The American Philosophical Association EASTERN DIVISION ONE HUNDRED TENTH ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM BALTIMORE MARRIOTT WATERFRONT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND DECEMBER 27 – 30, 2013 Important Notices for Meeting Attendees SESSION LOCATIONS Please note: 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. To save on printing costs, the program will be available only online prior to the meeting; with the exception of plenary sessions, the online version does not include session locations. In addition, locations for sessions on the first evening (December 27) will be posted in the registration area. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRATION Please note: it costs $40 less to register in advance than to register at the meeting. The advance registration rates are the same as last year, but the additional cost of registering at the meeting has increased. Online advance registration at www.apaonline.org is available until December 26. 1 Friday Evening, December 27: 6:30–9:30 p.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 1:00–6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION 3:00–10:00 p.m., registration desk (third floor) PLACEMENT INFORMATION Interviewers and candidates: 3:00–10:00 p.m., Dover A and B (third floor) Interview tables: Harborside Ballroom, Salons A, B, and C (fourth floor) FRIDAY EVENING, 6:30–9:30 P.M. MAIN PROGRAM SESSIONS I-A. Symposium: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy of Language THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED. I-B. Symposium: German Idealism: Recent Revivals and Contemporary Relevance Chair: Jamie Lindsay (City University of New York–Graduate Center) Speakers: Robert Brandom (University of Pittsburgh) Axel Honneth (Columbia University) Commentator: Sally Sedgwick (University of Illinois–Chicago) I-C. Symposium: The Philosophy of G. A. Cohen Chair: Paul Warren (Florida International University) Speakers: John Roemer (Yale University) Nicholas Vrousalis (University of Cambridge) Commentator: Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics and Political Science) I-D. Symposium: Educating the Intellectual Virtues Chair: Jason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University) Speakers: Heather Battaly (California State University–Fullerton) Wayne Riggs (University of Oklahoma) Commentator: George Sher (Rice University) 2 Friday Evening, December 27: 6:30–9:30 p.m. (cont.) I-E. Symposium: Art and Social Theory Chair: Anne Ashbaugh (Towson University) Speakers: Lydia Goehr (Columbia University) Lambert Zuidervaart (Institute for Christian Studies– Toronto) Commentator: Jason Miller (Warren Wilson College) I-F. Symposium: Spinoza on Individuation, Determination, and Negation Chair: Cathay Liu (Yale-NUS College) Speakers: Karolina Hübner (University of Toronto) Olli Koistinen (University of Turku–Finland) Noa Shein (Ben-Gurion University–Israel) I-G. Colloquium: Philosophy of Science **Short session: ends at 8:30 p.m.** Chair: Grant Ramsey (University of Notre Dame) 6:30–7:30 p.m. Speaker: Sarah Roe (University of California–Davis) “Darwin’s Quandary” Commentator: Richard Gawne (Duke University) 7:30–8:30 p.m. Speaker: Nina Atanasova (University of Cincinnati) “Perspectival Pluralism in Experimental Neurobiology” Commentator: Adrienne Prettyman (Bryn Mawr College) I-H. APA Committee Session: Mentoring Early Career Black Philosophers Arranged by the APA Committee on the Status of Black Philosophers Chair: Kristie Dotson (Michigan State University) Speakers: Kristie Dotson (Michigan State University) “Introductory Remarks” Quayshawn Spencer (University of San Francisco) “How’s It Going for Blacks in Philosophy?” Myisha Cherry (City University of New York–John Jay College of Criminal Justice) “The Status of Black Women in Philosophy” Anika Simpson (Morgan State University) “Recruiting and Retaining Black Philosophy Majors” Howard McGary (Rutgers University–New Brunswick) “Recruiting and Retaining Black Ph.D. Students” Kathryn Gines (Pennsylvania State University) “Recruiting and Retaining Black Women” Christia Mercer (Columbia University) “Recruiting and Retaining Black Professors” 3 Friday Evening, December 27: 6:30–9:30 p.m. (cont.) GROUP PROGRAM SESSIONS GI-1. International Society for Chinese Philosophy Topic: Alternative Ways of Thinking in Chinese Philosophy Chair: Jinmei Yuan (Creighton University) Speaker: Wing-cheuk Chan (Brock University, Canada) “Mou Zongsan’s Political Philosophy: A Critical Reflection” Commentator: Jinmei Yuan (Creighton University) Speaker: Chaehyun Chong (Sogang University, Korea/ University of Nebraska–Omaha) “Mohist Ethics Revisited” Commentator: Wing-cheuk Chan (Brock University, Canada) Speaker: Jinmei Yuan (Creighton University) “Openness of Categorizing Lei 類, Kinds in Chinese Logic” Commentator: Chaehyun Chong (Sogang University, Korea/ University of Nebraska–Omaha) GI-2. International