers Tim Scanlon some advice of great value to the Icelandic philosophical community. on traveling in Iceland. OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values
“Every problem confronting us—whether collectively at the national or global level or individually, as citizens, professionals, and researchers—has important ethical dimensions. Solving these problems requires more than technological innovation; it requires the sort of integrated understanding of the natural world, social phenomena, and human interests that demands the collaboration of experts across the University.”
o began a proposal from over 35 OSU faculty from diverse disciplines to Such a center would bring together researchers from across the Sdevelop the OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values. In the autumn of 2009, University who are working on, or whose work significantly involves, OSU’s Office of Academic Affairs and the issues of foundational or applied ethics. Because issues of ethics and Office of Research took the first steps toward realizing that vision by selecting human values are ubiquitous, this focus holds extraordinary promise this group of faculty, led by Don Hubin, for promoting Ohio State’s “One University” vision. to receive one of only three Innovation Group Grants awarded by the University. The purpose of the Innovation Group Grants is “to encourage trans-institutional and interdisciplinary scholarship across The Immigration Project What is to be Done?” It will involve one campus to address issues and problems of or more high-profile government officials global dimension (poverty, hunger, health One CEHV focus group, led by Piers Turner and turn the conversation toward and disease, climate change, economic and Eric MacGilvray (Political Science), has practical solutions to immigration 8 systems, industrial competitiveness, developed an exciting proposal that has problems. societal dynamics, art and culture, access caught the imagination of many across the to energy).” The conversation will extend well campus, including President Gordon Gee beyond the core academic program. The In addition to Don, philosophers involved and Joe Steinmetz, Executive Dean of Arts leaders of the Democratic Governance in the Ethics Center Innovation Group and Sciences. The proposal is for a group are meeting with units and include Justin D’Arms, Piers Turner, and “year-long, University-Wide conversation on individuals around the University to Sigrún Svavarsdóttir. These philosophers immigration.” encourage them to think creatively about are working with colleagues from Political With funding from the Innovation Group, how we might take advantage of existing Science, Economics, Psychology, Medicine, and very generous support from the Offices programs and resources to make this a Law, and numerous other departments, to of the President and the Executive Dean of truly university-wide conversation. The lay the groundwork for a University Center Arts and Sciences, the Mershon Center for group has received enthusiastic support for ethics Ethics and Human Values. Such a International Security Studies, and the from all quarters, and innovative ideas center would bring together researchers Institute for Collaborative Research and about ways to expand the conversation from across the University who are Public Humanities, planning is underway for and cross traditional disciplinary and working on, or whose work significantly the project to take place during the institutional barriers. involves, issues of foundational or applied academic year 2011-12. ethics. Because issues of ethics and human Those working in the Innovation Group The events associated with this project will values are ubiquitous, this focus holds for the development of the OSU Center include two short conferences, serving as extraordinary promise for promoting Ohio for Ethics and Human Values hope that “bookend events” for the year, and six State’s “One University” vision. The Center this project will serve as a prototype for individual events throughout the year. The will help to bring ethical issues to the fore future year-long, University-wide autumn conference’s theme will be in research in the diverse the disciplines “Conversations on Morality, Politics, and “Immigration: What’s at Stake?” It will represented by its participants. Society” (or COMPAS), allowing OSU to examine foundational issues in ethics, emerge as a leader in national and The OSU Center for Ethics and Human political theory, and law, as well as international dialogues on issues of vital Values (CEHV) is a vision for the future. economic and sociological aspects of the social importance. The proposed OSU And the Innovation Group is off to a great immigration issues. The six events Center for Ethics and Human Values start. Five focus groups have been throughout the year will involve would organize the COMPAS program to established and are already organizing presentations to the broader academic bring OSU’s comprehensive expertise to events that will contribute to the goal of audience of disciplinary work on various bear on the ethical aspects of the most developing the CEHV. aspects of immigration. The theme of the pressing issues confronting us. This is an closing conference will be “Immigration: exciting prospect. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
