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The American
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2010 Annual Meeting |
The 2010 ACPA meeting (hosted by Loyola University of Maryland) will be
held November 5th
– November 7th, 2010, at
the Doubletree Inn at the Colonnade, Baltimore,
Maryland.
Call
for Papers from the President-elect
Guidelines for
Submitting Papers
Hotel
Information (Doubletree Inn at the Colonnade)
Register Online for 2010 Meeting in
Baltimore
Call for Papers from the President-elect
(Deadline for Submissions: April 2, 2010)
Dear Colleagues and Members of the ACPA:
It is my
great pleasure to invite you to the annual meeting of the ACPA in
The theme
for this meeting will be Philosophy and
Language. Rationality requires the
ability to communicate with one’s fellow human beings and to express one’s
thoughts in articulated speech; complex and subtle thinking requires complex
and subtle ways of expressing oneself.
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism see themselves as revealed
religions. To be sure these three
monotheistic religions have each their own conception of revelation, but they
all claim that God uses language, at least to communicate with human beings. Philosophers reflect on the relation between
things, thoughts, and speech. Some focus
on the way things determine thoughts and speech, but others emphasize the way
our language received as children of a certain culture, shapes our thoughts and
conception of things. Doesn’t any
specific language involve a pre-philosophical understanding of its own?
Everyone is cordially invited to send in a submission for this meeting. The program committee is especially interested in receiving papers that address the issues related to this theme broadly constructed, but papers in any area of philosophy are most welcome. All submissions should be sent (in quintuplicate, accompanied by five copies of an abstract) to the following address:
ACPA Paper Submissions
American Catholic Philosophical Association
National Office
We look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you
in
Sincerely yours,
Thérèse-Anne Druart,
Professor of Philosophy,
The
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Guidelines for Submitting Papers
for the ACPA Annual Meeting in the
Fall of 2010
(hosted by Loyola College, Baltimore)
(Deadline for Submissions: April 2, 2010)
1) The theme of the 2010 meeting is “Philosophy and Language”; however, papers on all topics are welcome.
2) Papers should be received no later than April 2, 2010, at the following address:
ACPA Paper Submissions
American Catholic Philosophical Association
National Office
3) Submissions must be received through the mail and not via facsimile; they must include FIVE copies of the paper and FIVE copies of a short abstract (no more than 150 words); the number copies is a function of the number of readers. Papers are not to exceed 15 typed, double-spaced pages (30 minutes reading time).
4) The format of the paper should be appropriate for blind reviewing, i.e., nothing in the paper itself should reveal the author’s identity. The author’s name, complete address, home, work, fax, telephone numbers, and e-mail address, as well as the title of the paper, should be included in a cover letter.
5) It is understood that, by submitting material for possible presentation at the 2009 Annual Meeting, authors agree to allow the ACPA to hold the copyright to such material, should it be accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting and publication in the Annual Proceedings. If the paper is accepted, you will sign a publication agreement with us.
6) Those who wish to have their papers considered for the ACPA Young Scholar’s Award (scholars 35 years of age or younger, regardless of academic position, are eligible) should indicate as much in their cover letters.
7) If you would like us to acknowledge that we have received your paper, please include with your submission a self-addressed, stamped postcard.
8) If you would like to comment on a paper or to chair a session, please let the ACPA Secretary know by sending e-mail (osborntm@stthom.edu) or by writing to the ACPA’s National Office. Be sure to provide your e-mail address, as well as your fax, home, and work telephone numbers.
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ACPA Announcements |
Secretary’s
Letter
May 2010
Enclosed you will find a dues notice for the upcoming year, along with the President-Elect's "Letter and Call for Papers" for the 2011 Annual Meeting (to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, and hosted by Saint Louis University). Please pay your dues on time, since the timely payment of your dues will eliminate the need for reminder notices and thereby help to reduce the ACPA's overall costs.
Herewith I am also sending you a memo containing a number of announcements and reminders.
