Proceedings And Addresses
February 2006 (Volume 79, Issue 4)
Letter from the Secretary-Treasurer
To All Members of the Association:
To be assured of a room at the special convention rate, you should act promptly. Our convention block of rooms will be maintained by the hotel only until March 28, 2006. After that time, any unused rooms in the block will be released to other guests, and convention registrants may be unable to obtain the special rates or appropriate rooms. April is an extremely busy time for conventions in Chicago, and hotel rooms go fast.
•Chicago Airports: Chicago is served by O’Hare International and Chicago Midway airports. Virtually all airlines fly to O’Hare, and many also fly to Midway, which has the advantages of being closer to the Loop and somewhat less crowded.
Ground Transportation from O’Hare and Midway: The most economical way to reach the hotel is the Chicago Transit Authority trains (fare $1.75 as of Jan. 1, 2006). From O’Hare, take the CTA Blue Line from the station between Terminals 2 and 3 (follow the signs for “Trains to City”). Get off at the Monroe/Dearborn station and go east on Monroe to the hotel entrance between State and Wabash. Travel time is about 45 minutes, and trains run every ten minutes (with reduced schedules Sunday and late at night). From Midway, the CTA Orange Line runs every ten minutes and will take you to the Loop in about half an hour (get off at the Adams/Wabash stop. The hotel entrance is on the west side of Wabash. A map of the downtown area CTA routes and stations is available at http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/maps/F2003D.html.
•Airport shuttle buses to the loop are (at this writing) $25 one way/$46 round trip from O’Hare, $19 one way/$34 round trip from Midway. See http://www.ohare.com/ohare/ground_transport/ground_shuttles.shtm for more information. Buses go directly to Loop hotels, including the Palmer House. Allow an hour from Midway, an hour and a half from O’Hare; (time varies considerably, especially with heavy traffic). Buses leave every 10-15 minutes, and return buses leave the Palmer House every half-hour from the Monroe Street side. You can make advance reservations (and get a coupon for $2 off) at http://www.airportexpress.com/.
•Taxi fare is $35-$40 from O’Hare, $25 from Midway. With more than two passengers, a taxi is cheaper than the shuttle. Travel time to/from O’Hare can be under half an hour in light traffic, or an hour or more in heavy traffic (on Friday afternoon, it can exceed two hours). If you’re in a hurry, a taxi is usually the fastest way to go except when traffic is at its worst, when the CTA may be fastest (provided that you are traveling with one very small suitcase).
•Accessible transportation: For a wheelchair-accessible cab for either airport, call 1-800-281-4466 (United Dispatch). The CTA stations at both Midway and O’Hare are wheelchair-accessible, but not all stations in the Loop area have elevators. The closest Blue Line stop to the Palmer House with an elevator is Jackson, two long blocks from the Palmer House at Jackson and State Streets. In the Loop area, the Orange Line from Midway is on elevated tracks. The closest elevator-equipped Orange Line station is Van Buren, another long block south of the Jackson station. Call the Elevator Status Hotline at 1-888-968-7282 and press 5 to check for elevator service problems (TTY 1-888-282-8891). Please note that the State Street entrance to the Palmer House is not wheelchair-accessible. Proceed around the corner to the Monroe Street entrance instead. All CTA buses have lifts or ramps. Contact the RTA Travel Information Center at 312-836-7000 for updated information information. Maps and other information are available at http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/accessible.html, and a brochure on accessibility is available at http://www.transitchicago.com/downloads/brochures/ada.pdf (text version http://www.transitchicago.com/welcome/ada.txt).
•Driving to Chicago: See http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/maps_directions.jhtml?ctyhocn=CHIPHHH for maps and driving directions to the Palmer House. Valet parking is $35 per day, self-parking $25 per day for hotel guests.
•Amtrak: Amtrak trains arrive at Union Station, which is about ten blocks (some long) west on Canal between Adams and Jackson, across the Chicago River. The 151 bus goes to the hotel area (stop at State and Adams). A taxi to the Palmer House is under $10. Consult http://www.amtrak.com for schedules and fares.
2. Access to Meeting Rooms in the Palmer House
The meeting rooms for this meeting are located on floors 3-6 of the Palmer House. Please note that there are two banks of elevators and that not all floors are accessible from both banks. The main elevators, located at the back of the hotel lobby, go to all sleeping room floors. A second bank of elevators, the State Street elevators, is located to the right of the main elevators in the lobby, next to Windsor’s bar. These elevators go only as far as the 11th floor. All elevators go to the lobby, the street level, and the 6th floor. For meeting rooms on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors, the situation is more complicated: see the explanation below (note in particular that the 3rd floor is divided into two parts, each served by only one of the banks of elevators). In the meeting program, the room for each session is followed by the floor and by an indication of which elevators can be used to access this room: ‘M’ for the main elevators, ‘S’ for the State Street elevators. If it is necessary to change from one bank of elevators to the other, this can be done at the street, lobby, and 6th floor levels.
