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Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference

left "Freedom and Determinism"
Dates: April 27-29 2001
Location: University of Idaho
Moscow ID 83844-1205
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Conference Program

- Short Version -
No Titles or Affiliations
Friday, April 27
Saturday, April 28
Sunday, April 29

- Long Version -
Titles and Affiliations
Friday, April 27
Saturday, April 28
Sunday, April 29

Friday, April 27: University of Idaho Commons

Session Times

Crest
Room

Horizon
Room

Aurora
Room

Panorama Room

Undergraduate Symposium

8:00 - 9:00

Conference Registration: The Summit Conference Area, 4th Floor

9:00 - 10:10

Nomy
Arpaly

Comment:
Robert Epperson

Jonathan
Westphal

Comment:
Kurt Torell

Robert
Allen

Comment:
Richard Reilly

Session 1
9:00 - 12:00

Jonathan McIntosh

Comment:
Garth Notestine

Jason Turner

Comment:
TBA

Paula Veseth

Comment:
TBA


10:20 - 11:30

Dana
Nelkin

Comment:
Ron Wilburn

Michael
McKenna

Comment:
Derk Pereboom

Carlo
Filice

Comment:
Ken Himma

11:30 - 1:00

Lunch Break: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

1:00 - 2:10

Alfred R.
Mele

 

Steve
Savitt

Comment:
Gary Hardcastle

Paul
Kjellberg

Comment:
Nick Gier

Session 2
1:00 - 3:00

Erin Thompson

Comment:
TBA

Meggan Payne

Comment:
TBA


2:20 - 3:30

Carl
Ginet

 

John
Earman

 

Kevin
Timpe

Comment:
Jack D. Davidson

3:40 - 5:00

Peter van Inwagen

Whitewater/Clearwater Room, UI Commons First Floor

5:00 - 7:30

Dinner Break: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

7:30 - 9:30

Public Forum:
“Mad or Bad: Biological Determinism and Criminal Responsibility”

Speakers:
Patrick A. Carter, Michelle Inderbitzen, Doug Lind
John Perry, Robert Schopp

Kenworthy Theater, Moscow, ID

9:45 - 12:00

Reception at the University Inn, Moscow, ID

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Saturday, April 28: University of Idaho Commons

Session Times

Crest
Room

Horizon
Room

Aurora
Room

Panorama
Room

8:00 - 9:00

Continental Breakfast: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

9:00 - 10:10

Ted
Honderich

 

Indeterministic Causation in the Social Sciences
Ellery Eells
Bruce Glymour
Richard Scheines

Barbara
Hannan

Comment:
Kelly Jolley

Andrew
Robinson

 

10:20 - 11:30

Paul
Russell

 

Sean
Ireton

Comment:
Michael Neville

Armand Larive
& Louis Gray

Comment:
George Patsakos

11:30 - 1:00

Lunch Break: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

1:00 - 2:10

Randolph
Clarke

Comment:
Timothy O'Connor

Problems for Compatibilists
Hud Hudson
Ned Markosian
Theodore Sider

Anthony
Dardis

Comment:
Andrew Cortens

Stephen
Morris

Comment:
Helena Siipi

2:20 - 3:30

Robert
Kane

 

Michael
Watkins

Comment:
Todd Jones

Manuel
Vargas

Comment:
Miriam McCormick

3:40 - 4:50

John Martin
Fischer

Comment:
Harry Silverstein

Richard
Feldman

Comment:
Peter Murphy

Kari Gwen
Coleman

Comment:
Chris Heathwood

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5:00 - 7:30

Dinner Break: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

7:30 - 9:30

Keynote Address:
“Freedom and the Power of Preference”

Keith Lehrer
University of Arizona

UI Law School Courtroom

9:45 - 12:00

Reception at the University Inn, Moscow, ID

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Sunday, April 29: University of Idaho Commons

Session Times

Crest
Room

Horizon
Room

Aurora
Room

8:00 - 9:00

Continental Breakfast: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

9:00 - 10:10

Ted A.
Warfield

 

Michael J.
Zimmerman

 

Timothy
Schroeder

Comment:
Elizabeth Brake

10:20 - 11:30

John
Perry

 

