The 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. University of Oregon, 25-27 February 1999. Theme: "Naturalism and Spirituality in American Philosophy."
Alain Locke Conference. Temple University, Philadelphia, 15-17 April 1999.
The 97th Annual Meeting of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association. New Orleans, 5-8 May 1999. Events include:
The Committee on Philosophy and Bioethics, "Pragmatism and Bioethics." Papers by Glenn McGee, "'Application' of Pragmatism: Texts, Tradition, and Emergency"; Micah Hester, "Why Pragmatism is Well-Suited to Bioethics"
Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. Papers by Sandra Rosenthal, "Scientific Inquiry and Semeiotic Purpose: Peirce on the End(s) of Inquiry"; Jayne Tristan, "Warrant and Ontological Continuity: The End of a Deweyan Inquiry"; Ray Boisvert, "Eldridge Gets Dewey Right, It's Dewey Who is Wrong"; Larry Hickman, "Resuscitating the Body Politic: Michael Eldridge's Cultural Instrumentalism"; Vincent Colapietro, "Putting Pragmatism to Work: The Critical Task of Intellectualizing Our Practices"
Summer Institute in American Philosophy 1999. Theme: "Great Texts and New Ideas." University of Vermont, 26-30 July 1999.
John Dewey, Art & Democracy. SUNY Cortland, Cortland, New York, on Saturday, October 23, 1999. For additional information please contact John Ryder, Dean of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045. 607-753-4312. ryderj@cortland.edu
PROGRAM: Greg Gilbert (Knox College) "Dewey and Abstract Expressionism." John Ryder (SUNY Cortland) "Dewey and Democracy." Zdenka Kalnicka (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic) "Dewey and American Art of the Depression."
The Midwest Pragmatist Study Group of SAAP. Third Annual Meeting at Loyola University, Chicago, 23-24 October 1999. The Midwest Study Group of Classical and Contemporary Pragmatism is an informal group which meets annually to advance the discussion of classical American pragmatist philosophy and to promote interaction among scholars interested in pragmatism. Contact Hans Seigfried at Loyola University, Chicago, Department of Philosophy. 6525 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626-5385. E-mail: hseigfr@luc.edu
PROGRAM: Todd Lekan (Muskingum College), "Revising Dewey's Account of the Moral: Beyond Growth to Responsibilities." Charlene Haddock Seigfried (Purdue University), "Jane Addams on Women's Memories: Disturbing Conventions." Analysis & Discussion of Jane Addams, DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL ETHICS, Chapter 2. Larry Engel (Edgewood College) "Saul D. Alinsky's Pragmatic Mentor." William T. Myers (Birmingham-Southern College) "Dewey, Whitehead and the Intellectualist Criterion."
Pragmatism for the New Millenium. In Honor of Joseph Margolis. The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, Temple University Center City, 11 December 1999. This meeting is a colloquium on the work and achievement of Joseph Margolis. Panelists are Richard Bernstein (New School), Joseph Margolis (Temple), John Stuhr (Penn State), Leonard Harris (Purdue), Charlene Haddock-Seigfried (Purdue), and is chaired by Richard Shusterman (Temple).
The 96th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. Boston, Massachusetts, 27-30 December 1999. Events include:
Special Session. "The History of the APA, Part Three: The Early Years: Pragmatism, Realism, and Other Concerns" by James Campbell, with panelists Marcus Singer, John E. Smith.
Colloquium on Epistemology. "Pragmatism, Truth, and Inquiry" by Chase B. Wrenn (winner of the William James Prize), with commentator Trenton Merricks.
Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. Papers by Raymond Boisvert, "As Deweyan Was Hegelian, So Should We Be Deweyan." Shannon Sullivan, "Construction Zone: Beware of Falling Statues." With commentator Michael Eldridge.
Charles S. Peirce Society. Papers by Joseph Ransdell, "Peirce and the Socratic Tradition."
International Development Ethics Association. Paper by Asuncion St. Clair and Andrew Light, "A Pragmatist Methodology for Development Ethics."