Third Floor Meeting Rooms. The majority of the meeting
rooms for this meeting are on the third floor, as is the registration
area, the book exhibits, and the Placement Center. However, the third
floor is divided into two sections that are at different elevations.
Registration, the Book Exhibits, and the Placement Center are all in
the Lower Exhibit Hall, which is in the lower part of the 3rd floor.
This part is accessible only by the State Street elevators or by escalator
from the lobby. All other 3rd-floor meeting rooms are on the upper side
of the floor, which is connected to the lower part by a short stairway.
This part is accessible only via the main elevators. In brief: to reach
the Lower Exhibit Hall (Registration, Placement, Book Exhibits), take
the State Street elevators or the escalators from the lobby. To reach
the 3rd floor meeting rooms, take the main elevators.
Fourth and Fifth Floors. The ballroom used for receptions and the Presidential
Address is on the 4th floor, which is accessible only by the main elevators
or by escalator and stairway from the lower part of the 3rd floor. The
meeting rooms on the 5th floor are accessible only by the State Street
elevators and by a stairway from the 4th floor.
Sixth Floor. Parlors A-H are located in the 6th floor, which is accessible by means of all elevators.
3. Meeting Registration
Rates for registration are as follows:
APA Members $50
Non-Members $60
Student members $10
The Central Division rebates $10 of the Member’s and Non-Member’s fee to the APA national office to support the general costs of the APA. All remaining registration income is used to support the expenses of the meeting and the operations of the Central Division. You may pre-register for the meeting by using the pre-registration information form found at the back of this issue. The deadline for pre-registration is April 7, 2006. Payment is accepted by cash, check, or credit card.
Registration includes admission to the reception on Thursday evening; non-registrants who wish to attend this reception may purchase tickets at the Registration Desk, or at the door of the reception, for $10. Please note that all persons attending the convention are expected to register (this includes invited participants and participants in Group Meetings). Registration fees are vital to the conduct of APA conventions, since convention revenues are the only source of income for the Divisions.
4. Placement Service
The Placement Center will open for business at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26, and continue in operation through noon, Saturday, April 29 (see the Program for specific times). The Placement Center will be located adjacent to registration, in Salons 1 and 3, which are in the Lower Exhibit Hall on the third floor (use the State Street elevators). Job seekers are urged to pre-register for Placement by submitting the pre-registration form provided at the back of this issue. Since many job interviews are pre-arranged on the basis advertisements in Jobs for Philosophers (JFP), and since the Placement Center will not post notices of positions that have already been advertised in JFP, job seekers are advised to obtain copies of JFP in advance of the meeting and to bring them to the meeting. (JFP is available to APA members upon request, at no extra charge. Requests should be addressed to the APA National Office, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.)
Policy on Interviews in Sleeping Rooms. At its 1994 meeting the APA Board of Officers adopted the policy of prohibiting job interviews in sleeping rooms at Divisional meetings. We ask your cooperation in implementing this policy. Interviews in the living rooms of suites are, of course, permissible under this policy, and interviewing departments may also make use of the Placement Center interview area in Salon 2 (within the Lower Exhibit Hall on the third floor: use State Street elevators). A quiet interview space is available for those requiring a less distracting environment for interviewing. Contact the Placement Service for further information.
5. Book Exhibits
The publishers’ book exhibits will be located in the Lower Exhibit Hall on the third floor. Exhibits will be open 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 9:00 a.m.-Noon on Saturday.
6. Receptions
The reception on Thursday, April 27, will begin at 8:30 p.m. Complimentary
beer and soft drinks are provided at this reception, which is open only
to those who have either registered for the convention or purchased
special tickets for the reception (available for $10 both at the registration
desk and at the door of the reception). The Presidential Reception on
Friday, April 28, will begin at 9:00 p.m. Tickets are not required for
admission to the Friday reception, and refreshments are available on
a cash-bar basis. Departments that wish to reserve a numbered table
at the two receptions may do so for a fee of $25 (see the form at the
back of this issue of the Proceedings).
7. Business Meeting
The annual Business Meeting of the Central Division will be held Friday,
April 28, at 12:15 p.m. Please note that only APA members who are affiliates
of the Central Division have voting rights at this meeting. Regular
items of business include reports from Divisional and National officers
and committees and the nomination of officers for 2006-2007. The 2006
Nominating Committee will present a slate of nominees for the positions
of Vice President, Member of the Executive Committee, and the four members
of the 2007 Nominating Committee. The recommendations of the Nominating
Committee will be posted in the registration area 24 hours prior to
the Business Meeting and are also printed on page 155 of this issue
of the Proceedings. Nominations from the floor are also accepted
if proposed by a group of ten members. In accordance with Divisional
rules, voting for candidates will be by mail ballot. The Minutes of
the 2005 Executive Committee Meeting and draft minutes of the 2005 Business
Meeting are published in this issue of the Proceedings, pp.
