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33rd International Hume Conference
August 7-10, 2006
University of Koblenz-Landau at Koblenz
Conference Organizers Rudolf L�the (Local Organizer) Rachel Cohon Lorne Falkenstein
Conference Program (as of: 23 July, 2006) Copies of author's papers can be viewed by clicking on the links. |
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Monday, August 7
8:30-4:00: Registration Room E016, Building E
9:00-10:15 |
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Session 1a: Hume�s Theory of Knowledge 1 Karl Schafer (NYU) �Two aspects of Hume�s theory of representation� Comments: Peter Loptson (Guelph)
Chair: Francis Dauer (UC Santa Barbara) |
Session 1b: Hume and German Philosophy 1 Karl Hepfer (Erfurt) �Passions and reason: a note on Hume�s and Kant�s moral philosophy� Comments: Angela Calvo de Saavedra (Javeriana) Chair: Annette Baier (emr., Pittsburgh) |
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10:30-12:00 Plenary Session: Hume and German Philosophy Paul Guyer (University of Pennsylvania) "Hume and Kant on Reason, Desire, and Action" Chair: Jane McIntyre (Cleveland, President of the Hume Society) TBA
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 |
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Session 2a: Hume and German Philosophy 2
Fred Rauscher (Michigan State) �How Hume�s missing shade of blue was found in Germany� Comments: Ruth Spiertz (Koblenz) Chair: Rolf George |
Session 2b: Hume�s Moral Philosophy in Literature 1 Eva Dadlez (Central Oklahoma) �Dense insensibility: Hume�s ethics in the work of Jane Austen� Comments: Michelle Mason (Minnesota) Chair: Livia Guimaraes (Minas Gerais) |
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Refreshments
3:00-4:15 |
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Session 3a : Hume and German Philosophy 3
Peter Thielke (Ponoma) �Rational dogmatism and empirical scepticism: the case of Maimon�s Hume� Comments: Christian Tewes (Essen) Chair: Brigitte Sassen (McMaster) |
Session 3b: Hume�s Moral Philosophy in Literature 2 Andr� Klaudat (Rio Grande do Sul) �Hume and Literature as Moral Philosophy�
Comments: Jani Hakkarainen (Tampere) Chair: Christopher Williams (Nevada) |
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Break
4:30-6:30 Symposium: Hume as a Historian Claudia Schmidt (Marquette) �Hume and the Philosophy of History� Frits van Holthoon (Groningen) Roger Emerson (UWO) Chair: Lorne Falkenstein (UWO)
7:00-10:00 Reception and Opening Ceremonies
(during the ceremonies Georg Batz, President of the Society for Critical Philosophy will make a special presentation in honour of Gerhard Streminger, recipient of the 2006 Hume Prize)
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Tuesday, August 8
8:30-4:30: Registration Room E016, Building E
9:00-10:15 |
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Session 4a: Hume�s Theory of Knowledge 2 Anik Waldow (Humboldt University, Berlin) �Personal Identity and Perception�
Comments: Georges Dicker (SUNY Brockport) Chair: Donald Baxter (Connecticut) |
Session 4b: Hume�s Social Philosophy 1 Marc Hanvelt (Toronto) �Stealing their thunder: Hume�s philosophy of rhetoric� Comments: Wade Robison (RIT) Chair: David Raynor (Ottawa) |
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Refreshments
10:30-12:00 Plenary Session: Hume�s Political Philosophy Donald Livingston (Emory) �Hume and the Human Scale of Political Order� Chair: Rudolf Luethe (Koblenz-Landau)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 |
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Session 5a: Causality 1 Francis Dauer (UC Santa Barbara) �Hume�s two definitions of cause (with a vaguely Kantian fragrance or odour)� Comments: Karann Durland (Austin College) Chair: Graciela DePierris (Stanford) |
Session 5b: Hume�s Social Philosophy 2 Andrew Sabl (UCLA) �Hume�s moral psychology of party�
Comments: Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Vienna) Chair: Peter Loptson (Guelph) |
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Refreshments
3:00-4:15 |
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Session 6a: Causality 2 Eric Schliesser (Syracuse/Leiden) �Causation and the significance of the natural/philosophical relation in Treatise 1.3.6� Comments: Graciela de Pierris (Stanford) Chair: Peter Millican (Oxford) |
Session 6b: Hume�s Political Philosophy Ryu Susato (Kansai) �Hume�s �mistakes� and his view of faction�
Comments: Willem Lemmens (Antwerp) Chair: Mikael Karlsson (Iceland) |
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Break
4:30-6:30 Symposium: Hume�s Virtue Ethics Stephen Darwall (Michigan) �Moral Responsibility in Hume�s Ethics� Christine Swanton (Auckland) �Hume as Virtue Ethicist? Some Fundamental Issues.� John Cooper (Princeton) "Hume's Ethical Theory and Ancient Theories of Virtue" Chair: Rachel Cohon (Albany, SUNY)