Be Sure to Update Your Membership Information on the Dues Renewal Notice
There are two ways to pay your dues: online by clicking on the link on the Dues Renewal Notice (above), or by sending in the notice to the Philosophy Documentation Center. All members are asked to update any membership information (including mailing address, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, etc.) that may have changed over the past year or two. Since we are moving over to sending notices by email, it is imperative that we have your current email address(es). Life members are also asked to update their membership information in the same manner, even though they do not pay dues.
2009 Proceedings
The Proceedings from the ACPA's 2009 annual meeting (hosted by Loyola of New Orleans) are being edited and will be mailed out to members early in the fall.
ACPA
Meeting hosted by Loyola University of Maryland, Baltimore, 5 - 7 November
2010:
"Philosophy and Language"
Don't forget that the 2010 Annual Meeting of the ACPA will take place 5 - 7 November, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Doubletree Inn at the Colonnade. As usual, the complete conference program, along with registration materials for the 2010 Annual Meeting, will be sent out to members in September of 2010. Earlier than that, you will be able to register for the conference and to inspect the conference program online, at the ACPA website. In order to whet your philosophical appetites, let me mention here that the plenary speakers for the 2010 Annual Meeting are:
Therese-Anne Druart (The Catholic University of America):
Ann Hartle (Emory University):
Stephen Brown (Boston College):
Daniel Dahlstrom (Boston University):
At the 2010 Meeting, the Association's Aquinas Medal will be presented to Alasdair MacIntyre.
Commentators and Chairs at the Baltimore meeting
If you would like to be on the program of the 2010 Annual Meeting (either as a commentator or as a chair), please send your name and contact information (including phone number, FAX number, e-mail address, and regular mailing address) to me. Be sure to do so by 15 June 2010. If you are interested in serving as a commentator, be sure to indicate your area(s) of interest and/or expertise.
Satellite Sessions at the Baltimore meeting
There were twenty satellite sessions at New Orleans in 2009. We hope there will be even more this year. Satellite session organizers are reminded that final information regarding planned satellite sessions (session title, names of organizer, session chair, and speakers, and the titles of papers) should be received at the National Office no later than 1 July 2010.
Election Results
The complete results of this year's ACPA election (concluded April 1, 2010) are as follows:
Vice-President/President-Elect: Richard C. Taylor (Marquette University)
Executive Council Members:
Carlson, John W. (Jack) (Creighton University)
Foster, David (Seton Hall)
Garcia, J. L. A. (Boston College)
Kent, Bonnie (University of California, Irvine)
Murray, Elizabeth A. (Loyola Marymount University)
On behalf of the Association, the Secretary would like to congratulate our newly-elected Council members, and to thank all who were willing to stand for election. The new members will take office at the conclusion of the 2010 meeting and will be on the Executive Council through the 2013 meeting.
2011 ACPA Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri (hosted by St. Louis University): "Science, Reason, and Religion"
The Executive Committee of the ACPA has determined that the theme of the 2011 conference (to be held in the fall of 2011 and to be hosted by St. Louis University will be "Science, Reason, and Religion." For further details about the meeting, please see the enclosed letter from President-Elect Dominic Balestra.
Hosts for 2012 and 2013
We are looking for volunteers to host the 2012 meeting, and are still open to applications for hosting the 2013 meeting. If you are interested, please contact the National Secretary at houser@stthom.edu.
Call for Nominations for the Office of ACPA Secretary: Nominations due 1 October 2010.
The current term of the Secretary of the ACPA will end after the Annual Meeting in 2010. The next term will commence at the end of the Annual Meeting in 2010 and finish at the end of the Annual Meeting in 2013. Nominations for the office of Secretary (2010-2013 term) are hereby solicited. Nominating materials should include a full curriculum vitae of the nominee, along with a statement of the nominee's relevant qualifications. These nominating materials should be received at the National Office no later than 1 October 2010.
