4th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Study Group of the North American Kant Society
University of Southern Maine (Portland, ME)
May 18-19, 2007
Program Coordinator: Pablo Muchnik, Siena College, pmuchnik@siena.edu
Program Committee Members: Jennifer Mensch (Penn State University), Ivonne Unna (Seton Hall University), and Mark White (College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, CUNY)
Local Host: Robert Louden
Friday, May 18th
Room 423, Glickman Library
Welcome: Host, Robert Louden, University of Southern Maine.
Session Chair, David Cummiskey, Bates College.
12 PM – Anne Margaret Baxley. Washington University in St. Louis, “Kant’s Conception of Autocracy and Its Importance for Virtue.”
1PM– Diane Williamson, Vanderbilt University. “The Merits and Deficiencies of Kant’s “Incorporation Thesis” as an Interpretation and a Revision.” **
2PM– Benjamin Vilhauer, William Paterson University. “The Scope of Moral Responsibility in Kant’s Theory of Free Will.”
PM– Eoin O’Connell, Fordham University, “Motivation, Futility and the Highest Good in Kant’s Practical Philosophy.”
4 PM -5.30 PM- Invited Speaker,
Campus Center (Bedford Street)
Karl Ameriks, University of Notre Dame, “On the Development of Kant’s Early Ethics.”
5.30-6 PM Reception
Campus Center (Bedford Street)
7 PM Dinner
** Candidate for the Herz Prize
Saturday, May 19th
Morning Session
University Events Room, Glickman Library
Session Chair, Pablo Muchnik, Siena College.
10 Am – Oliver Thorndike, John Hopkins University, “On the original connection between anthropology and morality.”
11 Am – Michael Rohlf. Skidmore College and Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at Brown University. “Contradiction and Consent in Kant’s Ethics.”
12 PM– Robert Gressis, University of Michigan, “How to be Evil: Kant’s Moral Psychology of Immorality.”
1PM -2.30– PM Lunch
Afternoon Session
University Events Room, Glickman Library
Session Chair, Mark Okrent, Bates College
2.30 PM– Jason R. Fisette. The New School for Social Research, “The Last Beatitude of Self: Spontaneity’s ‘Place’ in the Objectivity of the World.”
2.30 PM– Seung-Kee Lee, Drew University, “The Synthetic A Priori from Kant, Maimon, Fichte, to Schelling.”
4.30 PM –Melissa Zinkin, Binghamton University, “Kant on Negative Magnitudes. ”
Recommended Hotel
A set of rooms for participants have been reserved for participants at the Eastland Park Hotel, www.eastlandparkhotel.com,157 High Street, Portland, Maine (ME) 04101, Phone: 207.775.5411 Fax: 207.775.2872 Toll Free: 888.671.8008.
Directions
Portland is reachable by plane (Portland International Jetport), train (Amtrak), bus (Concord Trailways has a nonstop bus service from Boston's South Station), and, of course, by car. If driving, take I-95 north; exit at I-295 (Portland), exit I- 295 at exit 6a (Forest Ave.), go to top of hill and turn right on Congress St, go 1 block & turn right on High St. The Eastland Park Hotel will be immediately on your right.
The Glickman Library and Campus Center are located about 1/2 mile from the Eastland Park Hotel. Transportation from the hotel to the university will be provided for those who do not wish to walk.
Please feel free to contact the Program Coordinator, Pablo Muchnik, if you have further questions, at pmuchnik@siena.edu.