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Schedule of Events
Abstracts will be posted as they become available. Click on paper title for the abstract.
Thursday, April 3
Berkeley on the Meaning of “Exists”
Berkeley’s Epistemic Ontology: The Three Dialogues
Berkeley, Ideas
and Idealism
8:15 - 9:00 Martha Bolton,
Berkeley and Mental Representation
Friday, April 4
Berkeley’s
Assessment of Locke’s Epistemology
10:05 - 11:05 G. A. J.
Rogers,
How Lockean Are Berkeley’s Ideas?
11:15 - 12:15 Richard Glauser, University of Neuchâtel
The Problem of the Unity of a Physical Object in Berkeley
Berkeley on
the Objects of Immediate Perception
Berkeley and
the Single Idea Thesis: Why My Chair is not a Congeries
Strong and
Weak Heterogeneity in Berkeley’s New
Theory of Vision
Berkeley
on Visible Figure and Extension
5:20 - 6:05 Jeffrey Barnouw, University of Texas, Austin
Berkeley’s
Place in the History of Sign-Theories of Visual Perception
6:15 - 7:00 Phillip
Cummins, University of Iowa
Principles 7: Perceiving and Berkeley’s Theory of Substance
Berkeley on
Self-Consciousness
Saturday, April 5
Berkeley’s
Four Conceptions of the Self
10:05 - 10:50 Stephen
Daniel, Texas A&M University
Berkeley’s
Stoic Notion of Mind
Platonism
and Berkeley’s Early Philosophical Writings
The Debate on
Human Liberty in Berkeley’s Alciphron
Berkeley’s
Criticism of Shaftesbury on Morality
Faith and
Fluxions: Berkeley on Theology and Mathematics
Christian
Mysteries and Berkeley’s Alleged Non-Cognitivism
The
Meaning and Interpretation of Berkeley’s Siris
5:20 - 6:05 Wolfgang Breidert, University of Karlsruhe
6:15 - 7:00 Sébastien Charles, University of
Berkeley and the Lumières: Misconception and Reconstruction
Conference
Site: All
sessions will be held at
Travel:
Lodging: Accommodations are available at the
MSC: two double beds ($50-$60/night; $5 additional person). Phone: 979-845-8909; FAX 979-862-4414
Kiva
Inn: two double beds or one king size
($59/night). Phone: 979-846-7333; FAX 979-846-5479
Registration
and Banquet: There is a US$25
conference registration fee (to help cover the expense of refreshments at each
session) and an additional US$25 banquet charge. The $25 registration fee is
waived for
Stephen H. Daniel
Department of Philosophy
When you register, be sure to include your
name, address, affiliation, and e-mail address, and indicate if you prefer a
vegetarian option for the banquet.
For further information about the conference and accommodations,
contact:
Stephen H. Daniel
Email: sdaniel@people.tamu.edu
Conference websites:
http://people.tamu.edu/philosophy/faculty/Steve/berkeley.html
http://people.tamu.edu/~sdaniel/berkeley.html
Major
funding for this conference is provided by the Texas A&M University Office
of Graduate Studies, the Melbern G. Glasscock Center
for Humanities Research at Texas A&M, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Franklin J. Matchette Foundation. Additional support comes from the Departments of Philosophy, English, Communication, Mathematics, and History, the University Honors Program, the Religious Studies Program, the Political Theory Convocation, the International Berkeley Society, and Professor John J. McDermott.
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