A Conference sponsored by the German Studies Committee, the Department of Philosophy, with the generous support of the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of German and Scandinavian, Comparative Literature Program, Oregon Humanities Center, the Department of Romance Languages, and DAAD.

May 1-2, 2008

Program:


Thursday, May 1, 2008 (Walnut Room, in EMU)


Philosophical Beginnings

9:00-10:00 Andrew Cutrofello (Loyola University Chicago) “What is One-Dimensional Philosophy?”

10:00-11:00 Paul M. Livingston (Villanova University) “The Breath of Sense: Language, Structure, and the Paradox of Origin”

11:00-11:45 Discussion

11:45-1:15 Lunch Break

From Nature to Language

1:15-2:15 Dominiek Hoens (Leiden University) “On Language from a Lacanian Point of View”

2:15-3:15 Beata Stawarska (University of Oregon) Title, TBA

3:15-4:00 Discussion

4:00-4:15 Coffee Break

Wittgenstein’s Legacy

4:15-5:15 Martin Klebes (University of Oregon) "Two Round-trip Tickets to Literature (L. Wittgenstein, D. Lewis)"

5:15-6:15 Russell Goodman (University of New Mexico) “Wittgenstein on Nature and Culture”

6:15-7:00 Discussion

Friday, May 2, 2008 (McKenzie Hall 240 A)

Music and Listening

9:00-10:00 Scott Pratt (University of Oregon) Title, TBA

10:00-11:00 Lawrence Kramer (Fordham University) "Listening Devices: Musical Expression as Performance"

11:00-11:45 Discussion

11:45-1:15 Lunch

Gender Between Construct and Essence

1:15-2:15 Bonnie Mann (University of Oregon) “What Should Feminists Do About Nature?”

2:15-3:15 Sharyn Clough (Oregon State University) "Gender and germs: 'Cultural' impacts on 'natural' bodies."

3:15-4:00 Discussion

4:00 Closing Remarks