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April 1, 2003
CONTACT: Gordon Ovenshine (724)
738-4854; e-mail: gordon.ovenshine@sru.edu
EDITOR’S NOTE: Student participants
from your area are listed in the fifth paragraph
SRU PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT ASSUMES LEADERSHIP
ROLE AS UNIVERSITY PREPARES TO HOST STATEWIDE CONFERENCE APRIL
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SLIPPERY
ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University will host a statewide
philosophy conference Friday and Saturday, giving 10 Rock students,
as well as students from the 13 other state-owned universities, an
opportunity to present papers.
The
16th annual State System of Higher Education
Interdisciplinary Association for Philosophy and Religious Studies
Conference places SRU’s philosophy department in a leadership
role. SRU’s Dr. Brad Wilson, assistant professor of
philosophy, organized the conference, helped determine which papers
will be presented and updated the association’s Web site in
preparation.
Wilson
was elected president of the Interdisciplinary Association last
year.
“This conference provides an
excellent opportunity for faculty and students across the state
system to come together for lively discussion of philosophical and
religious issues,” he says. “As hosts of this
year’s conference, we are proud to continue our leadership
role among philosophy programs in the state
system.”
Ten SRU students will present papers at the
conference: Michelle Dees of Apollo, Rick Fera of Allison Park, J.
Edward Hackett of New Castle, John Lienert of Jefferson Hills,
Betty Osthoff of Valencia, Stephanie Pedas of Sharpsville, Jason
Rogers of Oakton, Va., Troy Shelgren of Smethport, Marcy Jo Yonkey
of Greensburg, and Jamaal Zubchevich of Washington.
Keynote address
Dr. Mark Risjord, associate professor and
director of graduate studies at Emory University, will deliver the
keynote address at 7 p.m. Friday in Russell Wright Alumni
House. His lecture is titled “Knowledge, Value, and
Diagnostic Inference” and will be followed by a
reception.
Risjord is an associate professor and
director of graduate studies at Emory. His research is in the
philosophy of science, philosophy of anthropology, philosophy of
language, logic, and the philosophy of mathematics. He is the
author of“Woodcutters and Witchcraft:
Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social Sciences”
and has published numerous articles.
Dr. Dan Conway of Penn State University
will give a second keynote address at 11 a.m. Saturday in the
alumni house. Conway’s talk is titled “Facing
Evil.”
PN, hometowners
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