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ATHENS
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
PROGRAM
Sponsored by the Philosophy
Research Unit of the
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
(AT.IN.E.R.)
Conference Venue: St George Lycabettus,
Organizing
and Scientific Committee
1.
Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director,
ATINER.
2.
Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President of ATINER & Professor,
Sam Houston State University, USA.
3.
Dr. Patricia Hanna, Professor, University of Utah,
USA.
4.
Dr. Panayotis Zamaros, Professor, ECMU, Switzerland.
5.
Dr. Donald V. Poochigian, Academic Member, ATINER
& Professor, University of North Dakota, USA.
6.
Dr. Yiorgo Maniatis, Visiting Assistant Professor,
University of Cyprus, Cyprus.
7.
Dr. Theophile
Theophanides, Academic Member, ATINER & Honorary Professor, National Technical University of
Athens, Greece & University of Montreal, Canada.
8. Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Researcher, ATINER.
9.
Dr. Scott Nelson,
Academic Member, ATINER & Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, USA.
10. Dr.
Chrysoula Gitsoulis, Academic Member, ATINER & Adjunct Assistant
Professor, City College, City University of New York, USA.
11. Ioannis
Vamvakitis, Associate Tutor in Media and Film, University of Sussex, U.K.
12. Dr.
Ioannis Stivachtis, Academic Member of ATINER and Director, International
Studies Program Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State
University, USA.
13. Anastasios Pagiaslis, Ph.D. Student, University
of Ioannina, Greece.
14.
Raymond Paul Petridis
Tzombanos, Ph.D. Student, New School for Social Research, USA.
15.
Dr.
John Roufagalas, Professor, Troy University, USA & Academic Member, ATINER.
Organized by: ATINEP A.E. (atinerae@atiner.gr)
Administration:
Fani Balaska, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka
CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
Monday,
June 1st May 2009
8:30-9:10 Registration
9:10
– 9:30 Opening Remarks
Dr.
Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President of ATINER &
Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.
9:30-11:00
Monday, June 1st May 2009
Session I Chair: Pappas, N., Vice-President of ATINER &
Professor, Sam Houston State University,
USA. |
Session II Chair:
Kefalaki, M.,
Researcher, ATINER. |
|
1. Gatzia, D., Assistant Professor, The University of Akron, USA. The
Individual Variability Problem.
2.
Suman,
S., Ph.D. Student, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Philosophy of Better
Tomorrow: Hope in Day and Night Dreams. 3. Lai, W.,L., Researcher, Hokkaido University,
Japan. Homeostasis and the Robustness of Mental Content. |
11:00
– 12:30 Monday, June 1st May 2009
Session III Chair: Mintoff, J., Lecturer,
University of Newcastle, Australia. |
Session IV Chair:
Gatzia, D., Assistant Professor, The University of
Akron, USA. |
|
1. Matsuo,
M., Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan. Philosophical Approach to the
Disputes Over Global Warming Science. 2. Palecek,
M., Chair of Department of Philosophy and Social Science, University of
Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic & Skybova, M., Assistant Professor,
University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. Cognitive Science and
Methodology of Social Sciences. |
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
13:30
– 15:30 Monday, June 1st May 2009
Session V Chair: *Vazquez Hernandez, D., Professor, UNAM, Mexico. |
Session VI Chair: Poochigian, D., Professor,
University of North Dakota, USA. |
|
1.
Azeri, S., Lecturer, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Locke on Personal Identity: The Form of the Self. 2.
Ward, A., Lecturer,
University of York, U.K. The Self’s Survival and its Freedom. |
15:30
– 17:30 Monday, June 1st May 2009
Session VII Chair: Gitsoulis, C., Academic Member, ATINER & Adjunct Assistant
Professor, City College, City University of New York, USA. |
Session VIII Chair:
Suman,
S., Ph.D. Student, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
|
|
21:00-22:30 GREEK NIGHT DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT
08:30
– 10:30 Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Session IX Chair: Nettleton.
S., Ph. D. Student, Macquarie University, Australia. |
Session
X
Chair: *Cooklin, K., Assistant Professor, Slippery Rock
University of Pennsylvania, USA. |
1.
Surber,
J., Professor, University of Denver, USA. The Milindapanha
(‘Questions of King Milinda’): The Encounter between Greek and Buddhist
Philosophy. 2.
Duane, L., Assistant
Professor, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates. Geometry Without Space: Ancient Greek Mathematical Thought and
Contemporary Consequences. 3.
Maniatis,
Y., Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Cyprus, Cyprus. Pythagorean Philolaus' Pyrocentric Universe and Contemporary
Astrophysical Science. |
1. Heise, D., Assistant Professor, Humboldt State University, USA. Should
Plea-Bargaining be Abolished? Moral Concerns and
Competing Notions of Justice. 2.
Exdell, J., Associate Professor, Kansas State
University, USA. Humanitarian Intervention in Just War Theory. 3.
Ikpe, I., Lecturer,
University of Botswana, South Africa. Value and the Analysis of Knowledge. 4.
Stefanovic, I.,
Professor, University of Toronto, Canada. Selfhood and Environmental
Responsibility: Lessons from the Phenomenology of Thomas Langan. |
10:30 – 12:30 Tuesday, June 2nd,
2009
Session XI Chair: Maniatis, Y., Visiting Assistant Professor,
University of Cyprus, Cyprus. |
Session XII Chair: *Stefanovic,
I., Professor, University of Toronto, Canada. |
1. Kearns, J., Professor, University at Buffalo, USA. Two Dimensions of
Logical Theory: Commitment and Truth. 2. Yamada, T., Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan. Dynamic Logic of
Propositional Commitments. 3. Gitsoulis, C. Adjunct Assistant Professor,
City College, City University of New York, USA. Vagueness and the Sorites
Paradox. 4. Xerohemona, K., Lecturer, Florida
International University, USA. Ramsey and Laconicism. |
|
12:30-13:30: LUNCH (Inside Conference
Venue)
13:30 – 14:30 Tuesday, June 2nd,
2009
Session XIII Chair: Sterba, J.P., Professor,
University of Notre Dame, USA. |
1. Hanna, P., Professor, University of Utah, USA. How
to Avoid Relativism: The Function of Bedrock in Turning One’s Spade. 2. Poochigian, D., Professor, University of North
Dakota, USA. On the Nominal Constitution of
Mathematics. |
Session XIV Chair: Poochigian, D., Professor, University of North
Dakota, USA. |
1. Byl,
J., Professor and Department Chair, Trinity Western University, Canada. The
Role of Models and Presuppositions in Science. 2. Grandy,
D., Professor, Brigham Young University, USA. Conceptual Nonlocality. 3. Karzai, A., Assistant
Professor, Laurentian University, Canada. The Concept of “Philosophy” in the
Work of Friedrich Nietzsche. |
Session
XV Chair: Hanna, P., Professor, University of Utah, USA. |
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21:00 - 22:00 DINNER
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Archaeological
Tour: Departure at 7:50 a.m. Return at 12:30 p.m.
(Details during registration)
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
CRUISE:
Departure at 7:00 a.m. Return at 8:30 p.m.
(Details during registration)
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