6:30-8:30 Dinner
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Wednesday, August 9
8:30-12:00: Registration Room E016, Building E
9:00-10:15 |
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Session 7a: Hume�s Theory of Knowledge 3 Adrian Bardon (Wake Forest) �Empricism, time-awareness, and Hume�s manners of appearance� Comments: Donald Baxter (Connecticut) Chair: Thomas Lennon (UWO) |
Session 7b: Hume in Context 1 Esther Kroeker (USC) �Reid vs. Hume: On rational motives�
Comments: Mikael Karlsson (Iceland)
Chair: Alessio Vaccari (Rome � La Sapienza) |
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Refreshments
10:30-12:00 Special Session in recognition of Mary Mothersill Jane McIntyre (Cleveland) TBA Chair: Jacqueline Taylor (San Francisco)
12:00-2:00 Lunch & Annual General Meeting
2:30-5:30 Excursion: Marksburg Castle
7:00-9:00 Executive Committee Meeting
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Thursday, August 10
8:30-12:00: Registration Room E016, Building E
9:00-10:15 |
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Session 8a: Hume�s Theory of Knowledge 4 Donald Baxter (Connecticut) �A contradiction in Hume�s Distinction of reason� Comments: Lilli Alanen (Uppsala) Chair: Karann Durland (Austin College) |
Session 8b: Hume�s Moral Philosophy Jacqueline Taylor (San Francisco)
Comments: Kate Abramson (Indiana) Chair: Alison McIntyre (Wellesley) |
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Refreshments
10:30-11:45 |
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Session 9a: Hume in Context 2 Todd Ryan (Trinity College) �The role of Malebranche in Hume�s account of abstract ideas� Comments: Thomas Lennon (UWO) Chair: John Wright (Central Michigan) |
Session 9b: Reason and Passion 1 Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (Chapel Hill) �Hume on practical morality and inert reason�
Comments: John Corvino (Wayne State) Chair: Sophie Botros (London) |
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12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 |
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Session 10a: Hume in Context 3 Rolf George (Waterloo)
�James Jurin awakens Hume from his dogmatic slumber. With a short tract on visual acuity� Comments: David Raynor (Ottawa) Chair: Lilli Alanen (Uppsala)
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Session 10b: Reason and Passion 2 Nathan Brett (Dalhousie) and Katharina Paxman (UWO) �Reason�s mastery of the passions in Hume�s Treatise�
Comments: Livia Guimaraes (Minas Gerais) Chair: �sa Carlson (Stockholm) |
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Refreshments
3:00-4:15 |
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Session 11a: Hume in Context 4 Peter Millican (Oxford) �Hume�s �Compleat answer to Dr. Reid�� Comments: John Wright (Central Michigan) Chair: Wade Robison (RIT) |
Session 11b: Hume�s Aesthetics Christopher Williams (Nevada) �The joint verdict of true judges� Comments: Corliss Swain (St. Olaf) Chair: Stephen Darwall (Michigan) |
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Break
4:30-6:00 Plenary Session: Hume�s Social Philosophy Annette Baier (emer. Pittsburgh) �Hume on Different Species of Religion: The case of Bishop Tonstal� Chair: Corliss Swain (St. Olaf)
7:00-10:00 Banquet (The banquet will be followed by a "philosophical" magic show, with special reference to Hume, presented by Andino, who combines philosophy with his works of magic)
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Referees: The organizers would like to thank the following people for their assistance with the review of submissions for the 33rd Hume Society conference. |
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Kate Abramson Donald Ainslie Donald Baxter Martin Bell JohnBiro Mark Box Nathan Brett Justin Broackes Charlotte Brown Dorothy Coleman Mark Collier John Corvino Stephen Darwall Francis Dauer Richard Dees Georges Dicker Karann Durland Roger Emerson Marina Frasca-Spada |
Aaron Garrett Don Garrett Rolf George Livia Guimaraes James Harris Thomas Holden Dale Jacquette Peter Kail Catherine Kemp James King Heiner Klemme Manfred Kuehn Willem Lemmens Thomas Lennon Louis Loeb Peter Loptson Michel Malherbe Peter Millican James Moore
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William Morris David Owen Terence Penelhum Tony Pitson Adam Potkay David Raynor Claudia Schmidt Robert Shaver Mark Spencer Eric Steinberg Hideo Tanaka Jacqueline Taylor Udo Thiel Saul Traiger Stanley Tweyman Fred Whelan Fred Wilson Ken Winkler John Wright |
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We owe a special debt of thanks to Charlotte Brown (Illinois Wesleyan) and Ted Morris (Illinois Wesleyan).
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