SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE CONFERENCE ARE PUBLISHED IN THE ANTHOLOGY, MORAL PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: VALUES, RATIONAL CHOICE AND THE WILL (SPRINGER, 2007)

 

Values, Rational Choice, and the Will

 

 

A� SPECIAL� CONFERENCE� ON� VALUES

 

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April 1 � 3, 2004

 

At the University Center

University of Wisconsin � Stevens Point

 

Sponsored by:

 

University of Wisconsin � Stevens Point,

College of Letters and Sciences, and

Department of Philosophy

 

Conference organizer:

Professor David K. Chan

Department of Philosophy

University of Wisconsin � Stevens Point

Stevens Point, WI 54481

Tel: (715) 346-3735

E-mail: dchan@uwsp.edu

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My plenary paper: �After Anscombe�

 

Over 90 participants from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia will present papers that address philosophical questions regarding the relation between values, knowledge and action; and the role of the intellect and the will.� Relevant areas of philosophy include moral psychology, philosophy of action, normative ethics, philosophical ethics, history of ethics, and environmental ethics.

 

Paper sessions are open to the UWSP and Stevens Point community without charge.� Please register at the door.

 

Invited Plenary Speakers

 

Thursday, April 1, 12.30 � 2.00 p.m., Alumni Room:

Welcoming Remarks by NANCY BAYNE, Interim Provost & Vice-Chancellor of UWSP

J. DAVID VELLEMAN, James B. and Grace J. Nelson Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan

�The Centered Self�

 

Thursday, April 1, 5.15 � 6.35 p.m., Alumni Room:

MICHAEL STOCKER, Irwin and Marjorie Guttag Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy, Syracuse University

�On the Intelligibility of Bad Acts�

 

Friday, April 2, 2.30 � 3.50 p.m., Alumni Room:

JOSEPH BOYLE, Professor of Philosophy, St Michael�s College, University of Toronto

�Volition, Comparative Value Judgments, and Choice�

 

Important Updates:

 

*      CONFERENCE PROGRAM (FINAL update, Mar 31, 2004)

The conference will take place on the second floor of the University Center from April 1 at 12.30 p.m. to April 3 at 3.30 p.m.

 

*      Papers to be presented (updated, Feb 9, 2004, for ALL papers received)

 

*      Information on getting to the conference (VERY IMPORTANT update, Mar 31, 2004)

 

*      Registration Form for Conference Participants (updated, Feb 17, 2004)

 

Useful Web-links:

 

�        Philosophy at UWSP

�        University of Wisconsin � Stevens Point (Take a virtual campus tour, or get a map!)

�        City of Stevens Point, WI