Section II. An Alternative Vision: Whitehead’s Philosophy
Track 1: Whitehead and Analytic Philosophy
(Dan Dombrowski)
The dominance of analytical philosophy in the English-language world has led to Whitehead’s virtual exclusion from most departments of philosophy. However, there are a growing number of analytical philosophers who recognize the value of dialog with Whiteheadians. This track will take up this dialog and seek to enlarge and advance it.
Schedule:
Friday, June 5:
2:00 session 1= George Shields, “Logic, Transcendental Argument, and the Quantum Vacuum”
4:00 session 2= Godehard Bruentrup, “Whitehead’s Panexperientialism and the Renaissance of Panpsychism in Analytic Philosophy of Mind”
Saturday, June 6
11:00 session 3= Leemon McHenry, “The Merits and Demerits of Analytic Critiques of Whitehead’s Metaphysics”
2:00 session 4= Donald Viney, “Whitehead and Russell on Religion”
4:00 session 5= Randy Ramal, “Animals and the Limits of Ethics: Coetzee, Whitehead, and Recent Analytic Philosophy”
Sunday, June 7
11:00 session 6= Michael Epperson, “A Mereotopological Bridging of Prehension and Extension in Whiteheadian Cosmology”
2:00 session 7= Ichiro Hirata, “Actual Entity as Action”