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FEBRUARY
9-10, 2001
Offered
by the Philosophy Graduate Student Association
of Marquette
University
(click here for info on previous
conferences)
Click
here to see the Marquette Tribune's review of the Conference
An
invitation . . .
The
Philosophy Graduate Student Association invites all those interested
to join us for this timely conference. We
also invite faculty, graduate students, and the technical community
to submit papers for presentation at the conference. Our
previous conferences have
attracted international response and first-quality papers from leading
thinkers in their fields of interest.
Call
for Papers . . .
(click
here for submission information and more info on topics)
Keynote
Speakers . . .
Prof.
Don Ihde of
SUNY-Stony Brook
author of Instrumental Realism;
Technology and the Lifeworld, plus a new trilogy: Expanding
Hermeneutics: Visualism in Science; Bodies in Technology & Imaging
Technologies: Plato Upside Down.
Prof.
Frederick Ferré
of the University of Georgia
author of Philosophy of Technology
& Hellfire and Lightning Rods: Liberating Science, Technology
and Religion, and editor of a series of books on Technology:
Technology and Everyday Life; Technology and Feminism; Technology
and Politics; Technology and Religion & Technology and
the Environment.
Submission
Information . . .
The deadline for paper proposals
is January 1, 2001. Notice of
acceptance will be issued by January 10th.
Please send your papers:
 In
duplicate
Suitable
for blind review
With
a length of 20 minutes reading time (about 10 pages).
Our mailing address:
Coughlin Hall #132
P.O. Box 1881, Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
For additional info contact Tim Yoder or
Ryan McBride at mupgsa@marquette.edu,
or call us at 414-288-6857.
Relevant topics
include (but are not limited to) the following:
What
is Technology?
Technology
in Medicine
Responsibility
and Technology
Phenomenology
and Technology
Risk and Unintended
Consequences
Information
Technology and Computer Ethics
Possibility
and Problem of Artificial Intelligence |
Jonas,
Heidegger, or Marx on Technology
Postmodern
Approaches to Technology
Technology
and the Environment
Religion, Ethics,
and Technology
Technological
Change and Society
Technological
Determinism
& Social Constructivism |
Registration
information . . .
Click
here for a printable registration
form.
Schedule
of Events . . .
Click
here for a tentative schedule of
events, including paper titles and names of presenters.
About
Marquette . . .
Marquette
University is an independent Jesuit University in downtown Milwaukee,
WI. Transportation to Marquette is available by freeway, bus, Amtrak,
and air. The Amtrak terminal is located nearby, and there is public
bus and private coach service directly to Mitchell Field and O'Hare
respectively.
Reasonably
priced accomodations may be found nearby---please click here for details.
Free accomodations may be available for visiting graduate students
who indicate their need in advance.
Food
and Accomodations . . .
Conference
participants are responsible for their own meals. Click
here for a list of nearby eating establishments, and here
for a list of local hotels.
Air:
General Mitchell International Airport is a
15-mile taxi or public bus ride to campus. We will gladly provide
transportation to and from the airport.
Car:
From the north, take I-43 south and exit at Wells St. / N. 11th
St. (Exit 72C). Go south on 11th St. one block and turn right onto
Wisconsin Avenue. From the south, exit from I-94 to I-43 North and
exit at #72C. Turn right on N. 6th St. and drive two blocks to West
Wisconsin Avenue. Turn right on W. Wisconsin. From the west, come
east on I-94 and exit at N 13th St. (#310A). Turn left and drive one
block to W. Clybourn Street. Proceed left on Clybourn to N. 16th St.
and turn right onto 16th St.
Parking:
The entrance to the Marquette University
Parking Structure is on 16th St. between Wisconsin Avenue and Wells
St. Parking is free for visitors.
Bus:
Both Greyhound and Badger Bus Lines are located on N. 7th St. between
W. Wisconsin Ave. and W. Michigan Ave. On arrival, you can 5 blocks
west to campus on Wisconsin Ave., or take a cab.
Train:
the Amtrak terminal is located at N. 5th St. & St. Paul Ave. On
arrival, you can take a cab or walk north to W. Wisconsin Ave. and
board any westbound local bus to N. 12th St. The fare is $1.35.
Click
here for info on previous conferences.
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