4th International Reid Symposium “Philosophy, Theology, Education: Scottish Foundations of American Tradition" Princeton Theological Seminary
Friday 7th, September 2007
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Opening Session: “From Scotland to Princeton, then and now” - Gordon Graham, Princeton Theological Seminary Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. First Plenary: “Reid on Justice ” - Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Part I
“Reid and the Ethics of Belief” - René van Woudenberg, Free University of Amsterdam Chair: Matthew Eddy, Durham University , England Erdman Hall: Art Studio
“‘To make men wiser and better:’ Introductory Moral Philosophies in Eighteenth Century Scotland” - Colin Heydt, University of South Florida Chair: Eric Schliesser, Syracuse University Speer Library: Kuch Board Room
"Acknowledging the Stalemate of Common Sense” - Erik Lundestad, Bodo University College Chair: Mark Spencer, Brock University , Canada Speer Library: Room 203/204
“The Scottish Philosophical Sources of John Witherspoon’s Political Economy” - Roger Fechner, Adrian College Chair: Daniel N. Robinson, Oxford University Erdman Hall: Clarke Lounge
“Common Sense Philosophy and Polymathy of Scots-American Presbyterian Physicians" - Thomas Reid Henry, University of Minnesota Chair: Daniel Kaufman, Missouri State University Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner at Mackay Dining Hall
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Part II
“Is Thomas Reid a Representationalist?” - Rebecca Copenhaver, Lewis and Clark College Chair: Thomas Reid Henry, University of Minnesota Erdman Hall: Art Studio
“Do the people of the United States form a Nation? James Wilson's Theory of Rights” - Daniel N. Robinson, Oxford University Chair: Roger Fechner, Adrian College Speer Library: Kuch Board Room
“The Dugald Stewart – Francis Jeffrey Debate on Scotland's Science of Mind” - Philip Flynn, University of Delaware Chair: Erik Lundestad, Bodo University College Speer Library: Room 203/204
“Seventeenth-Century Puritans, Hume on the virtues and American religious ethics” - Jeremy Neill, Saint Louis University Chair: Colin Heydt, University of South Florida Erdman Hall: Clarke Lounge
“Hume, Neo-Pyrrhonism and skeptical common sense” - Shane Waugh, University of Sydney, Australia Chair: René van Woudenberg, Free University of Amsterdam Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
8:15 - 9:15 p.m. Reception to mark the publication of 4 new volumes in the Library of Scottish Philosophy This publication brings the total of LSP volumes to 10. Copies of the new books, as well as those published in 2004, will be available for purchase at this event and again on Saturday afternoon in Erdman Hall. Luce Hall in the Center for Theological Inquiry, 50 Stockton Street
Saturday 8th, September 2007
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions Part III
“Justice and Resentment in Hume, Reid, and Smith” - Michael Pritchard, Western Michigan University Chair: Shane Waugh, University of Sydney, Australia Erdman Hall: Art Studio
“Philosophy, Theology, Education” - Lynee Lewis Gaillet, Georgia State University Chair: Jeremy Neill, Saint Louis University Speer Library: Kuch Board Room
“Imagination and Religious Belief in Hume” - Tim Costelloe, College of William and Mary Chair: Philip Flynn, University of Delaware Speer Library: Room 203/204
“Physics, Theology and the Sublime in Reid's Newtonian Philosophy” - Robert Callergard, Stockholm University, Sweden Chair: Christopher P. Momany, Adrian College Erdman Hall: Clarke Lounge
“Explanation, Newtonianism, and the Way of Ideas” - Ryan Nichols, Cal State Fullerton Chair: Rebecca Copenhaver, Lewis and Clark College Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Refreshments in Erdman Hall Lounge
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Second Plenary: “Naturalism, Education and Aesthetics in the Scottish Enlightenment” - Rachel Zuckert, Northwestern University Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch at Mackay Dining Hall