147-154.
8. Patrick Romanell Lecture
The Central Division is pleased to host the 2006 Patrick Romanell Lecture
on Philosophical Naturalism, to be given by Stephen Gaukroger of the
University of Sydney. The lecture will be presented 9:00 a.m.–Noon
on Saturday, April 29.
9. John Dewey Lecture
At its 2005 meeting, the Central Division Executive Committee accepted
a generous offer from the John Dewey Foundation to fund a John Dewey
Lecture at each annual meeting. The Dewey Lecture will be given by a
prominent American philosopher who will be invited to reflect broadly
on philosophy in America. The Central Division is pleased to announce
that the first John Dewey Lecture will be given by Nicholas Wolterstorff
on Thursday, April 27, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Professor Wolterstorff will be
introduced by Alvin Plantinga.
10. Presidential Address
President Eleonore Stump will present the 2006 Presidential Address,
“Love, by All Accounts,” at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. She will
be introduced by Ted Cohen, Vice President of the Central Division.
11. Graduate Student Travel Stipend Recipients
As in past years, the Central Division Executive Committee awards stipends
of $300 each to help defray the travel expenses of graduate students
whose papers are accepted for the program. Starting with the 2006 program,
the Executive Committee has decided to provide a stipend for every graduate
student whose paper is accepted. There are 18 such graduate students
for 2006. The Executive and Program Committees are pleased to announce
the 18 winners of stipends for this year:
Matthew Haug (Cornell University): “Natural Selection as a Realized Causal Process.” Paper 1 in Session I-F, ‘Metaphysics of Science’ (Thursday 1:30 p.m.)
Stephen R. Grimm (University of Notre Dame): “The Sense of Understanding.” Paper 2 in Session I-K, ‘Consciousness and Understanding’ (Thursday 1:30 p.m.)
Wayne Wu (University of California–Berkeley/Carnegie Mellon University): “How to Do Things with Reasons.” Paper 2 in Session II-I, ‘Action Theory’ (Friday 9:00 a.m.)
Eugene J. Marshall (University of Wisconsin–Madison): “Spinoza on Akrasia.” Paper 1 in Session IV-K, ‘Spinoza’ (Saturday 9:00 a.m.)
Benjamin Bayer (University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign): “Neglecting Indeterminacy and Behaviorism: Kim’s Critique of Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology.” Paper 1 in Session V-H, ‘Challenges to Traditional Epistemology’ (Saturday 2:30 p.m.)
Andrew D. Spear (University at Buffalo): “The Coherence of Rationalism.” Paper 3 in Session III-I, ‘Rationalism and Common Sense’ (Friday 1:45 p.m.)
Melissa Seymour (Indiana University–Bloomington): “Kant’s Later Argument for a Duty of Beneficence.” Paper 1 in Session II-G, ‘Kantian Ethics’ (Friday 9:00 a.m.)
Steven E. Viner (Washington University in St. Louis): “On State Self-Defense and Guantanamo Bay.” Paper 1 in Session V-I, ‘War’ (Saturday 2:30 p.m.)
Justin C. Fisher (University of Arizona): “Color Representations as Hash Values.” Paper 2 in Session II-F, ‘Philosophy of Psychology’ (Friday 9:00 a.m.)
Shannon Dea (University of Western Ontario): “Spinoza on the Indivisibility of Substance and the Inconceivability of Extension.” Paper 3 in Session IV-K, ‘Spinoza’ (Saturday 9:00 a.m.)
Thomas D. Harter (University of Tennessee): “Dying to Be Good: Kant and the Permissibility of Suicide.” Paper 2 in Session II-G, ‘Kantian Ethics’ (Friday 9:00 a.m.)
Sarah Harper (Boston College): “What’s So Special about Special Responsibilities?” Paper 1 in Session I-J, ‘Special Responsibilities’ (Thursday 1:30 p.m.)
Christopher Martin (Purdue University): “Rethinking Spinoza’s Concept of Ideas of Ideas.” Paper 2 in Session IV-K, ‘Spinoza’ (Saturday 9:00 a.m.)
Zach R. Manis (Baylor University): “On Moral and Religious Obligations: Some Problems for Metaethical Divine Command Theories.” Paper 3 in Session II-J, ‘Ethics and Religion’ (Friday 9:00 a.m.)
