Proceedings And Addresses
January 2007 (Volume 80, Issue 3)
Letter from the Secretary-Treasurer
To All Members of the Association:
The Executive Committee of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical
Association cordially invites you to attend the 81st annual meeting
of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. The meeting
will be held at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, California,
from Wednesday, April 4 through Sunday morning, April 8, 2007.
1. Meeting Location and Special Attractions
The APA Pacific Division will meet at the St. Francis Hotel on Union
Square in the heart of San Francisco.
The hotel is located on Powell Street, between Post and Geary, facing
Union Square. The address is 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, California
94102-1875; telephone is 415-397-7000; and fax is 415-774-0124. One
of the handful of classic and historic deluxe hotels in San Francisco,
the Westin St. Francis has its own cable-car stop and a view overlooking
Union Square. The St. Francis is the site of the high-end restaurant
Mina. Mina is a two-star Michelin restaurant and also is the Wine
Spectator’s pick for best San Francisco restaurant. Securing
your reservation in advance is advised. Call 415-397-9222 (give name
and dates of meeting for convention rates) or go to the Pacific Division
page on the APA website for a hotel reservation form. The St. Francis
remains a favorite stop for afternoon tea, and the lobby bar, The Onyx,
expands the locations where philosophers can enjoy each other’s
conversations.
The hotel is within walking distance of Chinatown, the theater district,
Yerba Buena Center, and the Museum of Modern Art, and of several smaller
museums, as well as dozens of San Francisco’s finest restaurants
and the new Westfield Center, the largest mall in the U.S. West. (See
restaurant and attractions list in this Proceedings.) North Beach
is a few minutes ride away on the cable car that stops in front of the
hotel.
For those of you who are museum goers, the Museum of Modern Art, within
easy walking distance from the hotel, has a major exhibition of Picasso
and his influence on American artists scheduled during the APA meeting
dates. And a short ride on the bus from the corner in front of the hotel
down Geary Street, or a one-station ride on BART (two blocks away down
Powell Street) brings you to the Civic Center—featuring the Symphony,
the Ballet, and the home of the Asian Art Museum. During the APA meeting
dates, the Asian Art Museum has special exhibitions of the paintings,
sculptures, and other objects of the princely state of Mewar in India
and of Japanese baskets and sculptures. The newly rebuilt deYoung Museum
in Golden Gate Park also invites a visit, not the least in order to
join the debate about its architecture. The Palace of the Legion of
Honor’s extensive European and sculpture collection, and its world
famous print collection, are always worth a visit. In addition to these
large museums, San Francisco has many small ones, including at least
five within easy walking distance of the hotel. (See the list of San
Francisco museums and galleries in this Proceedings.)
For those aspiring to ascend speedily to the heights, five glass elevators
zip up the 32-story in the Westin St. Francis at 1,000 feet per minute.
Get in, press the 32 button, and soar upwards at about one per second
as Coit Tower, the Financial District, and the Bay Bridge rush into
view. The downward plummet is even more thrilling, especially for those
who dare to press themselves against the glass and look down as they
hurtle toward Union Square. (If this description doesn’t appeal
to you, ask for one of the hotel’s plentiful supply of lower floor
rooms.)
Plan to spend some extra days in San Francisco. A list of museums, galleries,
theaters, concert halls, restaurants, and clubs can be found in this
Proceedings. If you are interested in taking a day trip to the
Wine Country or Monterey, or heading for skiing in Tahoe, call the concierge
at the St. Francis for booking advice.
Reservations - A hotel reservation form can be found on the Pacific
Division page of the APA website, and in this issue of the Proceedings.
Reservations can be made by calling 415-397-7000. We urge you to make
your reservations very early to assure that you obtain the APA convention
rate of $179 for a single or double room.
2. Travel Information
Driving: (Dial 511 for latest traffic information) -
From the South: Take 101 North to 4th St. exit onto Bryant St. Continue
1 block and turn left onto 3rd St., which becomes Kearny St. Cross the
Market St. intersection at Geary and turn left onto Geary. The St. Francis
auto entrance is on Geary, just past Union Square on your right.
From the North across the Bay Bridge:
Take 101 South to Fremont St. exit, turn left on Fremont, turn left
on Howard, turn right on Third St., Third St. becomes Kearny St. Then
follow instructions above.
From the North across the Golden Gate Bridge:
Exit Lombard St. Turn right onto Van Ness, and left onto Bush. At Powell
(just at the corner or Union Square), turn right, then turn right at
Geary to find hotel’s auto entrance.
Parking: Parking in the garage under Union Square costs $25 per
day. Drive down Geary—nearly to Van Ness—and you can find
garages with a flat $10 fee, but it’s a long walk back.