Ish
Haji

Comment:
Roderick T. Long

Todd Long

Comment:
Tony Roark

11:40 - 1:00

“Freedom and Determinism in the 21st Century”

Speakers:
John Martin Fischer, Ted Honderich, Ted A. Warfield
Chair:
Joseph Keim Campbell

Whitewater/Clearwater Room, UI Commons 1st Floor

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Friday, April 27: University of Idaho Commons

9:00 - 10:10

Crest:

Which Autonomy?
Nomy Arpaly Rice University

 

 

 

Comment:
Robert Epperson Washington State University

 

Horizon:

Frankfurt Cases and Compatibilism
Jonathan Westphal Idaho State University

 

 

 

Comment:
Kurt Torell Lewis-Clark State College

 

Aurora:

Kane on Free Will and Indeterminism
Robert Allen Central Michigan University

 

 

 

Comment:
Richard Reilly St. Bonaventure University

 

Panorama:

Undergraduate Symposium: Session 1
Divine Foreknowledge and the "Freedom to do Otherwise"
Jonathan McIntosh University of Idaho

Proto-Occhamism and the Consequent Argument: A Modal Framework
Jason Turner Washington State University

TBA
Paula Veseth Pacific Lutheran University

10:20 - 11:30

Crest:

The Sense of Freedom
Dana Nelkin
Florida State University

 

 

 

Comment:
Ron Wilburn University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 

Horizon:

Robustness, Control, and the Demand for Morally Significant Alternatives
Michael McKenna  Ithaca College

 

 

 

Comment:
Derk Pereboom , University of Vermont

 

Aurora:

The Libertarian Self
Carlo Filice SUNY Geneseo

 

 

 

Comment:
Ken Himma  University of Washington

 

Panorama:

Undergraduate Symposium Session 1 -- Cont.

11:30 - 1:00

Lunch Break: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

1:00 - 2:10

Crest:

Human Agency Par Excellence
Alfred R. Mele  Florida State University

 

Horizon:

On Absolute Becoming and the Myth of Passage
Steve Savitt University of British Columbia

 

 

 

Comment:
Gary Hardcastle University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

 

Aurora:

Why Buddhists Are Not Interested in the Free Will Problem
Paul Kjellberg  Whittier College

 

 

 

Comment:
Nick Gier University of Idaho

 

Panorama:

Undergraduate  Symposium: Session 2
The Question of Free Will in Leibniz'a Monadology
Erin Thompson Columbia University

Hegel on Free Will
Meggan Payne Washington State University

2:20 - 3:30

Crest:

Trying to Act
Carl Ginet Cornell University

 

Horizon:

Determinism: What We Have Learned and What We Still  Don't Know
John Earman University of Pittsburgh

 

Aurora:

Thomistic Angelology: A Non-PAP Libertarian Reading
Kevin Timpe St. Louis University

 

 

 

Comment:
Jack D. Davidson Iowa State University

 

Panorama:

Undergraduate Symposium Session 2 -- Cont.

3:40 - 5:00

Van Inwagen on Free Will


Peter van Inwagen University of Notre Dame

Whitewater/Clearwater Room, UI Commons 1st Floor

5:00 - 7:30

Dinner Break: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

7:30 - 9:30

Public Forum on Freedom and Determinism:

"Mad or Bad: Biological Determinism and Criminal Responsibility"


 

Speakers:

Patrick A. Carter Washington State University
Biology

Michelle Inderbitzen University of Idaho
Criminal Justice

Douglas Lind University of Idaho
Law

John Perry Stanford University
Philosophy

Robert Schopp University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Psychology

 

Kenworthy Theater, Main Street, Moscow, ID

9:45 - 12:00

Reception at the University Inn, Moscow, ID

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Saturday, April 28: University of Idaho Commons

8:00 - 9:00

Continental Breakfast: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

9:00 - 10:10

Crest:

After Compatibilism and Incompatibilism
Ted Honderich University College, London

 

Horizon:

Indeterministic Causation in the Social Sciences

Ellery Eells University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bruce Glymour Kansas State University
Richard Scheines Carnegie Mellon University

 

Aurora:

Schopenhauer on Freedom of the Will
Barbara Hannan University of New Mexico

 

 

 