The Dan Farrell Undergraduate Retreat By Rachel Swetnam
r. Farrell’s final quarter at OSU was a Mrs. Farrell, and students helped themselves managed to conquer the hike without special one for a group of students to food and relaxed on picnic tables together. accepting a ride home from Jim Jeffers who Din his last class before retirement, a Shortly after, a campfire would be built and offered every hour to drive his truck out to rare Philosophy H678 seminar. Students were students congregated for the evening to spend pick up anyone who was tired. given a unique look into Farrell’s thought time with Dr. Farrell. During these campfires, On the final evening of the retreat, the process and philosophies as they all worked philosophy was occasionally discussed students were invited to the Jeffers home through many dense texts together, learning and Nietzsche books were pulled out of on another part of the farm. There was to interpret and understand Nietzsche’s backpacks briefly, but for the most part the great food, relaxation, and dancing until theories. Most students admitted that the students just laughed and gave intellectual the late night. In all, the Jeffers tree farm seminar had a large impact on their personal thought a rest for the weekend, at least out was the perfect place to be reminded of philosophies, not only because Nietzsche loud. There was juggling, fire tricks, and how beautiful life is, and why students all tends to be a major turning point for students guitars. The perfect bonfire! study philosophy in the first place. Not to be as they study the history of philosophy, but On Saturday, all the relaxation was earned! misleading—self reflection was not readily also because Farrell fostered an environment More than half of the students accompanied available, unless one was trained at blocking that allowed for personal growth in a way not Dr. Farrell on his favorite 12 mile hike into the out endless jokes and banter between the always afforded in other courses. The class deep woods of the tree farm. Students began students. But the weather was perfect, and began gathering for extra sessions on Fridays, by descending a very intimidating and large the company was even better. The next day, and a reading group emerged the next quarter hill with the warning that they should turn the students returned to Columbus and to for students interested in continuing through back if they’re not prepared to climb back midterms week, and back to another world Nietzsche’s works together. up! But, the payoff was large. The students much different from the Jeffers farm utopia. A few weeks after the class ended, students entered valleys of luscious plants and trees The students of H678 already admired Dr. were told that a program had been created in and saw gorgeous fields of wildflowers. The Farrell, and the retreat brought the class Dr. Farrell’s his honor, allowing a philosophy Jeffers family came along for the hike and together even more. A few quarters later, 9 professor to take a group of students on picked wild vegetables and herbs for their there are still emails sent between the a weekend retreat each year. To start the kitchen and taught students what to look classmates regarding Nietzschian themed program, Dr. Farrell had chosen to bring his for in wild herbs. A few loveable dogs came music or books found since the seminar Nietzsche students. along for the hike and quickly became good ended. This is an indication of the impact The retreat was located at a tree farm owned friends with the whole crowd. Except for a that Dr. Farrell had on his students in just by Dr. Farrell’s long-time friend, Jim Jeffers. few of the girls who got ticks, the students one class. It is currently a tree preservation area that offers hiking, fishing and other types of recreation on its many acres of land. The During these campfires, philosophy was occasionally discussed and students drove two hours into southern Ohio into the Appalachian forests, and after Nietzsche books were pulled out of backpacks briefly, but for the winding through small country roads, arrived most part the students just laughed and gave intellectual thought a at the accommodating cabins in a picturesque setting of green trees. Arriving one car load rest for the weekend, at least out loud. at a time, the students were greeted by Dr. Farrell and his wife and a kitchen full of food. The students were encouraged to spend the entire weekend as they wished: hiking, relaxing, fishing, or swimming. Dr. Farrell suggested that students take time for themselves for at least part of the trip, which was something he planned to do as well. Lucky to have great weather, for the rest of the weekend students could be seen tossing footballs, playing horseshoe or volleyball, or lazily strewn about on a dock along one of the ponds soaking up sunrays. A few of the students jumped into the ice cold ponds to cool off, and others loafed around on sofas. Towards the evening, everyone would find his or her way to the ‘white house’ where delicious dinners were underway courtesy of The main house at the Jeffers Tree Farm Words About the Faculty