By Air: From San Francisco Airport, numerous shuttles will take
you to the hotel door. Check to find the most competitive price (around
$15), but be sure to ask when the van will leave (some wait till they
are full) and whether they take you directly downtown to Union Square
without many earlier stops. Here is a list of shuttles, with phone numbers:
Advanced Airport Shuttle (650-504-6641), Airport Express (415-775-5121),
American Airporter Shuttle (800-282-7758 or 415-202-0733), Bay Shuttle
(415-564-3400), Lorrie’s Airport Shuttle (415-334-9000), M &
M Luxury Shuttle (415-552-3200), Pacific Airport Shuttle (415-681-6318),
Peter’s Airport Shuttle (650-577-8858), Quake City Shuttle (415-255-4899
or 415-621-2831), San Francisco City Shuttle (888-850-7878), and SuperShuttle
(415-558-8500). SuperShuttle has wheelchair-accessible vans, but these
should be reserved in advance.
Taxis will get you downtown much more quickly, with a fare running around
$37. San Francisco has many wheelchair-accessible taxis. At SFO, locate
any taxi dispatcher outside the lower (baggage) level and ask for a
wheelchair taxi. One will be called from the taxi waiting area and should
roll up within 5 minutes; no pre-arrangement or prior reservation is
necessary.
You can BART to town as well. The SFO BART station is located on the
Departures/Ticketing Level (Level 3) of the International Terminal,
on the Boarding Area G side of the terminal near the Berman Reflection
Room. BART is also easily accessed from any terminal by riding SFO’s
AirTrain to the Garage G/BART Station stop. There is no charge to board
AirTrain. Take BART to the Powell Street Station in San Francisco and
walk two short blocks to Union Square. BART also provides a direct connection
from SFO to Caltrain at the Millbrae station. BART is wheelchair accessible
and all travel information is provided both by loudspeaker announcement
and electric billboard.
From Oakland Airport, you also can BART to San Francisco by taking an
AirBART shuttle to the Collesium/Oakland Airport BART station, and then
the subway to the Powell Street Station in San Francisco. As at San
Francisco Airport, there are numerous shuttles to San Francisco.
In the City: The Powell Street Cable Car stops in front of the
hotel. MUNI Buses 2, 3, 4, and 38 do so as well. Two short blocks away
at Powell and Market, BART will take you to various parts of the City
and to the East Bay (Oakland and Berkeley). For detailed information
about public transportation in San Francisco, including transit maps,
check http://www.511.org/. You also can dial 511 on landline phones
and on most cell phones to obtain public transit information.
3. Convention Registration
The registration fee is $10.00 for student members, $50.00 for regular
members, and $60.00 for non-members of the APA who wish to attend more
than a single session. Special tickets for $10.00 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, online at www.apaonline.org,
and also will be available at the Convention Registration desk.
Mini-conferences on Philosophy and Wine and on Models of God, each organized
independently under the Pacific Division’s mini-conference program,
are included in this year’s regular registration fee.
4. Placement Service
Only APA members are eligible to use the Placement services. Appointing
officers and applicants are urged to make preparations for their part
in the placement operation in advance of the meeting.
5. Presidential Address
The Presidential Address will be delivered by President Calvin Normore
at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4. Vice President Nicholas Smith will
introduce President Normore.
7. Receptions and Special Events
Wednesday
Early arrivers can enjoy a continental breakfast before the start of
the mini-conferences, Wednesday morning, April 4, 7:15-8:00 a.m.
There will be a reception for all convention attendees on Wednesday
afternoon, April 4, 5:15-7:00 p.m.
There will be a reception and tutored wine tasting on Wednesday afternoon,
April 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m. (The wine-tasting may require a special fee.)
Thursday
The Romanell Lecture will be delivered by Louis Loeb on Thursday afternoon,
April 5, 4:00-6:00 p.m. The title of the Romanell Lecture is “The
Naturalisms of Hume and Reid.”
There will be a reception hosted by the Pacific Division Executive Committee
so that APA members can meet the new APA Director, David Schrader, on
Thursday afternoon, April 5, 5:30-8:00 p.m.
The Annual Reception will take place on Thursday evening, April 5, 9:00
p.m-Midnight.
Friday
The winner of the Jean Hampton Prize, Eric Roark, will read his award-winning
colloquium paper, “Is Michael Otsuka’s Conception of Robust
Self-Ownership Too Robust for a Left-Libertarian?” on Friday afternoon,
April 6, at 1:00 p.m. The Jean Hampton Prize is awarded every other
year by the University of Arizona Philosophy Department and the Pacific
Division Program Committee for the best paper submitted for the program
in the late Jean Hampton’s fields of philosophical interest by
a philosopher at an early career stage.
The John Dewey Lecture will be delivered by Keith Lehrer on Friday afternoon,
April 6, 4:00-5:30 p.m. The John Dewey Lecture offers a major philosopher
the occasion for personal reflection on a lifetime of work as a teacher
and scholar.
The John Dewey Foundation invites all attendees to a reception on Friday,
April 6, 5:30-6:30 p.m., following the John Dewey Lecture. The Pacific
Division Executive Committee is deeply grateful to the Board of the
Dewey Foundation for funding the new series of John Dewey Lectures that
will take place at all of the APA Division meetings. The John Dewey
Foundation supports activities that embody the interests and outlook
of John Dewey.
