THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF
THE NORTH TEXAS PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION
13-14 April 2007
University of North Texas, Denton
Environmental Science and Technology Building

Schedule of Presentations and Events

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
SATURDAY, APRIL 14
1:00-2:30 P.M.

“The Theological Turn in Recent French Phenomenology”
John Caputo, Syracuse University
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas, Denton

FRIDAY’S MAIN PROGRAM

ROOM A

1:00-1:50 P.M.

Paper: “Why Environmental Art Is Not An Aesthetic Affront to Nature”
Jason Simus, University of North Texas
Commentator: Anna Christina Ribeiro, Texas Tech University

2:00-2:50 P.M.

Paper: “The Exclusion of Women in Biomedical Research: Why We Should Still Care”
Constance Orzechowski, University of Utah
Commentator: Jody Purvis, University of Texas, Arlington

3:00-3:50 P.M.

Invited Paper: “How to Read Technology Critically”
David Kaplan, University of North Texas

4:00-5:15 P.M.

FRIDAY’S FEATURED LECTURE

"The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event"
John Caputo, Syracuse University

5:30-6:20 P.M.

Paper: “Tragedy and the Philosophical Life”
Martha Beck, Lyon College

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FRIDAY’S AFTERNOON COLLOQUIUM PAPERS

ROOM B

1:00-2:15 P.M.

COLLOQUIUM I: “The Philosophic Thinking of St. Paul”
(Sponsored by the North Texas Karl Jaspers Circle)
Paper: “Plato and Paul on the Meaning and Importance of Community”
Dustin Fockler, University of North Texas
Commentator: Irene Turner, University of North Texas
Paper: “1 Thessalonians and the Genesis of Heideggerian Temporality”
Jared Bly, University of North Texas
Commentator: Jordan Batson, University of North Texas
Chair: Andy Amato, University of Texas, Dallas

2:30-3:45 P.M.

COLLOQUIUM II: “Topics in the Philosophy of Religion”
Paper: “Augustine’s Defense and Redemption of the Body”
Kelly E. Arenson, Emory University
Commentator: Joe Barnhart, University of North Texas
Paper: “Was Socrates Actually a Divine Command Theorist?”
Michael A. Cantrell, Baylor University
Commentator: Miriam Byrd, University of Texas, Arlington

4:00-5:15 P.M
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FRIDAY’S FEATURED LECTURE

FRIDAY’S EARLY EVENING COLLOQUIUM PAPERS

5:30-6:50 P.M.

COLLOQUIUM III: “Vernacular Globalizations”
Paper: “Cross-cultural Flows: Globalizing Rivers”
Irene J. Klaver, University of North Texas

Paper: "Globalized Aspects of Zoos"
Charles Siegel, University of North Texas

Paper: "Water as Communicative Action in a Global Dialog"
Irene Turner, University of North Texas

Paper: “The Struggle of the Environment in Globalization”

Erik Wohlmuth, University of North Texas

Chair: Irene J. Klaver, University of North Texas

7-8 P.M.
BREAK

8-9:30 P.M.
UNT PHILOSOPHY AND FILM SERIES PRESENTATION

Waking Life

SATURDAY REGISTRATION: 8:00-8:50 A.M.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00-10:15 A.M.

ROOMS A, B & C

COLLOQUIUM PAPERS



SATURDAY’S MAIN PROGRAM

ROOM A

10:20-11:10 A.M.

INVITED PAPER: “Gadamer and the Dark Side of Phronesis: Revisiting the Political Incompetence of Philosophy”
Bruce Krajewski, Texas Woman’s University

ROOM B

10:20-11:10 A.M.

INVITED PAPER: “Searle, Consciousness, and the Brain”
Robert E. Wood, University of Dallas

ROOM A

11:20 A.M.-12:15 P.M.

THE DASEIN ADDRESS

“Hölderlin’s ‘Ister’ and The Ethical Measure of Dwelling”
Charles R. Bambach, University of Texas, Dallas
Sponsored by the Dallas Area Seminar on European INquiry

ROOM B

11:20 A.M.-12:15 P.M.

Paper: “The Inadequacy of Kant’s Formula of the End in Itself”
Andrew Johnson, Southern Methodist University
Commentator: Jeremy Byrd, Tarrant County College



12:15-1:00 P.M.
BREAK

ROOM A

1:00-2:30 P.M.