Comment:
Kelly Jolley Auburn University

 

Panorama:

Scale, Freedom, and Determinism
Andrew Robinson University of Idaho

10:20 - 11:30

Crest:

Compatibilism, History and Frankenstein-Style Examples Paul Russell University of British Columbia

 

Horizon:

Indeterministic Causation in the Social Sciences Continued

 

Aurora:

Nietzsche's View of Death as Freedom
Sean Ireton Washington State University

 

 

 

Comment:
Michael Neville Washington State University

 

Panorama:

Is 'Active Information' a Plausible Means of Divine Action?
Armand Larive and Louis Gray Washington State University

 

 

 

Comment:
George Patsakos University of Idaho

11:30 - 1:00

Lunch Break: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

1:00 - 2:10

Crest:

Two Problems of Control for Libertarianism
Randolph Clarke University of Georgia

 

 

 

Comment:
Timothy O'Connor Indiana University

 

Horizon:

Problems for Compatibilism

Hud Hudson Western Washington University
Ned Markosian Western Washington University
Theodore Sider Syracuse University

 

Aurora:

Higher Level Property Causal Relevance
Anthony Dardis

 

 

 

Comment:
Andrew Cortens Boise State University

 

Panorama:

Responsibility and the Reason View
Stephen Morris

 

 

 

Comment:
Helena Siipi University of Turku

2:20 - 3:30

Crest:

Agency, Responsibility, and Indeterminism: Reflections on Libertarian Approaches to Free Will
Robert Kane University of Texas-Austin

 

Horizon:

Problems for Compatibilism
--- Continued

 

Aurora:

Indeterminism in a Deterministic World
Michael Watkins Auburn University

 

 

 

Comment:
Todd Jones University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 

Panorama:

Responsibility and the Aims of Theory: Reflections on the Strawsonian Legacy
Manuel Vargas Stanford University

 

 

 

Comment:
Miriam McCormick University of Richmond

3:40 - 4:50

Crest:

The Transfer of Non-Responsibility
John Martin Fischer University of California, Riverside

 

 

 

Comment:
Harry Silverstein Washington State University

 

Horizon:

Contextualism and Freedom
Richard Feldman University of Rochester

 

 

 

Comment:
Peter Murphy , University of Calgary

 

Aurora:

The Simulation of Free Will Kari Gwen Coleman

 

 

 

Comment:
Chris Heathwood University of Massachusetts 

5:00 - 7:30

Dinner Break: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

7:30 - 9:30

Keynote Address:

Freedom and the Power of Preference

Keith Lehrer, University of Arizona

University of Idaho Law School Courtroom

9:30 - 10:00

Reception at the UI Law School

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Sunday, April 29: University of Idaho Commons

8:00 - 9:00

Continental Breakfast: Whitewater/Clearwater Room, 1st Floor

9:00 - 10:10

Crest:

Recent Technical Work on the Consequence Argument
Ted A. Warfield University of Notre Dame

 

Horizon:

Taking Luck Seriously
Michael J. Zimmerman University of North Carolina-Greensboro

 

Aurora:

Moral Responsibility and Tourette Syndrome: A Surprising Preliminary Report
Timothy Schroeder University of Manitoba

 

 

 

Comment:
Elizabeth Brake University of Calgary

10:20 - 11:30

Crest:

Indeterminism Reconsidered
John Perry Stanford University

 

Horizon:

Libertarian Openness, Blameworthiness, and Time
Ish Haji University of Minnesota, Morris

 

 

 

Comment:
Roderick T. Long Auburn University

 

Aurora:

Moderate Reasons-Responsiveness, Moral Responsibility, and Manipulation: A
Challenge for Fischer and Ravizza?

Todd Long University of Rochester

 

 

 

Comment:
Tony Roark Boise State University

11:40 - 1:00

Freedom and Determinism in the 21st Century

 

Speakers:

John Martin Fischer University of California, Riverside
Ted Honderich University College, London
Ted A. Warfield University of Notre Dame

 

Chair:

David Shier Washington State University

 

Whitewater/Clearwater Room, UI Commons First Floor

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The Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference is a topic-focused interdisciplinary conference supported in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, a State-Based Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-sponsored by the Philosophy Departments at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.


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