The Presidential Reception will take place following the Presidential
Address, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
The Berger Prize, awarded every other year by the APA Committee on Law
and Philosophy in memory of Pacific Division member Fred Berger for
the best article on law by an APA member published in the past two years,
has been won by Mark Greenberg for his article, “How Facts Make
Law.” A session on this article will take place on Saturday, April
7, at 1:00 p.m.
The APA Committee on Philosophy and Law invites all attendees to a reception
on Saturday afternoon, April 7, 4:00-6:00 p.m., following the Berger
Prize Session.
Sunday
The Pacific Division Executive Committee invites all attendees and their
children to an Easter Egg Hunt and Reception held in honor of our president,
Calvin Normore, 8:00-10:00 a.m. on Easter morning. (If you are coming
with your children, please contact Secretary-Treasurer Anita Silvers
at asilvers@sfsu.edu before the meeting with children’s names,
ages, and information about any food allergies, so we can be sure to
have appropriate goodies for your children to find on the Easter Egg
hunt.)
9. Mini-Conferences
The Pacific Division Mini-Conference Program has supported the following
mini-conferences in conjunction with annual meetings:
2004: Global Justice
2005: Philosophy of the Emotions
2005: Richard Rufus of Cornwall
2006: Scientific Images
2006: Secrecy
2007: Models of God
2007: Philosophy and Wine
The programs for the 2007 mini-conferences are included in this Proceedings.
Members are invited to apply for mini-conference support for future
meetings. An RFP for the Mini-Conference program is included in this
Proceedings.
10. Business Meeting and Voting Membership
The annual Business Meeting will be held from Noon to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday,
April 5. There will be reports from the Divisional and National Officers,
and a report from the Ad Hoc Committee appointed to consider specific
areas of divisional bylaw revision. The report of the Ad Hoc Committee
is included in this Proceedings.
According to the Association’s By-Laws, regular membership is given
by an act of the Executive Director on behalf of the Board of Officers.
Each year the list of regular members that appears in the November Proceedings
is used as the list of eligible voters for the three subsequent Divisional
business meetings.
11. Report of the Pacific Division Nominating Committee
Steven Reynolds (Chair), Jacqueline Taylor, and Mark Wheeler served
as the 2006/07 Nominating Committee. They have nominated the following
APA Pacific Division members for terms beginning July 1, 2007:
For Vice-President: Nancy Cartwright
For Executive Committee: Stewart Cohen
Brief biographies of, and statements by, these Pacific Division members
are included in this Proceedings.
12. 2007 Program Committee and Program
The Program Committee which prepared this year’s program consists
of George F. Schueler (Chair), Richard Arneson, Andrew Askland, Mohammad
Azadpur, Kelly Becker, Christina Bellon, Sylvia Berryman, Christopher
Bobonich, Craig Callender, Joseph Campbell, Jonathan Cohen, Rebecca
Copenhaver, Dana Nelkin, Branden Fitelson, Peter Graham, Patricia Hanna,
Bruce Hunter, Paul Hurley, Shaun Nichols, Philip Nickel, Mary Rorty,
Ryan Nichols, Amy Schmitter, Eric Schwitzgebel, Peter Thielke, Mark
Timmons, Andrea Woody, and Mark Wrathall.
Principal papers in Colloquia and Symposia were selected after blind
review of all submitted papers. Participants in Invited Paper, Invited
Symposia, Author Meets Critics, and Workshop meetings were invited by
the Program Committee. Participants in meetings arranged by APA Committees
were selected by those Committees.
13. 2008 Program
The Program Committee for the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association, Pacific Division, invites contributions for the 2008 meeting.
The deadline for submission is September 1, 2007. Each author may make
only one submission. Please indicate that the paper is submitted for
the 2008 Pacific Division Meeting. Because the Program Committee will
blind-review all submissions, the names of the author and her/his institution
should not appear in the paper in any way that defeats the operation
of blind-reviewing.
The 2008 Program Committee also welcomes suggestions for topics and/or
speakers of invited sessions. Recommendations (including self-nominations)
for commentators and session chairs also are encouraged. These all should
be sent to the 2008 Program Chair, Mark Wrathall, at 4085 JFSB, P.O.
Box 26279, Provo, UT 84602, or faxed to him at 801-422-9742, or emailed
to him at Mark_Wrathall@byu.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 September 1, 2008, at the latest, and should include
a short account of the individual’s areas of specialization and
record of scholarship.
14. Accommodating 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.
On behalf of the Executive and Program Committees of the APA Pacific
Division, I extend to every member of the American Philosophical Association
a warm invitation to take part in our eighty-first Annual Meeting.
Cordially yours,
Anita Silvers, Secretary-Treasurer
for the Executive Committee
Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association:
Joan MacGregor (Chair) Fred Schueler
Sharon Lloyd Nicholas Smith
Janet Levin Allen Wood
Jeffrie Murphy
Calvin Normore