{"id":13954,"date":"2016-04-04T09:12:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=13954"},"modified":"2016-06-07T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T17:49:35","slug":"esu-hosts-passhe-interdisciplinary-association-for-philosophy-and-religious-studies-iaprs-conference-april-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/esu-hosts-passhe-interdisciplinary-association-for-philosophy-and-religious-studies-iaprs-conference-april-8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"ESU Hosts PASSHE Interdisciplinary Association for Philosophy and Religious Studies (IAPRS) Conference, April 8-9"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Stroudsburg University is hosting the 29th<\/sup> annual Interdisciplinary Association for Philosophy and Religious Studies (IAPRS) Conference April 8-9. Presenters will include students and faculty members from ESU, as well as Edinboro, Kutztown, Millersville, and Slippery Rock Universities.<\/p>\n

The two-day conference, which is held at a different Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education university each year, aims to provide undergraduate students the opportunity to present their papers for peer review in an academic conference, foster and develop critical thinking, and promote mentorship between faculty and students. The keynote speaker will be Gordon C.F. Bearn, Ph.D., a philosophy professor at Lehigh University.<\/p>\n

The conference is open to the general public and it is free of charge. Following is the conference schedule and list of papers being presented.\u00a0 For more information contact Heon Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy and religious studies, at 570-422-3602.<\/p>\n

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Friday, April <\/strong>8<\/strong><\/p>\n

5:<\/u><\/strong>30 p.m.<\/u><\/strong> Registration Opens, Science & Technology Center (SciTech) Lobby<\/p>\n

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Session 1: 6:<\/u><\/strong>00-7:30 p.m. <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

1A\u2014 SciTech 135 (chair: Dr. Tim Connolly)<\/p>\n

Robert Poe (Millersville University), \u201cDear Theism: A Pragmatic Letter to the Religious\u201d<\/p>\n

Reshard Neal (East Stroudsburg University), \u201cFreedom and Happiness\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Martin Weatherston (East Stroudsburg University), \u201cIf there is morality, I am a Bad Person\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1B\u2014 SciTech 136 (chair: Dr. Storm Heter)<\/p>\n

Kacie Scibilia (East Stroudsburg University), \u201cA Philosophical Approach to War: Von Clausewitz and Hegel\u201d<\/p>\n

Corbin Sterling Fowler (Edinboro University), \u201cDismantling the Propaganda Machine: Using Theology to Differentiate Between Moderate and Radical Islam\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Andrew M. Winters (Slippery Rock University), \u201cMetaphysics Without Substance\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Saturday, April <\/strong>9<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

8:<\/u><\/strong>00 a.m.<\/u><\/strong> Registration Opens, Science & Technology Center Lobby<\/p>\n

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Session 2: 9:<\/u><\/strong>00-10:<\/u><\/strong>30 a.m. <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2A\u2014 SciTech 135 (chair: Dr. Tom Sparrow)<\/p>\n

Timothy Appleby (East Stroudsburg University), \u201cBuddha Would Call Me a Masochist: The Case for Existential Happiness\u201d<\/p>\n

David Potsubay (Slippery Rock University), \u201cPure Experience and Nihility: The Place of Religion in Nishida and Nishitani\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. John Kaiser Ortiz (Millersville University), \u201cThe I\u2019s of the Spanish Inquisition Are Upon You: Sor Juana and the Force of 17th<\/sup>\u00a0Century Mexican Circumstance\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2B\u2014 SciTech 136 (chair: Dr. Corbin Fowler)<\/p>\n

Isaiah Williams\u00a0(East Stroudsburg University), \u201cThe Innate Heart of Man, My Favorite Myth\u201d<\/p>\n

Margaret Calvert (Slippery Rock University), \u201cIs Pornography to Blame for the Violence Against Women?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Allan B\u00e4ck (Kutztown University), \u201cA Solution or Two for the Liar Paradox\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2C\u2014 SciTech 137 (chair: Dr. Andrew Colvin)<\/p>\n

Robert Diehl (Edinboro University), \u201cReconciling Constructed Realities: The Epistemological Function of News Media in a Democracy\u201d<\/p>\n

Julian Schooley (Slippery Rock University), \u201cThree Virtues of Livable Urban Spaces\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Chuck Ward (Millersville University), \u201cEvolutionary Psychology and the Problem of Neural Plasticity\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

10:<\/u><\/strong>45 am-12 p.m.<\/u> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Keynote Address<\/strong>: \u201cInklings and Algebra\u201d (Moore Lecture Hall 122)<\/p>\n

Dr. Gordon C.F. Bearn, Lehigh University<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Session 3: 1:45-3:<\/u><\/strong>15 p.m.<\/u> <\/strong><\/p>\n

3A\u2014 SciTech 135 (chair: Dr. Chuck Ward)<\/p>\n

Spencer Jay Knafelc (Slippery Rock University), \u201cNietzsche’s Account of the Death of Attic Tragedy and its Implications\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam Riddle (Slippery Rock University), \u201cAn Anti-Realist Argument for the Goal of the Natural Sciences\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. John Lizza (Kutztown University), \u201cAnimalism and the \u201cDecapitation Gambit\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3B\u2014 SciTech 136 (chair: Dr. Martin Weatherston)<\/p>\n

Levi Walbert (Kutztown University), \u201c\u53e4\u7279- The Sage of the Tao\u201d<\/p>\n

Allison Simon (East Stroudsburg University), \u201cHispanics\/Latinos Breaking the Barrier\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Storm Heter (East Stroudsburg University), \u201cBlack Noise\/White Ears: Hearing Race in America\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3C – SciTech 137 (chair: Dr. John Kaiser Ortiz)<\/p>\n

Jay Winkleman (Kutztown University), \u201cMaximal Knowledge: Gettier Problems as Speech Acts\u201d<\/p>\n

James Smith (Independent Scholar), \u201cDetails and Trimmings in Plato\u2019s Laches 195a-197e\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Heon Kim (East Stroudsburg University), \u201cWuwei and Ecological Self\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Stroudsburg University is hosting the 29th annual Interdisciplinary Association for Philosophy and Religious Studies (IAPRS) Conference April 8-9. Presenters will include students and faculty members from ESU, as well as Edinboro, Kutztown, Millersville, and Slippery Rock Universities.<\/p>\n

The two-day conference, which is held at a different Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education university each year, aims to provide undergraduate students the opportunity to present their papers for peer review in an academic conference, foster and develop critical thinking, and promote mentorship between faculty and students. The keynote speaker will be Gordon C.F. Bearn, Ph.D., a philosophy professor at Lehigh University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143,22,42,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-facebook","category-news-release","category-philosophy-religious-studies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13957,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13954\/revisions\/13957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}