A Greeting to the North Texas Philosophical Association from the Hosting Institution
By
J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
“The Theological Turn in Recent French Phenomenology”
John Caputo, Syracuse University

Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas, Denton

ROOM A

2:40-3:35 P.M.

Paper: “The Prize-Essay that Beat Kant’s: Moses Mendelssohn’s Treatise on Evidence (1763)”
Martin Yaffe, University of North Texas
Commentator: Curtis Bowman, Independent Scholar

ROOM B

2:40-3:35 P.M.

Paper: “Descartes on the Consequences of Mathematical Platonism”
Andrew Pavelich, University of Houston-Downtown
Commentator: Allan Hazlett, Texas Tech University



3:45-5:00 P.M.

ROOMS A, B, & C

COLLOQUIUM PAPERS

ROOM A

5:00-5:50 P.M.

NTPA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

“Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the North Texas Philosophical Association”
Frederick Hotz, The Parish Episcopal School

6:00-6:30 P.M.

NTPA BUSINESS MEETING

SATURDAY’S COLLOQUIUM PAPERS

ROOM A

9:00-10:15 A.M.

COLLOQUIUM IV: “Topics in Contemporary French Philosophy: Deleuze, Badiou, and Marion

Paper: “Individuation and the Individual: Deleuze and the Genesis of the Given”
Levi R. Bryant, Collin College

Paper: “Re-Thinking Infinity: Alain Badiou’s Being & Event”
Adam S. Miller, Collin College

Paper: “Ontotheology is not a Four-Letter Word: Why Jean-Luc Marion Should Claim Ontotheology”
Matthew Schunke, Rice University

Chair: Dawna Shin, University of Arkansas

ROOM B

9:00-10:15 A.M.

COLLOQUIUM V: “Topics in Epistemology”

Paper: “Descriptive and Normative Contexts: An Examination of Sosa’s Discussion of Goldman’s 1992 Hypothesis”
Jennifer L. Rowe, University of Arkansas

Paper: “Necessity of the Past and Infallibility: Is Theological Fatalism worse than Logical Fatalism?”
Eric Yang, University of Oklahoma

Chair: Clayton Littlejohn, Southern Methodist University

ROOM C

9:00-10:15 A.M.

COLLOQUIUM VI: “Topics in Environmental Ethics: The Politics of Subjectivity”

Paper: “Our Environmental Crises”
Edward Abplanalp, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Commentator: Gao Shan, Beijing Normal University

Paper: ”Evolving Ecological Ethics”
Mark Mysak, University of North Texas

Paper: "Internationals, Old and New: The Possibility of Global Community"
Nate Gies, University of North Texas

Chair: Ashley Hardcastle, University of North Texas



10:30 A.M.-3:35 P.M.

SATURDAY’S MAIN PROGRAM

ROOM A

3:45-5:00 P.M.

COLLOQUIUM VII: “Readings in Hermeneutics”

Paper: “Homecoming: From National Promise to Earthly Dwelling in Heidegger”
Julie Kuhlken, Concordia University, Austin

Paper: “Conversation and Ontology: Gadamer on the World”
Peter Fristedt, Stony Brook University

Paper: “Conscious of no fault: Doubts about Ricoeur’s reading of Heidegger”
Daniel Price, University of Houston

Chair: Luanne Frank, University of Texas, Arlington

ROOM B

3:45-5:00 P.M.

COLLOQUIUM VIII: “Places of Virtue: Topics in Ancient Philosophy”

Paper: “The Way to Logoi: Action, Place and Self Knowledge in Plato’s Phaedrus, 229a-230e5
Bret Saunders, University of Dallas

Paper: “Aristotle on Injustice: Should One Ever Choose Against Virtue?”
John Tutuska, University of Dallas

Paper: “Virtue and Other Goods in On Ends & Tusculan Disputations”
Brian Harding, Texas Woman’s University

Chair: James Kirk, Collin College

ROOM C

3:45-5:00 P.M.

COLLOQUIUM IX: “Topics in Epistemology”

Paper: “Can Moore’s Proof Rationally Persuade Without Transmitting Warrant?”
Daniel M. Johnson, Baylor University

Paper: “An Analysis of Conceptual Analysis”
Jason Peeler, University of Texas, Arlington

Chair: Jennifer L. Rowe, University of Arkansas

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