Fourth Annual Meeting

Penn State University

October 7-9, 2000

Saturday events will be held at the Penn State Conference Center (PSCC) at 215 Innovation Blvd., and which is also known locally as The Penn Stater.  Lodging and all other events will be at the Nittany Lion Inn (NLI) at 200 West Park Ave.  A free shuttle will be available, by appointment, for transportation between the two sites.

Registration will take place Saturday from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. outside the President's Room #3 & 4 (PSCC) and Sunday 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. outside the Assembly Room (NLI)

IAEP KEYNOTE ADDRESS  SATURDAY, 8:30 p.m.
PSCC President's Room #3 &4
Moderator: Bruce Foltz. Eckerd College

"Finding Face in the Landscape in the Wake of Levinas,"
Edward Casey, SUNY Stony Brook

RECEPTION, 10:00 p.m.
PSCC Dean's Room #1

SUNDAY, 9:00-11:15 a.m.  This session, and all following sessions, in the Nittany Lion Inn Assembly Room

Session 1  Continental Approaches to Environmental Philosophy
Moderator: James Hatley, Salisbury State University

"Nature Begins and Ends in Wonder:  Aesthetics as Exposure to the Promise of Things, in Betrayal," Steven David Ross, Binghamton University
"Postmodern Environments," Hugh J. Silverman, SUNY Stony Brook
"What is Eco-Phenomenology?," David Wood, Vanderbilt University

SUNDAY, 11:25-12:35

Session 2  The Environmental Thought of Paul Shepard
Moderator: Joseph P. Lawrence, College of the Holy Cross

"In the Company of Others," Allan Larsen, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
"Ecological Consciousness," Alphonso Lingis, The Pennsylvania State University

SUNDAY, 2:00-4:15 p.m.
Session 3  Environmental Ontology
Moderator:  Irene Klaver, University of North Texas

"A Liberating Ecology of the Other:  A Hegelian Aufhebung of Levinas for Non-Human Others, Hyo-Dong Lee, Vanderbilt University
"The Nature of Artifacts," Steven Vogel, Denison University
"Nature, Nurture, Environment: How to Find our Way?," Bruce Wilshire, Rutgers University

SUNDAY, 4:25-6:15 p.m.
Session 4  Natural Science
Moderator: Nathan Andersen, Eckerd College

"Shifting Ground: Continental Philosophy and the Earth Sciences," Robert Frodeman, University of Colorado, and John Van Buren, Fordham University
"Conservation Biology, Risk, and Scientific Knowledge Production," Wyatt James Galusky, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
"Deleuze's Return to Science as a Basis for Environmental Philosophy," Robert Mugerauer, The University of Texas at Austin

IAEP BUSINESS MEETING
SUNDAY, 6:30 p.m.
NLI Assembly Room

SUNDAY, 9:00-10:00 P.M.  ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY IN DIALOGUE
NLI Assembly Room
Moderator:  Robert Frodeman, University of Colorado

GUEST SPEAKER:  Eric Barron, Director of the Earth Systems Science Center, The Pennsylvania State University

        "Global Warming and the Future of the Earth"

MONDAY, 8:30-10:15 a.m.
Session 5  Ethics and After
Moderator: Hwa Yol Jung, Moravian College

"Nature Through the Looking-Glass or, Environmentalism and the Problem of Freedom," Robert Kirkman, SUNY Stony Brook
"Children and the Ethics of Place," Ingrid Stefanovic, University of Toronto
"Imagination and Responsibility: Rethinking Heidegger's Contribution to Environmental Philosophy," Gail Stendstad, East Tennessee State University

MONDAY, 10:25-11:55 a.m.
Session 6  Panel on Henry Bugbee's Philosophy of Wilderness
Moderator:  Edward Casey, SUNY Stony Brook

Panelists:  Douglas Anderson, The Pennsylvania State University
Daniel Conway, The Pennsylvania State University
Edward Mooney, Sonoma State University
Bruce Wilshire, Rutgers University

MONDAY, 1:10-3:30 p.m.
Session 7  Environmental Praxis
Moderator: Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines

"Gardening as Environmental Practice," Silvia Benso, Siena College
"Cove Mallard: A Case Study in Environmental Activism," Patricia Glazebrook, Colgate University
"The Inoperative Earth," Brian Schroeder, Skidmore College
"Agrarian Economics," Norman Wirzba, Georgetown College

Rooms are available (ask for SPEP rooms) for October 7-9 at the Nittany Lion Inn, 200 Park Ave., (800) 233-7505 or (814) 863-5050.  Rates are $95 single, $110 double, $10 per extra person, and $15 per extra bed.  Reservations must be made by September 4.