AILACT @ the APA: upcoming sessions

 

Group Session at the Eastern Division American Philosophical Association Meetings, December 27-30, 2011 at the Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC
Session: Untitled
December 30, 2009, 1:30-4:30 PM, Meeting Room to be announced.
Chair: To be announced
List of Presenters:
Benjamin Hamby, Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
“Libri ad nauseum: a call for a moratorium on critical thinking textbooks”
Matthew McKeon, Philosophy, Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI
“On the rationale for distinguishing arguments from explanations”
Susana Nuccetelli, Philosophy, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, M
“Reflective equilibrium, inference rules and the logical possibility of cognitive diversity”
Catalin Stanciulescu, Philosophy, Universitatea din Craiova, Craiova, Romania
“Pluralist consensus, inferential semantics and deliberative argumentation”
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Group Session at the Central Division American Philosophical Association Meetings, February 17-20, 2010, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL
Session: Topics in Informal Logic and Critical Thinking
Friday, February 19, 2010, 7:00-10:00 PM, Meeting Room to be announced
Chair: Kevin Possin, Winona State University
Speakers: Hans V. Hansen, Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric, University of Windsor,
"Picturing Conductive Arguments”
Thomas Keyes, Our Lady of the Lake University,
“Dewey, Pulp Fiction, and Reinforcing Critical Thinking Concepts”
Lawrence Pasternack, Oklahoma State University,
Eric Parkinson, Syracuse University, &
Michael Aparicia, Santa Rosa Junior College,
“Teaching Critical Thinking Online”
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Group Session at the Pacific Division American Philosophical Association Meetings, March 31 - April 4, 2010, Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, CA
Session: The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement
Thursday, April 1, 2010, 8:00-10:00, Meeting Room to be announced.
Chair: Wanda Teays (Mount St. Mary’s College)
Speaker: Dale Turner, California State Polytechnic University–Pomona, “You’re Not an Idiot or Evil, But You Are Wrong: Some Reflections on the Epistemic Significance of Disagreement”
Commentators: Jerry Cederblom, University of Nebraska–Omaha
Zenon Culverhouse, Mount St. Mary’s College
Michael Scriven, Claremont Graduate University
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