Eighth Biennial UMass Philosophy Homecoming
What could be more fun for Philosophy faculty and grad students than to get together with old Umies to do some philosophy? The Department welcomes back its former students, as it welcomes its incoming class of grad students.
Tentative Schedule
Date
Place
Time
Event
Friday
October 7

Lynne and Tom Baker's
137 Shutesbury Rd

 6 p.m.

Reception

[Note: The lane on which the Bakers live is now paved in a way that makes it best for cars to proceed directly to their house, where someone will help with lawn parking.]
Saturday
October 8

 

 

 

Bartlett 61 9:30 - 10:45 Session 1 Chair Bruce Galbreath (State of Vermont)  
Speaker Ned Markosian
(Western Washington)		 "The Two-Envelope Problem"
Commentator Carl Woolf  
11:00 - 12:15 Session 2      
Chair Neil Feit (Fredonia)  
Speaker JC Beall
(UConn)		 "True, False and Paranormal"
Commentator Kris McDaniel
(Syracuse)		  
  12:15 - 2:00 Lunch in the eatery of your choice
Campus Center 803 2:00 - 4:30 Session 3:
Symposium on Teaching Philosophy 		Commenting
Chair		 Phil Cox (UMass/Dartmouth)  
Participants Deborah Birnbaum
(Kent State) 		 
Don Berkich
(Texas A&M, Corpus Christi)		  
Mary Litch
(Yale)		  
4:45 - 6:00 Session 4:
Author Meets Critics 		Chair Judi DeCew ( Clark)  
Author Erik Wielenberg
(Depauw)		 Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe
Critics Ben Bradley
(Syracuse) 		 
  Eric Moore
(Longwood)		  
Blue Wall Bar
(Concourse Level, Campus Center)		 6:15 Happy Hour
  7:30 Dinner at a local restaurant of your choice