Pacific Division Meeting

To All Members of the Association:

The Executive Committee of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association invites you to attend the 76th annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, which will be held at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington, from Wednesday, March 27th, through Sunday, March 31, 2002.

The Westin Hotel is in the center part of downtown Seattle, a short walk from the Seattle Harbor, the Seattle Art Museum, and many galleries, shops and restaurants. Also within a short walk is the historic Pike Place Market, stretching along seven acres of the waterfront, where you can purchase (or ship home) fresh and smoked salmon and shellfish, exotic mushrooms, and an unparalleled variety of fresh berries and herbs, locally made preserves and cheeses.

Cross the street from the Westin to catch the monorail to the Space Needle, Amusement Park, and Science Center or Metro Transit (no charge to downtown sites and the International District) to Pioneer Square for antiques, used books, and music clubs. Or walk to Belltown for more restaurants and clubs. Board a Seattle Harbor Tour boat to Tillicum Village, where you can dine on salmon baked over an alderwood fire while watching Northwest Indian dances.

Overnight or daytrip on the Victoria Clipper to visit Victoria in British Columbia, or go out to Bainbridge or the San Juan Islands in the Sound, or go whale watching. You can also tour, or go to Victoria, on a seaplane, or take a scenic flight on a vintage biplane. Or rent a car and spend a day enjoying Washington’s spectacular scenery. There are many recreational areas within 90 minutes drive.

The address of the Westin Hotel is 1900 Fifth Avenue, Seattle WA 98101. Phone is 206-728-1000. FAX is 206-728-2259.

The Westin extends an especially warm welcome to families with children. Notify the Westin’s Kids Club of your children’s ages when you make your reservation, and they will receive bags with gifts when they check in. A full range of children’s furniture and child-proofing devices can be borrowed from the Front Desk. The Westin makes no charge for children up to age twelve sharing their parents’ room. The concierge can make arrangements for child care, or for one of Seattle’s special tours for children (independent children need not be accompanied by a parent). Or walk with your family across the street from the hotel and take the monorail to Seattle Center to visit the Space Needle, Children’s Museum, Children’s Theater and Puppet Theater, and the Fun Forest, with its roller coaster, log flume, and other amusements.

Special Invitation to the Fairmont Empress in Victoria, Canada:

Victoria, Canada, is a short ferry ride (and even shorter seaplane flight) from Seattle. It is a beautiful small city, with almost everything within walking distance. Go "up island" by train or bus for spectacular scenery and to visit native villages.

The APA, Pacific Division, has made a special pre-convention arrangement for our members at the Fairmont Empress Hotel, in Victoria, a spectacular historical building that provides top class accommodations and dining. Its afternoon teas are famous, and its northwest cuisine restaurant offers an unparalleled variety of both regional and European wines. Walk across the street to the Bay and choose among the many tour boats that will take you to visit Victoria’s resident pods of orcas (you may select a comfortable glass enclosed boat, or an open pontoon whose operator will clothe you in waterproof overalls to make the journey). Or cross from the hotel in another direction to enjoy the outstanding native art in Victoria’s museum.

The APA rate for a single or double room at the Empress, on March 26-27, before the Seattle Pacific Division Meeting, is the Canadian equivalent to U.S. $91, a great bargain considering the quality of the hotel. (The U.S./Canadian rate of currency exchange usually is very favorable to holders of U.S. dollars.) Many of you will be in spring break the week of the APA meeting and will have the opportunity to enjoy Victoria. A hotel reservation form is in the back of this Proceedings, after the Seattle Westin reservation form.

Travel Information to the Westin Seattle:

Driving: From I-5 heading north (from Sea-Tac Airport), exit Seneca Street (#165), which is a left-side exit. At base of ramp, turn right on 6th Avenue. Follow 6th Avenue approximately six blocks, cross Stewart Street, and find the Westin on the left at 6th and Stewart. From I-5 heading south, exit Stewart Street/Denny Way (# 166). Veer right onto Stewart Street, follow Stewart approximately 9 blocks, turn right onto 6th Avenue, and find the Westin on your left. From Highway 520, take I-5 South and follow above directions. From I-90, take I-5 North, exit Madison Street (#165A), turn left at first light onto Madison, turn right onto 6th, follow 6th for approximately 8 blocks, cross Stewart Street and find the Westin on the left at 6th and Stewart.

By Air: From Seattle-Tacoma (SeaTac) Airport, Metro transit buses are $1.75 and stop near the hotel, Grayline shuttle service is $14 roundtrip directly to the hotel, Shuttle Express is $16 roundtrip, and taxis are about $30 one-way.

Registration: The registration fee is $5.00 for student members, $20.00 for regular members, and $25.00 for non-members of the APA who wish to attend more than a single session. On-site registration is $6.00 for student members, $25.00 for regular members, and $30.00 for non-members of the APA. Special tickets for $5.00 will be available to non-members who wish to attend a single session or one of the receptions. Only those who are registered or have purchased the limited number of extra tickets may attend the scheduled sessions or receptions. Please be sure to wear your convention badge at all times to identify yourself as a registered participant.

