SOCIETY FOR WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY

PACIFIC DIVISION FALL MEETING

NOVEMBER 15-16, 2003

Feminist Critiques of Feminism

University of Oregon, Eugene

Local Hosts: Bonnie Mann and Naomi Zack

Gerlinger Hall

Day 1: Saturday

9-9:45 a.m. (concurrent sessions)
    Room 242:   Lani Roberts (Oregon State University)

“A Feminist Critique of Moral Relativism

    Room 248:   Janet Stemwedel (San Jose State University)

"Why Don't Scientists Care about Feminist Philosophy of Science?"

10-10:45 a.m. (concurrent sessions)
    Room 242:   Christina Bellon (California State University, Sacramento)

“Justice for Children: Rawls and the Least Advantaged Groups”

Room 248:   Lisa Gannett (California State University, Chico)
“Categories of Group DNA Difference: Intersections of the Biological and the Social”

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (one session)
    Room 242:   Naomi Zack (University of Oregon, Eugene)

“Can Third Wave Feminism Be Inclusive? Intersectionality, Its Problems, and New Directions”

12-1:00 p.m.    LUNCH

1:00-1:30 p.m. Short business meeting (all attendees are encouraged to attend)

1:30-3:30 (one session)
    Room 242:   Special interdisciplinary panel “Responses to War:  Motherhood, Gender, and

Psychology” (sponsored by the University of Oregon Feminist Philosophy Research Interest Group and the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society)

Panelists: Ayse Agis (University of California, Berkeley, Women Studies)

     “Militarized Motherhood”

     Patricia Gwartney (University of Oregon, Sociology)

                 “Nuclear War Attitudes and Gender: Avoiding Essentialism”

     Jane Cramer (University of Oregon, Political Science)

“Studying National Misperceptions: The Poverty of Psychological Theories and the Promise of Other Paths”

Day 1: Saturday (continued)

3:45-4:30 (concurrent sessions)
    Room 242:   Licia Carlson (Seattle University)

                        “Ecofeminism and Feminist Disability Theory: A Critical Dialogue”

    Room 248:   Sharyn Clough (Oregon State University)

“Re-examining the Role of Epistemology in Feminist Science Studies: The Case of Solomon’s Social Empiricism”

4:45-5:45 (one session)
    Room 242:   Keynote: Laurie Shrage (California Poly Pomona)

“Exposing the Fallacies of Anti-Porn Feminism”

Day 2: Sunday
9-9:45 a.m. (concurrent sessions)
    Room 242:   Beata Stawarska (University of Oregon, Eugene)

“From the Body Proper to Flesh: Merleau-Ponty on Intersubjectivity”

    Room 248:   Kristin Intemann (University of Washington, Seattle)

“Feminism, Underdetermination, and Values: A Feminist Critique of the ‘Gap Argument’ in Feminist Science Studies”

10-10:45 a.m.

    Room 242:   Alexandra Stotts (University of Oregon, Eugene)

“What Price Realism? An Objection to Antony’s Bias Paradox Solution”

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (one session)
    Room 242:   Keynote: Maxine Sheets-Johnstone (Independent Scholar/University of Oregon)

            “Real Male-Male Competition”

Registration is free and the sessions are open to the public.

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Or contact Executive Secretary, Sara Goering (sgoering@u.washington.edu)