International
Berkeley Conference Redwood Library and Athenæum Newport, Rhode Island June 26-28, 2008 Conference Pictures |
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Welcome
9:00
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Cheryl V. Helms (Director, Redwood Library) |
Session One
9:05
9:50 10:35 |
Stephen H. Daniel (IBS President, chair) Bertil Belfrage, Bodafors, Sweden: “The Distorted Berkeley: Consequences of a Biased Edition” Seth Bordner, University of North Carolina: “Berkeley’s ‘Defense’ of ‘Commonsense’” Break |
Session Two
11:30
12:15
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Larry Nolan, California State University, Long Beach (chair) Wolfgang Breidert, University of Tom Lennon, Lunch |
Session Three
2:45
3:30
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Galen Johnson, University of Rhode Island (chair) Samuel Rickless, Ville Paukkonnen, University of Helsinki: “Hylas’ Parity Argument” Break |
Session Four
4:30
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Katherine Dunlop, Brown University (chair)
Melissa Frankel, Harvard University: “Something-We-Know-Not-What, Something-We-Know-Not-Why: Berkeley, Meaning, and Explanation” James Van Cleve, |
5:15
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Tour of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum |
6:00
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Sean Berkeley, descendant of George Berkeley: “Smibert’s Painting of the Young Berkeley” (open to public) |
6:15-7:30
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Cynthia Grund, University of
Southern Denmark: “Berkeley on Perception, Vision—and
Second Life” (open to public) |
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Session Five
9:00
9:45
10:30
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Keota Fields, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (chair) Stephen H. Daniel, Texas A&M University: “Berkeley on the Essential Link Between Mind and the Language of Nature” Break |
Session Six
10:45
11:30
12:15
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Michael Latzer, Gannon University (chair)
Nancy Kendrick, John Roberts, Lunch |
Session Seven
2:00
2:45 3:30 |
Terhi Kiiskinen, University of Helsinki (chair)
Talia Mae Bettcher, California State University, Los Angeles: “ Genevieve Migely, Cornell College (Iowa): “Moral Motivation in Berkeley’s Theory of Intentionality” Break |
Session Eight
3:45
4:30
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John Troyer, University of Connecticut (chair)
Georges Dicker, SUNY Brockport: “How Hylas Could Have Conquered Pain and Found Pleasure” Caterina Menichelli, University of Macerata |
5:30-6:45
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Walking tour of Newport led by John Hattendorf (Naval War College), beginning at the Redwood,
ending in Trinity Church |
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Session Nine
9:00
9:45
10:30
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Heta Gylling, University of Helsinki (chair)
Daniel Flage, Marta Szymańska, Jagiellonian University (Poland), “Berkeley’s Project of Preventing the Ruin of Great Britain and the Concept of Happiness” Break |
Session Ten
10:40
11:25
12:10
12:20
1:05
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Lois Eveleth, Salve Regina University (chair)
C. George Caffentzis, University of Southern Maine, “Locke, Berkeley, and Hume as Philosophers of Money” Luc Peterschmitt, Brief Intermission Timo Airaksinen, University of Helsinki, “Light in Siris” Lunch |
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2:30-5:30
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Bus tour of Berkeley-related sites near Newport (Old Narragansett Church, Smith’s Castle); reservations required |
5:30-7:15
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Tour bus stop at Whitehall, Middletown, Rhode Island; conference buffet dinner at Whitehall |
7:30
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Tour bus returns to Redwood Library |
Conference Registration and Buffet Dinner Costs:
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International Berkeley Society
Department of Philosophy
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4237
U.S.A.
Accommodations: because
the conference occurs during the high point of Newport’s tourist season—in
particular, on the weekend of the fashionable Newport Flower Show—conference attendees should make arrangements as soon as possible to stay at one of the neighborhood bed-and-breakfast inns. As you will see, B&Bs in Newport are not cheap, but you can take
solace from the fact that breakfast is included; and the specified
B&Bs are only a few minutes’ walk to the Redwood. For information,
go to the interactive map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101334949373051111068.0004405a8ea1e3a450ea4&z=17&om=1.
To see exactly what the area looks like, click on the
“Satellite”
function in the upper right hand corner of the map. The list of
B&Bs (starting closest to the Library) includes: Before
making your choice you’ll probably want to go to the websites to see
how nice
these places really are. The rates listed are averaged over four nights
and
assume that you are arrive Wednesday, June 25, and depart Sunday
June 29.
(The conference begins on Thursday morning, 26 June, and ends on
Saturday
night,
Travel: for information about
how to get to Newport, go to http://www.gonewport.com/nav.aspx?id=17.
Those flying from the U.S. or Canada should fly into
Providence, RI and take the Cozy Cab Newport Shuttle (http://www.cozytrans.com/) or
rent a car. Those
flying from Europe should fly into Boston and take the Peter Pan bus (http://www.peterpanbus.com/tickets/fares.php).