Jeppe Platz (University of Tennessee): “On Kant’s Distinctions between Perfect and Imperfect and Narrow and Wide Duties.” Paper 2 in Session IV-H, ‘Historical Kant’ (Saturday 9:00 a.m.)
Ted L. Poston (University of Missouri): “Internalism and the Problem of Scatter.” Paper 3 in Session I-I, ‘Epistemic Justification’ (Thursday 1:30 p.m.)
Chris Tucker (Purdue University): “Agent Causation and the Alleged Impossibility of Rational Free Action.” Paper 3 in Session II-I, ‘Action Theory’ (Friday 9:00 a.m.)
Matthew C. Cashen (Washington University in St. Louis): “Does Wisdom Make You Lucky? Euthydemus 279d-280b.” Paper 2 in Session III-H, ‘Plato’ (Friday 1:45 p.m.)
12. 2007 Program Committee
Vice President Ted Cohen has appointed the following Program Committee
for the 2007 Central Division Meeting:
Jenefer Robinson (University of Cincinnati), Chair;
Margaret Atherton (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)
Eric A. Brown (Washington University in St. Louis)
Ann E. Cudd (University of Kansas)
Justin D’Arms (Ohio State University)
Ann Eaton (University of Illinois–Chicago)
Robert Howell (Southern Methodist University)
Peter Ludlow (University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)
Steven Nadler (University of Wisconsin)
Laura Perini (Virginia Tech University)
Fred Rush (University of Notre Dame)
Carolina Sartorio (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Alan D. Schrift (Grinnell College)
Robin Smith (Texas A&M University)
James Tappenden (University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)
Jonathan Weinberg (Indiana University–Bloomington)
13. Call for Papers, 2007
The Program Committee for 2007 invites APA members to submit papers
for presentation at the One Hundred Fourth annual meeting, to be held
in Chicago, Illinois, at the Palmer House Hilton hotel, April 18-21,
2007. Papers should be submitted to Linda Smallbrook, APA National Office,
University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Papers must be submitted
in triplicate, with an abstract of not more than 150 words.
(Please mark the words ‘Central Division’ on the envelope
in which the copies are sent.) Papers may also be submitted in electronic
format: see the APA website at http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa for procedures
and details. The deadline for submission is July 1, 2006.
Papers themselves may not exceed 3,000 words in length and
must include a word count on the title page. Since papers will be blind-reviewed,
the author’s name and institution should not appear in the paper
itself. For hard-copy submissions, this information should appear only
on a separate title page that can be easily detached when the paper
is coded for review. For electronic submissions, this information is
entered in the appropriate place in the APA’s website for paper
submissions. The author’s name and institutional affiliation,
as well as any reference from which the author’s identity might
readily be inferred, must not occur in the body of the paper itself:
any paper which does contain such identifying references may be disqualified.
The Central Division will not consider any paper that is also submitted
for consideration to the Pacific Division Program Committee for the
same year or that has already been accepted for presentation at another
APA Divisional meeting. Authors are limited to a single submission.
The Program Committee regrets that it is unable to return submitted
papers.
14. Participation
APA members who wish to be considered for as commentators or session
chairs for the 2007 meeting should use the Program Information Form
provided later in this issue of the Proceedings. The following resolution
of the Central Division, adopted at the 1980 Business Meeting, will
be of interest to prospective participants:
“The APA is the sole professional organization that serves and
represents all American philosophers. To give better effect to the foregoing
statement, the Executive Committee of the Central Division publicly
affirms its desire that the composition of its officers, committees,
and programs reflect the diversity of its membership in such respects
as methodology, problem area, and type of employment or institutional
affiliation.”
15. Nominations
The Central Division Executive Committee also invites suggestions from
Central Division affiliates about appropriate candidates for Central
Division offices. If you would like to propose anyone for consideration,
please see the instructions in this issue of the Proceedings.
16. Program Information
The Program of the meeting, including the main sessions organized by
the APA and group sessions organized by affiliated groups, forms part
of this issue. Abstracts of invited and contributed papers are also
included. A limited number of copies of the Program will also be available
at registration. A world-wide-web version of the Program is also available
at the APA’s web site, http://www.udel.edu/apa/ (this site also
includes pointers to additional sources of information on the Internet
about the Chicago area). The web version may be updated periodically,
as necessary, to incorporate late changes in the Program.
17. Special Thanks from the Secretary-Treasurer
I wish to acknowledge with gratitude the generous support of Texas A&M
University for the Central Division office.
18. Childcare
Information about
childcare can be found in the back of this issue preceding the hotel
meeting room diagrams.
On behalf of the Executive and Program Committees, I extend to every member of the American Philosophical Association an invitation to take part in our One Hundred Third Annual Meeting.
Robin
Smith
Secretary-Treasurer, APA Central Division