Respectfully submitted,
R. E. Houser, Interim ACPA Secretary
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Call for Papers from the President-elect
(Deadline for Submissions: April 2, 2011)
Dear Colleagues and Members of the ACPA:
It is my pleasure to invite you to the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of the ACPA in Saint Louis, Missouri, October, 27-30, 2011. I am grateful to Saint Louis University for hosting this meeting whose theme will be "Science, Reason and Religion."
Broadly speaking, the question of the compatibility of faith and reason has always been central to Catholic thinking. Nevertheless, in the public square from the side of religion, at one extreme is a fundamentalist understanding of faith which simply rejects any science which conflicts with the assertions of a literal reading of faith's revelation. Recent creationist theories of the origins of life represent instances of such religious fundamentalism. At the other extreme is another kind of inverted "fundamentalism," - scientism, manifest in the "new atheism", which simply rejects as irrational any religious belief whatsoever and replaces it by an uncritical extension of particular scientific theories to comprehensive worldviews or metaphysics. Recent confrontations between such extremes call forth a fresh re-consideration of the question of faith and reason as appropriately articulated as the question of science and religion today. Accordingly, I have proposed the above theme to provide an occasion for re-thinking the question of faith and reason in light of the various scientific revolutions from the seventeenth century to today-in physics and cosmology, biology and evolution, in the social sciences, in logic and mathematics and in psychology and neuroscience. From the side of religion one might consider the developments in theology and what they portend for the question; and from a stance in-between science and religion-what might philosophy's "reasons" offer on the question of science and religion today. Finally, what might further considerations from the ethical, social, political, historical and technological dimensions of such re-thinking of faith and reason reveal to us as beings of reason and religion?
I cordially invite everyone to send in a submission for this meeting. The program committee is especially interested in receiving papers that address issues related to the theme, but papers in any area of philosophy are most welcome. All submissions should be sent (in quintuplicate, accompanied by five copies of an abstract) to the following address:
ACPA Paper Submissions
American Catholic Philosophical Association
National Office
University of St. Thomas
3800 Montrose Blvd
Houston, TX 77006
We look forward to receiving your submissions and to seeing you in St. Louis, Missouri, October 27-30, 2011.
Sincerely yours,
Dominic J. Balestra, President Elect, ACPA 2011
Professor of Philosophy
Fordham University
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Guidelines
for Submitting Papers
for the ACPA Annual Meeting in the Fall of 2011
(hosted by St. Louis University
(Deadline for Submissions: April 2, 2011)
1) The theme of the 2011 meeting is "Science, Reason, and Religion"; however, papers on all topics are welcome.
2) Papers should be received no later than April 2, 2011, at the following address:
ACPA Paper Submissions
American Catholic Philosophical Association
National Office
University of St. Thomas
3800 Montrose Blvd
Houston, TX 77006
3) Submissions must be received through the mail and not via facsimile; they must include FIVE copies of the paper and FIVE copies of a short abstract (no more than 150 words). Papers are not to exceed 15 typed, double-spaced pages (30 minutes reading time).
4) The format of the paper should be appropriate for blind reviewing, i.e., nothing in the paper itself should reveal the author's identity. The author's name, complete address, home, work, fax, telephone numbers, and e-mail address, as well as the title of the paper, should be included in a cover letter.
5) It is understood that, by submitting material for possible presentation at the 2011 Annual Meeting, authors agree to allow the ACPA to hold the copyright to such material, should it be accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting and publication in the Annual Proceedings. If the paper is accepted, you will sign a publication agreement with us.
6) Those who wish to have their papers considered for the ACPA Young Scholar's Award (scholars 35 years of age or younger, regardless of academic position, are eligible) should indicate as much in their cover letters.
7) If you would like us to acknowledge that we have received your paper, please include with your submission a self-addressed, stamped postcard.
8) If you would like to comment on a paper or to chair a session, please let the ACPA Secretary know by sending e-mail (houser@stthom.edu) or by writing to the ACPA's National Office. Be sure to provide your e-mail address, as well as your fax, home, and work telephone numbers.
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