Proceedings And Addresses
January 2007 (Volume 80, Issue 3)

Mini-Conference Programs

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April 4 - 8, 2007
Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco

Mini-Conference Programs
Attendance at all mini-conference events is included in the APA convention registration fee, with the exception of the “Philosophy and Wine” wine-tasting (for which there is an additional fee).

MI - Mini-Conference on Models of God
Organizing Committee: Jeanine Diller (Chair), Philip Clayton, John Cobb, Edwin Curley, Andrew Dell’Olio, C. Stephen Layman, Parimal Patil, Samuel Ruhmkorff, Charles Taliaferro.

Wednesday, April 4 and Thursday, April 4, 2007

Wednesday Morning, April 4

Continental Breakfast
7:15-8:00 a.m.

MI-1. Mini-Conference on Models of God
8:00-9:45 a.m.
Topic: Models of God
Chair: Jeanine Diller (Independent Scholar)
Speaker: Ted Peters (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary)
“Models of God”
Commentator: Jim Taylor (Westmont College)
Speaker: Jeremy Hustwit (Claremont Graduate University)
“Can Models of God Compete? Testing the Strength of Religion’s Language-Reality Ties”
Commentator: Samuel Ruhmkorff (Simon’s Rock College of Bard)

MI-2. Mini-Conference on Models of God
10:00-11:45 a.m.
Topic: Challenges to Prevailing Models
Chair: Andrew Dell’Olio (Hope College)
Speaker: Klaas Kraay (Ryerson University)
“Divine Unsurpassability”
Commentator: Kate Moran (University of Pennsylvania)
Speaker: Pamela Sue Anderson (University of Oxford)
“Feminist Conceptions of God: Exploring Transcendence, Immanence, and Goodness”
Commentator: Charles Taliaferro (St. Olaf College)

Wednesday Afternoon, April 4

MI-3. Mini-Conference on Models of God
12:45-2:15 p.m.
Topic: Panel on Process Theism
Chair: Jeremy Hustwit (Claremont Graduate University)
Panelists: Monica A. Coleman (Lutheran School of Theology–Chicago)
Dan Dombrowski (Seattle University)
Donald Wayne Viney (Pittsburg State University)
Commentator: Delwin Brown (Pacific School of Religion)

MI-4. Mini-Conference on Models of God
2:30-5:15 p.m.
Topic: Extant Novel Models of God
Chair: John Bishop (University of Auckland)
Speaker: Nancy Hudson (California University of Pennsylvania)
“Environmentalism and Nicholas of Cusa’s Model of God”
Commentator: Robert Gall (West Liberty State College)
Speakers: Ford Turrell (Nashville State Community College)
Donald Turner (Nashville State Community College)
“The Non-existent God: Transcendence, Humanity, and Ethics in Emmanuel Levinas”
Commentator: Daniel Murphy (St. Anselm College)
Speaker: David Bradshaw (University of Kentucky)
“The Concept of the Divine Energies”
Commentator: Dan Dombrowski (Seattle University)
Reception for “Models of God” Mini-Conference (all registered APA Pacific Division attendees are welcome)
5:15-7:00 p.m., Colonial Room

Wednesday Evening, April 4

MI-5. Joint Meeting of Mini-Conference on Models of God and the Society of Christian Philosophers
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dallas Willard (University of Southern California)
“Intentionality and the Substance of the Self”
Commentator: Brian Treanor (Loyola Marymount University)
Speaker: Paul Moser (Loyola University of Chicago)
“Forgiveness as Cognitively Significant”
Commentator: Pamela Hieronymi (University of California–Los Angeles)

MI-6. Mini-Conference on Models of God Keynote Address
8:30-10:00 p.m.
Chair: Charles Taliaferro (St. Olaf College)
Speaker: Wesley Wildman (Boston University)
“Behind, Between, and Beyond Anthropomorphic Models of Ultimate Reality”
Commentator: Andrew Dell’Olio (Hope College)

