ILLINOIS PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION 2008 MEETINGS:  NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: DEKALB, IL
NOVEMBER 7 AND 8, 2008

Keynote Address by Dr. Keith E. Yandell
(Julius R. Weinberg Professor, The University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Complete Program (MS WORD format):   SEE PROGRAM HERE

Download Pre-Registration form here:  PRE-REGISTRATION FORM

Conference information:

Meetings:    All paper sessions will be held in the University Suite, on the second floor of the Holmes Student Center on the NIU campus.

Registration and Dues:  The registration fee is $20, with students (including graduate students) free.  IPA dues are $15.  (Dues payment is optional (but encouraged) for those

attending, although people on the program are expected to pay.) All payments may be made

in advance, or collected at the door.

Banquet: The fee for the banquet is $15.  This year, the banquet will take place at the Yen Ching Restaurant, 810 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.  It is within walking distance of the Holmes Student Center, and directions will be provided at the conference.  This year, instead of ordering in advance, banquet participants will be able to select between several dishes at the restaurant.  Several vegetarian and vegan options will be available.  The $15 fee includes a meal and non-alcoholic beverages.  If you wish to attend, please return the registration form to IPA Secretary/Treasurer Todd Stewart.  You may fax (309-438-8028) or mail the form, if you prefer.  You may also download the form above and email it to Todd at tstewar@ilstu.edu.  A few extra banquet seats will be available at the door if necessary.  Everyone is encouraged to attend the banquet.

Hotel: Rooms have been reserved at the Holmes Student Center Guest Rooms, in the same building as the conference.  The rate for a room is $65 per night plus $7.80 tax.  There is no special conference rate.  Contact information for lodging is as follows:  Holmes Student Center Guest Rooms, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115.  Phone: (815) 753-1444.  Fax: (815) 753-5099.  Website: http://www.niu.edu/hsc.  For other questions concerning lodging, please contact the IPA local organizer, Jim Hudson (TG0JLH1@wpo.cso.niu.edu).

Directions:

Paper Sessions, Parking, and Keynote Address: All regular paper sessions, and the Keynote Address, will be held in the University Suite, on the second floor of the Holmes Student Center on the NIU campus.  (The Presidential Address is held in conjunction with the banquet.)
    For a map of the NIU campus and directions, go to http://www.niu.edu/maps/index.shtml.  The “Directions to DeKalb” link includes brief instructions for how to get to DeKalb from various directions.  Campus maps are also linked to this webpage.  Rough directions are as follows: from the east or west you'll be on I-88; from the north or south, take I-39 to I-88, go east 15 miles on I-88, take the exit onto Annie Glidden Road north; continue north to the third stoplight, at Lincoln Highway; take a right (eastward), go a long block to Carroll Avenue, turn left, go two short blocks, take the forced entrance into the parking lot on your left; park in the lot as far to the north as possible.  The Holmes Center will be nearby - a tall (16-story), buff-colored building - the tallest building on campus.  The University Suite is on the second floor.

Banquet:  See above.

Abstracts of Accepted Papers:  E-mail Todd Stewart at <tstewart1@verizon.net> if you would like to serve as a session chair.

Presidential Address: Randy Auxier See Text [forthcoming]

Keynote Address:  Keith Yandell See Text [forthcoming]

    Title                                                    Author   Link to paper/abstract

Special Session on the Philosophy of Keith Yandell:

Corrosive Naturalism Foley See Abstract

Other Papers:

Molinism, Open Theism, and Moral Luck Anderson See Abstract

Biological-Mereological Coincidence Crane See Abstract

The Price of Theistic Appeals to Inscrutable Evil             Engel See Abstract

The Nihilist and the Univeralist Should Be Friends       Gabriel See Abstract

Eliminativism and Its Counterexamples                 Korman See Abstract

Civil Freedom and Natural Freedom Linz See Abstract

Nietzsche’s Weapon of War: the Method of Science              Remhof See Abstract

Unfriendly Atheism                   Russell  See Abstract

Wittgenstein and External World Skepticism                    Stillwell See Abstract

Trumping the Causal Influence Account of Causation  Stone See Abstract

Socrates, the Absurd Lover  Sytsma See Abstract

The Priority of Rightful Care to Virtuous Care      Varden See Abstract