A Pre-Registration form is included in the back of this issue of the Proceedings. People who are not now members of the APA may take advantage of the lower registration fee by becoming members. Membership forms are available from the National Office and also will be available at the Convention Registration desk.

Presidential Address: The Presidential Address will be delivered by Paul Churchland at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29, in the Grand Ballroom. President Churchland will be introduced by Vice President Richard Wollheim.

Receptions: There will be receptions at 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, for registered participants. The Presidential Reception will be held on Friday, March 29, following the Presidential Address.

Check with the convention registration desk for information about other receptions: several more events will be added to the schedule as the convention date nears. Tickets for guests may be purchased at the door or the convention registration desk.

Business Meeting and Voting Membership: The annual Business Meeting will be held at noon on Thursday, March 28. There will be reports from the Divisional and National Officers and Committees. According to the Association’s By-Laws, regular membership is given by an act of the Executive Secretary on behalf of the Board of Officers. Each year the list of regular members that appears in the Proceedings is used as the list of eligible voters for the three subsequent Divisional business meetings.

Members with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: To provide a welcoming environment for members with multiple chemical sensitivities, all members are requested to refrain from wearing scented products.

Report of the Pacific Division Nominating Committee: John Fischer (Chair), Janet Levin and Michael White served as the 2001 Nominating Committee. They have nominated the following APA Pacific Division members for terms beginning in July, 2002:

For Vice-President: Julia Annas

For Executive Committee (3 year term): Michael Jubien

For Executive Committee (2 year term,

to replace Julia Annas): David Brink

For Representative to the APA Board of Officers: Calvin Normore

These names will be presented for election at the annual Business Meeting.

Winners of Graduate Student Prizes

Roy Brand (New School for Social Research)
"Discontinuous Continuity: Schlegel’s Fragmentary Project"

Elisabeth M. Camp (University of California, Berkeley)
"The Generality Constraint, Nonsense, and Categorial Restrictions"

Benjamin Cordry (University of Kentucky)
"Rigidly Designating Kind Terms and Individual Essences"

Leonard A. Kahn (University of California, Irvine)
"Moral Disagreement and Non-Cognitivism About Moral Judgments"

Klaas Johannes Kraay (University of Toronto)
"William Rowe’s A Priori Argument From Evil"

Christine R. Metzo (University of Kentucky)
"Living in the Material World"

Christian B. Miller (University of Notre Dame)
"Social Psychology and Descriptive Virtue Ethics"

Adina Roskies (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Are Ethical Judgments Intrinsically Motivational? Lessons From Acquired Sociopathy"

Ana Carolina Sartorio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"A New Asymmetry Between Actions and Omissions"

Kory P. Schaff (University of California, San Diego)
"McDowell’s Hegelianism Revisited"

Daniel Weiskopf (Washington University)
"Ecological Rationality and Internalist Justification"

Please consult the program for the colloquia at which these papers will be presented.

2002 Program Committee: The Program Committee which prepared this year’s program consists of Fiona Cowie (Chair), R. Lanier Anderson, Yoko Arisaka, Mark Balaguer, Anthony Brueckner, Peter de Marneffe, Leslie Frances, John Lysaker, Alva Noe, Dion Scott-Kakures, Lisa Shapiro, Christopher Shields, Laurie Shrage, Anita Silvers (ex officio), Nicholas Smith, Cynthia Stark, Kenneth Taylor, Paul Teller, William Uzgalis, Kayley Vernallis, Dallas Willard, and Allen Wood

2003 Program: The 77th Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, will be held March 26th through 30th, 2003, in San Francisco at The St. Francis Hotel on Union Square. The Program Committee invites contributions for the 2003 meeting. The deadline for submission is September 1, 2002. Each author may make only one submission. Please indicate prominently that the paper is submitted for the 2003 Pacific Division Meeting. Because the Program Committee will blind-review all submissions, the names of the author and her/his institution should appear only on a separate cover page; they should not appear in the paper in any way that defeats the operation of blind-reviewing.

The 2003 Program Committee also welcomes suggestions for topics and/or speakers of invited sessions. Recommendations (including self-nominations) for commentators and session chairs are encouraged and should be sent to the Program Chair, Nicholas D. Smith (Lewis and Clark). His email address is ndsmith@lclark.edu. When volunteering someone other than yourself, please be sure your nominee is willing to participate in the program. Nominations should reach the program committee by October 1, 2002, and should include a short vita or other account of the individual’s areas of specialization and record of scholarship.

Placement: Only APA members are eligible to use the Placement services. The Placement Center will open on Thursday, March 28, at the APA Registration Desk. Placement activity will continue through Saturday, March 30. Appointing officers and applicants are urged to make preparations for their part in the placement operation in advance of the meeting.

Nominations for 2002-2003 Nominating and Program Committees: Pacific Division members may make nominations
by emailing to the Secretary-Treasurer, Anita Silvers, at asilvers@sfsu.edu or writing to her at Philosophy Department, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, by March 20, 2002.

Sincerely yours,

Anita Silvers, Secretary-Treasurer
for the Executive Committee,
Pacific Division,
American Philosophical Association:

Joseph Tolliver (Chair)

Julia Annas

Paul Churchland

Fiona Cowie

Brian Skyrms

William Talbott

Richard Wollheim