Society for Environmental Ethics Chair: Allen Thompson (Oregon State University) Speakers: Justin Donhauser (State University of New York at Buffalo) “General Ecosystems Theory is Not Too General and Theoretical to Inform Decision Making for Public Policy and Natural Resource Management” David M. Frank (New York University) “Colony Collapse Disorder and Pesticide Regulation” Nicolae Morar (University of Oregon) and Brendan Bohanann (University of Oregon) “What If There Are No Individuals? The Impact of Microbial Biology in Environmental Ethics” Brett Caloia (Hobart and William Smith College) “Confusion between Moral Terms and Mere Descriptors: ‘Sustainability’ as a Case Study” 4 Friday Evening, December 27: 6:30–9:30 p.m. (cont.) GI-3. Personalist Discussion Group Topic: Aspects of Modern Selfhood Speakers: Steven Miller (Southern Illinois University) “Pessimism in American Thought” Elena Cuffari (University of the Basque Country) “A Consideration of the Social-Cognitive Dynamics of Willing: Women and the Workplace ‘Lean’” Amelia Wirts (Boston College) “Expanding the Principle of Secular Rationale” GI-4. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy **Short session: ends at 8:30 p.m.** Topic: James’s Metaphysics Chair: Daniel Brunson (Morgan State University) Speakers: Randy Friedman (State University of New York at Binghamton) “James’s Realist Criteria” Stuart Rosenbaum (Baylor University) “Pure Experience” Michael Slater (Georgetown University) “James’s Critique of Absolute Idealism in A Pluralistic Universe” GI-5. Society for the Study of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy Topic: Fusion Philosophy Speakers: Ben Abelson (City University of New York–Graduate Center) “‘Shifting Coalitions’ and the Responsibility of Persons” Kenneth Faber (Vanderbilt University) “A Comparison of Buddhist Notions of Impermanence with Western Notions of Flux” Edward Falls (Pellissipi State University) “Fusion Philosophy Appraised” Marie Friquegnon (William Paterson University) “The Meaning of the Words: Mind and Matter” Antoine Panaioti (Union College) “Skillfulness in Means (upāyakauśalya) and the ‘Fusion Philosophy’ Project” Philippe Turenne (Kathmandu University) “Comparative Approaches to Madhyamaka: Issues in Method” 5 Saturday Morning, December 28: 9:00–11:00 a.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28 REGISTRATION 8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m., registration desk (third floor) PLACEMENT INFORMATION Interviewers and candidates: 8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m., Dover A and B (third floor) Interview tables: Harborside Ballroom, Salons A, B, and C (fourth floor) BOOK EXHIBITS 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom, Salons V and VI (third floor) SATURDAY MORNING, 9:00–11:00 A.M. MAIN PROGRAM SESSIONS II-A. Invited Papers: Vulnerability and Feminist Theory Chair: Katharine Schweitzer (University of Nevada–Reno) Speakers: Erinn Gilson (University of North Florida) Sarah Hansen (Drexel University) II-B. Invited Papers: Kant’s Political Philosophy: Recent Interpretations Chair: Dilek Huseyinzadegan (Emory University) Speakers: Pauline Kleingeld (University of Groningen, Netherlands) Peter Niesen (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany) II-C. Author Meets Critics: Mary Louise Gill, Philosophos: Plato’s Missing Dialogue Chair: Russell Jones (Harvard University) Critics: Jan Szaif (University of California–Davis) Constance Meinwald (University of Illinois–Chicago) Author: Mary Louise Gill (Brown University) II-D. Author Meets Critics: Richard Heck, Frege’s Theorem Chair: Russell Marcus (Hamilton College) Critics: Patricia Blanchette (University of Notre Dame) Kevin Klement (University of Massachusetts Amherst) Author: Richard Heck (Brown University) 6 Saturday Morning, December 28: 9:00–11:00 a.m. (cont.) II-E. Submitted Symposium: Objects as Semantic Props Chair: Keota Fields (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) Speaker: Roger Wertheimer (Agnes Scott College) “Talking with Objects” Commentators: Jody Azzouni (Tufts University) Jeremy Morris (Ohio University) II-F. Colloquium: Metaethics Chair: Brian Coffey (University of California–Davis) 9:00–10:00 a.m. Speaker: Stewart Eskew (University of Wisconsin–Madison) “Moral Supervenience and Moral Knowledge: How Not to Defend Moral Perception” Commentator: Luke Elson (University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill) 10:00–11:00 a.m. Speaker: Sameer Bajaj (University of Arizona) “Why Metanormative Realism Won’t Come from What Is Indispensable to Deliberation” Commentator: Lily Frank (City University of New York–Graduate Center) II-G. Colloquium: Perfection and Envy Chair: Shaeeda Ama (Pennsylvania State University) 9:00–10:00 a.m. Speaker: Gwen Bradford (Rice University) “Problems for Perfectionism” Commentator: Elizabeth Victor (Grand Valley State University) 10:00–11:00