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Part IV
“On Some Recent Attempts to Reconcile Direct Realism with Reid's Geometry of Visibles” - Phillip Meadows, Durham University, England Chair: Ryan Nichols, Cal State Fullerton Erdman Hall: Art Studio
“Hume's Skepticism and Early American Deism” - Peter S. Fosl, Transylvania University Chair: James Moore, Concordia University , Quebec Speer Library: Kuch Board Room
“Common Sense, Bain, Ferrier and Brentano” - Jennifer Keefe, Lawrence University Tim Costelloe, College of William and Mary Speer Library: Room 203/204
“Common Sense at Old Princeton: The Scottish Enlightenment, Archibald Alexander, and the Founding Generation of Princeton Theological Seminary” - Jonathan King, St. Louis University Chair: Lynee Lewis Gaillet, Georgia State University Erdman Hall: Clarke Lounge
“Can Francis Hutcheson's Moral Sense Theory Explain the Reasons an Agent Should Act Morally?” - Doug Paletta, University of Pennsylvania Chair: Michael Pritchard, Western Michigan University Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Third Plenary: “Hutcheson's ‘System’ in Scottish Philosophy” - Aaron Garrett, Boston University Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Wiki Workshop Dr. Clifford Anderson, Curator of Historic Collections, will give a demonstration of the CSSP’s “Scottish Philosophy Wiki” for conference participants who are interested in becoming contributors through the Scottish Philosophy Network. Speer Library: Armstrong Assembly Room
4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Free time
6:30 p.m. Banquet at Luce Hall in the Center for Theological Inquiry
Sunday 9th, September 2007
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions Part V
“Reid on Ridicule and Common Sense” - Giovanni Grandi, Auburn University Chair: Doug Paletta, University of Pennsylvania Erdman Hall: Art Studio
“The Scottish Roots of the Conversational Structure in the United States Constitution” - Phyllis (Peggy) Vandenberg, Grand Valley State University Chair: Jonathan King, St. Louis University Speer Library: Kuch Board Room
“Noah Porter and Sir William Hamilton's Influence on American Philosophy” - Ralph Jessop, University of Glasgow, Scotland Chair: Jennifer Keefe, Lawrence University Speer Library: Room 203/204
“Hutcheson: The eclectic Stoic, the mitigated Skeptic” - James Moore, Concordia University , Quebec Chair: Peter S. Fosl, Transylvania University Erdman Hall: Clarke Lounge
10:15 a.m. Conference Worship Service in Miller Chapel Officiant: Rev. Prof. David Fergusson, University of Edinburgh Preacher: Dr. Iain Torrance, President of Princeton Theological Seminary Guest Organist: Prof. Ken Cowan, Westminster Choir College
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Fourth Plenary: “Common Sense in Ethics: A Review and Critique” - Samuel Fleischacker, University of Illinois at Chicago Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions VI
“Hume, Reid, and the Epistemology of Modesty: An investigation into the naturalistic temperament” - Daniel Kaufman, Missouri State University Chair: Phillip Meadows, Durham University, England Erdman Hall: Art Studio
“The Foundation of Obligation and the Affirmation of the Person in the Moral Philosophy of Asa Mahan” - Christopher P. Momany, Adrian College Chair: Robert Callergard, Stockholm University, Sweden Speer Library: Kuch Board Room
“Hume as Historian” - Mark Spencer, Brock University , Canada Chair: Ralph Jessop, University of Glasgow, Scotland Speer Library: Room 203/204
“Dugald Stewart and the Humanist Foundations of Common Sense” - Matthew Eddy, Durham University , England Chair: Giovanni Grandi, Auburn University Erdman Hall: Clarke Lounge
“Hume's Normative Conception of Common Sense in the Enquiry” - Eric Schliesser, Syracuse University Chair: Phyllis (Peggy) Vandenberg, Grand Valley State University Erdman Hall: Cooper Conference Room