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Thursday Morning, April 4

MI-7. Mini-Conference on Models of God
8:30-10:30 a.m.
Topic: Panel on Open Theism
Chair: Luke Gelinas (University of Toronto)
Panelists: David Basinger (Roberts Wesleyan College)
Alan Rhoda (University of Nevada)
Richard Rice (Loma Linda University)
David Woodruff (Huntington University)

MI-8. Mini-Conference on Models of God
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Topic: Panel on Panentheism
Chair: Emily Bennett (Claremont Graduate University)
Panelists: Stephen Palmquist (Stanford University and Hong Kong Baptist University)
Dong-Sik Park (Claremont Graduate University)
Jeanyne Slettom (Claremont Graduate University)
Commentator: Philip Clayton (Claremont School of Theology)

Thursday Afternoon, April 4

MI-9. Mini-Conference on Models of God Keynote Address
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Chair: Samuel Ruhmkorff (Simon’s Rock College of Bard)
Speaker: John Bishop (University of Auckland)
“How a Modest Fideism May Constrain Concepts of God: A Christian Alternative to Classical Theism”
Commentator: Jeanine Diller (Independent Scholar)

MI-10. Mini-Conference on Models of God
3:45-5:15 p.m.
Topic: Plenary Discussion
Chair: Philip Clayton (Claremont School of Theology)

MII - Mini-Conference on Philosophy and Wine
Organizing Committee: Kent Bach (Chair), Charles Grau, Adrienne Lehrer, Barry C. Smith, David Sosa

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Wednesday Morning, April 4

MII-1. Mini-Conference on Philosophy and Wine
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Topic: Wine Perception
Chair: Kent Bach (San Francisco State University)
“Welcome: Philosophy and Wine?”
Speaker: Ann Noble (University of California–Davis)
“Wine: Consistency of Perception, Variation in Interpretation”

MII-2. Mini-Conference on Philosophy and Wine
10:55-11:55 a.m.
Topic: Philosophy of Wine Perception
Chair: David Sosa (University of Texas–Austin)
Speakers: Mohan Matthen (University of Toronto)
“Do We Taste the Wine?”
Barry C. Smith (University of London)
“Just What Can You Taste in a Wine?”

MII-3. Mini-Conference on Philosophy and Wine
Noon-1:00 p.m.
Topic: Analyzing and Categorizing Wines
Chair: Fritz Allhoff (Western Michigan University)
Speakers: Kevin W. Sweeney (University of Tampa)
“Analytic Tasting and Enjoying a Wine Overall”
Jonathan Cohen (University of California–San Diego)
“Wine, Categories, and Wine Categories”

Wednesday Afternoon, April 4

MII-4. Mini-Conference on Philosophy and Wine
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Topic: Evaluating Wines
Chair: Robert May (University of California–Davis)
Speakers: John Bender (Ohio University)
“What the Wine Critic Tells Us”
Michael Jubien (University of Florida)
“Real Value in Wine”

MII-5. Mini-Conference on Philosophy and Wine
3:40-4:40 p.m.
Topic: Aesthetics of Wine
Chair: Frank Lewis (University of Southern California)
Speakers: Christopher Grau (Florida International University)
Doug MacLean (University of North Carolina)
“Can Wine Be Beautiful?”
Adrienne Lehrer (University of Arizona) and Keith Lehrer (University of Arizona)
“Wine, Aesthetics, and Critical Communication”

Wednesday Early Evening, April 4

MII-6. Mini-Conference on Philosophy and Wine
4:50-5:50 p.m.
Closing Panel
Chair: Kent Bach (San Francisco State University)
Panelists: Gerald Asher (Gourmet Magazine)
Paul Draper (Ridge Vineyards)
Randall Grahm (Bonny Doon Vineyards)
Ann Noble (University of California–Davis)

Reception and Tutored Tasting
6:00-8:00 p.m.
White wines: Rajat Parr (Restaurant Michael)
Red wines: Paul Draper (Ridge Vineyards)
Commentators: Gerald Asher (Gourmet Magazine)
Ann Noble (University of California–Davis)

There is a fee to cover wine and wine service. Space is limited. To reserve a place at the tasting, please register asap using this form:
2007 Wine Tasting Mini-Conference Registration Forms (PDF) (HTML)