Ben Caplan has three papers Lisa Downing was the sole Robert Kraut has two articles Abe Roth presented his paper, forthcoming in anthologies: invited speaker at the two-day forthcoming: “Pragmatism and “Intention, Shared Acitivity, and “Ontology” (with Carl Matheson) Conference on Empiricism and Metaphysical Explanation: Team Reasoning” at the Rocky in The Routledge Companion Newtonianism at the Center for The Case for (and against) Mountain Ethics Congress in to Philosophy of Music, edited Philosophy of Science at the Universals,” in Journal of Boulder and the Collective by Ted Gracyk and Andrew University of Pittsburgh. There Philosophy; and “Jazz and Intentionality VII conference Kania; “Ontology of Music” she presented her paper, “Locke’s Language,” in Goldblatt and in Basel. Also, Abe’s entry (also with Carl Matheson) in the Metaphysics and Newtonian Brown (eds.), Aesthetics: A on shared agency, will soon third edition of David Goldblatt Mechanics.” She also presented Reader in Philosophy of the Arts. be published in the Stanford and Lee Brown’s Aesthetics: A this paper at the Central Division Robert recently gave several Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Reader in Philosophy of the Arts; APA meeting where she was presentations: “Playing and and “Never Been Kicked” in a invited to contribute to a Saying: The Language of Jazz Tamar Rudavsky published volume on the movie Fight Club, symposium. She also presented Performance,” a lecture given her book Maimonides in the edited by Tom Wartenberg, in this paper at a colloquium at in conjunction with a music Blackwell-Wiley “Great Minds” Routledge’s Philosophers on the University of South Carolina. clinic and concert performance series. She also co-edited the Film series. In that last paper, Lisa presented “Beasts, Thinking at Morehead State University; Cambridge History of Jewish he argues that Fight Club is a Matter, and Determinism: “Expressivism about Ontology,” Philosophy: From Antiquity to the romantic comedy. He has a paper, Comments on Antonia LoLordo’s presented at a Conference Seventeenth Century. In addition, “Presentism and Truthmaking” ‘Power, Causation, and Activity’” on Expressivism, Pluralism, she published the articles (with David Sanson), forthcoming at the Syracuse Philosophy and Representationalism “Gesonides” in the volume The in Philosophy Compass. And he Annual Workshop and Network at the University of Sydney History of Western Philosophy of has two papers forthcoming in (SPAWN) where she was an invited (Australia); “What is Artworld Religion and “Spinoza: Jewish traditional journals: “Descriptivism, Ontology?” invited symposium Philosophical Influences” in 10 senior commentator. Her article Scope, and Apparently Empty “Sensible qualities and material paper presented at the The Thoemmes Encyclopedia of Names” (with Andrew Cullison) bodies in Descartes and Boyle” Eastern Division Meetings of Spinoza and His Times. in Philosophical Studies and the American Philosophical is forthcoming in the Oxford Richard Samuels is spending “Parts of Singletons” (with Chris Association; “Pragmatism and University Press volume, Primary this fall on a research fellowship Tillman and Patrick Reeder) in the Ontology of Art,” invited and Secondary Qualities: the at the Center for Philosophy the Journal of Philosophy. He lecture in the Department of Historical and Ongoing Debate. of Science at the University of has given, or will be giving, Philosophy, and “Stravinsky Her “Maupertuis on Attraction as Pittsburgh. He is finishing the talks or comments at the Pacific and the anti-Expressionist an Inherent Property of Matter” editing of the Oxford Handbook APA, the Pacific ASA, the CPA, Tradition,” an invited seminar in is forthcoming in Interpreting of Philosophy and Cognitive the CSPA, the Foundations of the Department of Musicology, Newton from Cambridge Science (co-edited with Eric Logical Consequence conference both at the University of University Press. Margolis and Stephen Stich). in Dubrovnik, the SEP, SPAWN at Amsterdam. In April 2011 For that volume, Richard wrote Syracuse, and Wayne State. He Glenn Hartz’s article “Leibniz’s Robert will present an invited a chapter called “Massive was on the program committee Animals: Where Teleology Meets symposium paper on “Carnap’s Modularity.” He recently