A day-long symposium featuring presentations of some of the best undergraduate and graduate student work from across the region. Submitted papers are reviewed and the best selected for inclusion in the program. The Symposium is held in the Philosophy Dialogue Room (PSY 132).
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Morning Session
10:30 Nolan Burris, Texas State University
Penalties of Non-perfection:
No Pass, No Play, No Education
11:00 Anthony Stephenson, Texas State University
Education for Life
11:30 Greg Garber, Texas State University
The Integral Relationship Between Science and Religion
Lunch Break 11:30-1:00
Afternoon Session
1:00 Charles C. Carpenter and Ted Cera, Texas State University
Tragedy of the Commons’ Built Environment
2:00 Paul Stearns, Oklahoma State University
A Meta-Ethical Analysis of Kohlberg’s Moral Theory
2:30 Matthew Hansbauer, University of Dallas
The Wisdom of the Soul, Writ Large: The Theology of Republic II
Morning Session
10:00 Jon Faviell, University of Texas
The Miracles of Science. Science and Religion in Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis
10:30 Mark Rothbauer, Texas State University
Evolution: Updating Personal Identity
1:00 Scott Beggs, Baylor University
Could Possibility Exist for the Naturalist?
11:30 Richard Simoes, Texas State University
Scientific Deductivism's Failure.
Lunch 12:00-1:00
Afternoon Session
1:00 Danieile Wenner, Rice University
The Supererogation Problem
1:30 Bret Saunders, University of Dallas
The Temporalization of the Ego in Marion's Cartesian Onto-theo-logy
2:00 Matthew Hansbauer, University of Dallas
The Eternity of Philosophy: Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil
2:30 Silvia Elguea, Texas State University
Environmental Ethics and the Poor
3:00 Christina Nelson, University of North Texas
Ecofeminism vs. Deep Ecology
3:30 Phi Sigma Tau Spring Initiation
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