Proceedings and Addresses: January, 2005 (Volume 78, Issue 3): Mini-Conference Programs

(Meeting rooms are on the second floor and available from both banks of elevators, unless noted as being otherwise. The Tower Salon is on the lobby level. Mezzanine level meeting rooms are available only from the elevators at the front of the hotel near the Union Square entrance.)

Mini-Conference Programs

Mini-Conference on the Philosophy of the Emotions

The Organizing Committee for the Mini-Conference on the Philosophy of the Emotions is composed of Robert Solomon (University of Texas)—Chair, John Deigh (University of Texas), Ronald de Sousa (University of Toronto), Paul Griffiths (University of Queensland), Kathleen Higgins (University of Texas), Jerome Neu (University of California-Santa Cruz), and Jenefer Robinson (University of Cincinnati).

Mini-Conference on Richard Rufus of Cornwall

The Organizing Committee for the Mini-Conference on Rufus of Cornwall is composed of Rega Wood (Stanford)—Chair, Andrew Arana (Kansas State University), John Carriero (University of California-Los Angeles), Victor Caston (University of California-Davis), Neil Lewis (Georgetown University), Christopher J. Martin (University of Auckland), Alva Noë (University of California-Berkeley), and Jennifer Ottman (Stanford University).

The Executive Committee thanks Stanford University's Deans of Research and Humanities for generously supplementing APA Pacific Division support for the Richard Rufus of Cornwall Mini-Conference.

Tuesday Late Afternoon, March 22

MI-A. Mini-Conference on the Philosophy of the Emotions

4:00-5:30 p.m., Tower Salon (Lobby Level)

Topic: Opening Address

Welcome: Robert Solomon (University of Texas-Austin)

Speaker: Paul Ekman (University of California-Berkeley)

"A Conversation with Paul Ekman on Emotions and Deception"

A display of books on Philosophy of the Emotions will be available in the lobby of the Tower Salon.

A small reception will be held in the lobby of the Tower Salon after the talk.

Wednesday Morning, March 23

MII-A. Mini-Conference on the Philosophy of the Emotions

9:00-11:00 a.m., Tower Salon (Lobby Level)

Topic: Basic Emotions and the Relation between Neurology and Philosophical Theories of Emotion

Panelists: Paul Griffiths (University of Queensland)

Robert Levenson (University of California-Berkeley)

Jesse Prinz (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)

Jenefer Robinson (University of Cincinnati)

Wednesday Afternoon, March 23

MIII-A. Mini-Conference on the Philosophy of the Emotions

1:00-3:00 p.m., Tower Salon A (Lobby Level)

Topic: Cognitive Theories of Emotion

This session will be conducted using an Octavian Discussion format to facilitate spontaneity and broad discussion. The session will open with two designated speakers at the table making very short introductory statements to set up the discussion. Then there will be a general discussion during which members of the audience will fill the other chairs at the table on a rotating basis.

MIII-B. Mini-Conference on the Philosophy of the Emotions

3:00-5:00 p.m., Tower Salon A (Lobby Level)

Topic: The Role of Emotions in Ethics

This session will be conducted using an Octavian Discussion format.

Oxford University Press and the APA Pacific Division invite you to a reception at 5:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Tower Salon following this last session of the Mini-Conference on the Philosophy of the Emotions.

MIV-A. Mini-Conference on Richard Rufus of Cornwall

4:00-6:00 p.m., St. Francis Suite, East Room (12th floor)

A discussion of difficult passages from Richard Rufus of Cornwall's commentary on Aristotle's De anima. For full details, see II-I on the Main Program.

For details of the entire program of the Mini-Conference on Richard Rufus of Cornwall, see Main Program II-I (Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.), Main Program III-F (Thursday at 9:00 a.m.), and Main Program IV-D (Thursday at 2:00 p.m.).