for the Central APA, is a Subject Mechanism” is forthcoming in the Legacy for Metaontology” at published the article “Classical Editor in Philosophy of Language volume Corporeal Substances and the Central Division Meetings Computationalism and the for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Machines of Nature in Leibniz, of the American Philosophical Many Problems of Cognitive Philosophy, and (not counting edited by Justin E. H. Smith and Association; and in May 2011 Relevance” in the journal Studies the Central APA) completed 21 Ohad Nachtomy. he will present an invited paper in the History and Philosophy refereeing assignments this past at a conference on Huw Price’s Don Hubin has been working of Science, and the article “Why academic year. forthcoming book Naturalism mostly on developing the OSU Don’t Concepts Constitute a Without Mirrors at University of Center for Ethics and Human Natural Kind?” (co-authored Justin D’Arms presented the Pécs, Hungary. paper “Interestingly Wrong Kinds Values. In addition, he has with graduate student Michael of Reasons” at the University presented a Continuing Legal Ferreira) in Behavioral and of Sydney. He also presented Education course on legal ethics Brain Sciences. In addition, “Sentimental Values” at the for Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Richard recently has given a Conference on Value and Valuing LLP and served as a member of number of presentations: “Critical at the University of Iceland, and the External Review Team for the Periods & Linguistic Nativism” “The Wrong Kinds of Reason to program review of the Philosophy at the Multiple Perspectives on Feel” at Reed College. Department at the University of Delaware. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
the Critical Period for Language Safe from Paradox: Now What?” William Taschek finally saw the Synthese, “The Logical Structure Workshop at OSU; “On the was published in Philosophical publication of his article “On of Scientific Explanation and Evolution of Cognitive Flexibility” Studies. An article “The Good, the Sense and Reference: A Critical Prediction: Planetary Orbits at Evolution and the Human Bad, and the Ugly” (co-written Reception” submitted nearly ten in a Sun’s Gravitational Field” Sciences Workshop in Helsinki; with Philip Ebert of Stirling) was years ago for inclusion in the forthcoming in Studia Logica, “Understanding Contemporary published in Synthese. “Reference new Cambridge Companion to and “Sequent Harmony” Nativist-Empiricist Debates” to Indiscernible Objects” was Frege. William spent the 2009- forthcoming in Analysis. at the OSU Cognitive Science published in The Logica Yearbook. 10 academic year as a visiting Center; “On the Folk Concept of In addition, Stewart published professor at Reed College. Piers Norris Turner was Innateness” at the Experimental six book reviews including one awarded the best essay prize at Philosophy Lab at Yale; “On entitled, “A Scientific Enterprise? Neil Tennant used the time the John Stuart Mill Memorial Bootstrapping” at Washington Penelope Maddy’s Second afforded by his 2009-2010 Philosophy Conference at University in St. Louis; “On Philosophy,” which he co-wrote National Endowment for the Eastern Illinois University for his the Evolution of Means-Ends with OSU graduate student Humanities fellowship to paper “Legal Moralism, Harm, Reasoning” at PhilMiLCog at the Patrick Reeder. Also, a Chinese produce a lot of new work. and Mill’s Liberty Principle.” University of Western Ontario; and translation of his book Thinking He presented a paper called He also presented papers at “Varieties of Human Nature” at About Mathematics was published “Natural logicism: aims, method, the American Political Science the Royal Institute of Philosophy recently. Currently, Stewart is problems, and prospects; and its Association annual meeting Annual Conference in Oxford. working on several articles about relation to reverse mathematics” (“Mill’s Democratic Designs”), logic relativism and is the co- at the Workshop on Reverse and twice at workshops hosted Tim Schroeder was invited in the investigator for the Foundations Mathematics at the University of by the Social Epistemology past year to contribute work to a of Logical Consequence project at Chicago. He also has numerous Research Group at the number of different venues. Most Arché in St. Andrews. papers that have been or University of Copenhagen notably, he recently published an soon will be published. He (“Infallibility, Authority, and 11 entry on desire for the Stanford Declan Smithies is currently published “Inferential Semantics” Freedom of Discussion” Encyclopedia of Philosophy, finishing his postdoctoral in a festschrift for his former and “Expert Rule and Open and contributed an essay on fellowship at the Australian teacher, Timothy Smiley. His Society”). This past year saw practical rationality to the journal National University. He is article “Inferentialism, Logicism, the publication of Italian and Philosophical Issues. co-editing two volumes, Harmony, and a Counterpoint” Spanish translations—Dopo la Introspection and Consciousness will soon be published in the società aperta and Despues de la Lisa Shabel published “The and Attention: Philosophical second volume of a festschrift sociedad abierta—of his 2008 Transcendental Aesthetic” in the and Psychological Essays, which for Crispin Wright. He published co-edited volume of previously new volume, The Cambridge are forthcoming with Oxford “Williamson’s Woes” in a special unpublished political writings Companion to Kant’s Critique of University Press. In September, issue of Synthese. “Cognitive by Karl Popper, After The Pure Reason. She presented her he is presenting papers at the Phenomenology, Semantic Qualia Open Society. He was a faculty paper, “Symbols, Diagrams, and Midwest Epistemology Conference and Luminous Knowledge” will honoree for his teaching in Kant’s Theory of Sensibility” at at Purdue University and the be in the volume Williamson the 2010 “President’s Salute to Duke University, Case Western, Chambers Philosophy Conference on Knowledge, soon to be Undergraduate Achievement.” and the meeting of the Eastern at the University of Lincoln, published by Oxford University He also co-organized the Division of the APA. Nebraska. Press. “A Logical Theory of Democratic Governance Group, of the nascent OSU Stewart Shapiro’s article “We Truthmakers and Falsitymakers” Dawn Starr was invited to Center for Ethics and Human Hold These Truths To Be Self- will be published in Handbook give a talk at Kenyon College; Values, working with units Evident: But What Do We Mean of Truth, also from Oxford there she presented her across campus to coordinate By That?” was honored as one of University Press. In addition, paper, “Demonstratives and a year-long interdisciplinary the ten best articles of 2009 by Neil has a number of articles to the Individuation of Directing “Conversation on Morality, the Philosopher’s Annual. Stewart appear soon in major journals: Intentions.” Politics, and Society” on the recently published an article, “Deflationism and the Gödel- topic of immigration in the “Vagueness, Metaphysics, and Phenomena: Reply to Cieslinski” coming year. Objectivity” in new the Oxford forthcoming in Mind, “Parts, University Press volume, Cuts and Classes and Parts of Classes: An Clouds: Vagueness, its Nature, and Anti-Realist Reading of Lewisian its Logic. His article “So Truth is Mereology” forthcoming in Words About the Graduate Students
Eric Carter was hired as a lecturer by the Owen King presented “Bidirectional Patrick Reeder has the article “Parts of Department of Philosophy and Religious Comparisons and Theories of Value” at the Singletons” (written with Ben Caplan and Studies at North Carolina State University student conference in conjunction with the Chris Tillman) forthcoming in the Journal in the fall of 2010. Before that he received Conference on Value and Valuing at the of Philosophy. He also presented “Parts of a research grant from the OSU College of University of Iceland, Reykjavik. He was Singletons” at the Pacific Division meeting Arts and Humanities. He also gave several also one of the winners of the OSU Arts of the APA. His book review, “A Scientific presentations: “Subjective Atttitudes, Judge- & Humanities Post-Prospectus Research Enterprise? Penelope Maddy’s Second dependence, and Vagueness” at North Quarter Award for 2010. Philosophy,” co-written with Stewart Shapiro, Carolina State University and at the Alabama was published in Philosophia Mathematica. Philosophical Society; “Incompatibility and Robby Newman presented “Frankfurt on Cognitive Fault” at the Subjective Meaning Higher-order Attitudes” at the student Alisa Wandzilak presented “Rational Workshop: Alternatives to Relativism, German conference in conjunction with the Requirements and the Bootstrapping Problem” Society for Linguistics at Humboldt University Conference on Value and Valuing at the at the student conference in conjunction with in Berlin; and “Constraint and Neutrality” at University of Iceland, Reykjavik. the Conference on Value and Valuing at the the Florida Philosophical Association. University of Iceland, Reykjavik.
Andy Choi presented his paper “On Arpaly and Best Judgment” at the Central Division meeting of the APA.
Mike Ferreira gave two poster presentations of his paper, “On a Prima Facie Problem for the New Cognitive Theory of the 12 Imagination” once at The OSU Center for Cognitive Science’s Cogfest and once in Portland, Oregon at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology. His article “Why Don’t Concepts Constitute a Natural Kind?” (co-authored with Richard Samuels) was published in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences. He was also one of the winners of the OSU Arts & Humanities Post-Prospectus Research Quarter Award for 2010.
