Annual Conference Program/Agenda

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Wes McMichael

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Sep 7, 2018, 11:58:57 AM9/7/18

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So sorry for the delay in getting this information out to you. We needed some time to get enough submissions to make up a program, but we have three good ones that we think will generate some great discussions. We really hope you can make it! See below for details.

Central Valley Philosophical Association

Annual Conference

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Fresno City College

Room OAB 251

8:30 – 9:00 Coffee, Juice, and Pastries

9:00 – 9:30 Dr. Max Parish, University of Oklahoma & Fresno City College

“Why Should We Care About Human Nature?”

9:30 – 9:45 Q & A

9:55 – 10:25 Dr. David Jennings, UC Merced

“Relieving Suffering or Searching for Truth?”

10:25 – 10:40 Q & A

10:40 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:30 Dr. Wendell Stephenson, Fresno City College

“Hobbes on Sovereign Power the Same”

11:30 – 11:45 Q & A

11:45 – 12:00 Business

12:30 – 1:30 Optional discussions over lunch at Sequoia Brewery

Fresno City College is located at:

1101 East University Ave.

Fresno, CA 93741

Please click on the following link for a map of the Fresno City College campus and Old Administration Building (OAB).

https://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/about/contact.html

Parking is available in the lot adjacent to the OAB building (Lot K).

Parking permits are NOT required on weekends.

Central Valley Philosophical Association 2018 Conference Announcement.pdf

Central Valley Philosophical Association 2018 Conference Announcement.doc

Carol Enns

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Sep 26, 2018, 5:57:25 PM9/26/18

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JUST OVER ONE WEEK AWAY – THE ANNUAL CENTRAL VALLEY GET-TOGETHER OF PHILOSOPHY PROFESSORS!

Please let me know if you would like CVPA to invite a new colleague to this list-serve or have your colleague visit the list-serve web page for more information.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet colleagues, discuss common issue with student transfer opportunities and challenges, while enjoying the usual amazing presentations.

This organization started in 1998 after discussions with Karen Bell (CSUF), Jack Pitt (CSUF), and Bob Boyd (FCC). Their vision was for a San Joaquin Valley forum for exchanging ideas regarding philosophy and the teaching of philosophy. A questionnaire distributed to philosophy professors at colleges and universities from Bakersfield to Sacramento revealed an interest.

Purpose: The purpose of the Central Valley Philosophy Association is to stimulate dialogue among philosophers within the Valley by:

1) providing a sympathetic forum for philosophers to try out their creative ideas;

2) sharing responses to difficulties arising from technology, and the academic institutions themselves to the teaching of philosophy.

Take a look at the presentation at our first get-together!

1998 CVPA                                                                                     October 31, 1998 (9:00 AM to 1:45 PM)
Committee: Bob Boyd (coordinator), Jack Pitt (facility)
Sponsor: CSUF School of Arts and Humanities (facility)
Program:      - Rodney Nidever “The Good Side of Evil”
                      - Larry Peck “Teaching Medieval Philosophy to Central Valley Students”
                      - Mark Pressman “Philosophical Progress?: Research in the Philosophy of Religion”’
                      - Jeffrey Paris “Racial and Sexual Contracts: Undermining Classical Contact Doctrine”
                      - Jeffrey Vaughn “Voluntary Simplicity on the Road Ahead: Ideas Toward Teaching the
                                        Philosophy of Technology as Final Project in the Introductory Philosophy Course”
                      - Jim Slinger (CSUF) “Teaching Categorical Logic in Critical Thinking”
                      - Bob Boyd (FCC) “When Fallaciousness is Fallacious”

SEE YOU NEXT SATURDAY AT FRESNO CITY COLLEGE – SEE DETAILS BELOW!

Carol Enns

Philosophy Professor

College of the Sequoias

Central Valley Philosophical Association

Annual Conference

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Fresno City College

Room OAB 251