October 11, 2006  

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New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Conference
to be Held at Ramapo College

(Mahwah) - The New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association will hold its fall conference Saturday, November 4 at Ramapo College of New Jersey.  The daylong conference, which begins at 9:45 a.m. and ends with a reception at 4:45 p.m., is open to the public.

Dr. Diana T. Meyers, professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, will deliver the plenary lecture, “Agency and Embodiment.”  Her research interests include feminist theory, ethics and social and political philosophy.  The lecture will be moderated by Dr. Lisa Cassidy, an assistant professor of philosophy at Ramapo College.  She, along with Dr. Bernard Roy, also an assistant professor of philosophy there, are conference coordinators.

Eight sessions will be offered during the day including “The Nature of Philosophical Dialogue,” featuring Maya Levanon of Montclair State University who will discuss “Philosophy as a Mode of Being,” and William Evans of St. Peter’s College who will present “What are the Proper Goals of Teaching and Learning Philosophy?”

Other sessions explore metaphysics, self-reflection in language and aesthetics, ethics and applied ethics and the feminist accounts of autonomy.

The NJRPA is a professional organization serving New Jersey college and university philosophy faculty.  Members of Ramapo College’s Philosophy Club will help to plan the conference.

For more information about the conference or to register, contact Lisa Cassidy, lcassidy@ramapo.edu.

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