Tim Fuller will be presenting “Is scientific theory change similar to early cognitive development? Gopnik on science and childhood” at the 2011 meeting of the Pacific APA. He will be chairing the session “Knowability and Singular Thought: De Re Knowledge and Semantic Ascent” at the 2011 meeting of the Central APA.
Dai Heide defended his PhD dissertation in August, 2010. He presented “Kant’s Rejected Alternative” at the Princeton-Penn- Columbia Graduate Conference in Early Modern Philosophy and “Kant, Leibniz and the Neglected Neglected Alternative” at the Pacific Northwest/Western Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy.
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he Philosophy Department continues Reportedly a photo was taken in Dubrovnik rationality, the relationship between moral its tradition of organizing first-rate of Ben Caplan, Salvatore Florio, Stewart rightness and moral reasons, and the T philosophy conferences in Dubrovnik, Shapiro, and Stewart’s wife Beverly posing in relationship between justification and public Croatia. The conference series, which began the famous O-H-I-O formation. When asked reason. in 1989 and has been conducted annually about the photo, each either insists that it The list of presenters for the upcoming since 2005, is co-sponsored by OSU, the is not for public consumption or pleads 2011 Dubrovnik conference includes a few University of Rijeka (Croatia), and the ignorance concerning its whereabouts. philosophers who have visited Dubrovnik University of Maribor (Slovenia). The theme The upcoming 2011 Dubrovnik conference before: Justin D’Arms and Don Hubin for the conference alternates between topics is on moral and political philosophy with from OSU, Dan Jacobson (Michigan), and in moral and political philosophy and topics “Reason and Right” as the central theme. Geoff Sayre-McCord (UNC, Chapel Hill). in epistemology and metaphysics. The 2010 Subthemes will include the relationship At this time, the organizers also expect conference took place in May and focused between moral rightness and practical the following philosophers to participate: on philosophical logic (part of epistemology Richard Arneson (UC San Diego), Fred and metaphysics, broadly construed). And for D’Auostino (Queensland), James Dreier the 2011 conference, the topic will again be (Brown), Julia Driver (Washington University, moral and political philosophy. Stewart’s presentation was St. Louis), Jerry Gaus (Arizona), Ryan The organizers of the annual Dubrovnik Muldoon (Western Ontario), Alistair Norcross conference always strive to bring together on the third day, but from the (Colorado), Henry Richardson (Georgetown), a group of top-notch analytic philosophers. beginning of the conference to Melinda Roberts (College of New Jersey), Another goal of the conference is to promote the end, his influential work was Connie Rosati (Arizona), David Sobel philosophical interaction between the Anglo- (Nebraska), Piers Norris Turner (OSU), and American philosophical community and the repeatedly referenced. Peter Vallentyne (Missouri). philosophical community of Eastern Europe. 13 In its current form, the conference has met for eight consecutive years, but the history of the conference predates the Balkan wars The presenters for the 2010 conference included Ben Caplan (Ohio State), Colin Caret (St. Andrews), Catarina Dutilh-Novaes (Amsterdam), Ole Hjortland (St. Andrews), Peter Milne (Stirling), Nenad Miščevic (Maribor), Dag Prawitz (Stockholm), Graham Priest (Melbourne/CUNY/St. Andrews), Stephen Read (St. Andrews), Greg Restall (Melbourne), Per Martin-Löf (Stockholm), Tor Sandqvist (Stockholm), Peter Schroeder- Heister (Tübingen), Stewart Shapiro (Ohio State), Nenad Smokrović (Rijeka), Florian Steinberger (Cambridge), Majda Trobok (Rijeka), Alan Weir (Glasgow), and Berislav Zarnić (Split). There was also a student session, during which papers were given by Michael De (St. Andrews), Salvatore Florio (Ohio State), Frederique Janssen-Lauret (St. Andrews), and Julien Murzi (Sheffield). The twenty-one presentations were spread over five days. Stewart’s presentation was on the third day, but from the beginning of the conference to the end, his influential work was repeatedly referenced. The presentations were of very high quality, and discussions always continued into the evenings.
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