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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY:
A Conference for Graduate Students and Teaching Faculty
hosted by the Philosophy Graduate Student Association
of Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb. 26-28, 1999

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Friday, February 26

Cudahy Hall, lower level
7:00-8:30 PM: Keynote Address
Dr. Arnold Wilson (University of Cincinnati)
The Socratic Craft as a Profession

8:30-10:00 PM
Reception - Cudahy Hall Atrium

Saturday, February 27

8:30-10:00 AM, David A. Straz Hall

A: Teaching Tools
(chaired by Michael McNulty, SJ)

Teaching Philosophy with Argumentation Maps
Robert E. Home (Stanford University)

The Fallacy Game & Teaching Informal Fallacies
Stephen Finn (Villanova University)

B: Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies
(chaired by Michael Dougherty)

Teaching Philosophy for Outcomes at Alverno
Donna Engelman & Tim Riorden (Alverno College, WI)

Interdisciplinary Teaching
Michael Vater (Marquette University)

COFFEE

10:20-11:50

A: Role Models
(chaired by Michele Calvosa)

Teaching With Critical Thinking Exemplars
Amber L. Katherine (Edgewood College, WI)

Virtue Theory and the Self
Dan Putman (University of Wisconsin - Fox Valley)

B: Teaching Methods
(chaired by Erik Richardson)

What to Teach at an Interview
Erin Livingston (Bermuda College)

Project Tapestry: The Use of Student Web Pages
Michael Taber (St. Mary's College, MD)

11:50-1:00 LUNCH BREAK

1:00-2:30

A: Logic and Writing
(chaired by Paul Gyllenhammer)

Learning Close Reading by Teaching Close Writing
Nicholas de Warren (Boston University - Emerson)

Logic and the Undergraduate Term Paper
Gerald J. Enon (SUNY Buffalo)

B: Teaching Introductory Philosophy
(chaired by Mark Lenker)

Doctoring 101 Strangely, or How I Learned to Stop Bombing and Love the Worry
V. Alan White (University of Wisconsin -Manitowoc)

The Cynical Student and Teaching Introduction to Philosophy
Stephen F. Wandmacher (Michigan State)

COFFEE

2:45-3:45

A: Panel Discussion
(chaired by William Starr)

Advocacy and Neutrality in Light of Multiculturalism
Gwynn Markle, Sarah Borden, Danielle Poe (Fordham University)

B: Maeutics, or Philosophy as a Practice
(chaired by Lorraine Landry)

Oscar Brenifier (Paris, France)

4:00-5:30 A: Teaching via the Ancients
(chaired by (Griffin Nelson)

Introducing Philosophy Through the Melesians
Richard Cameron (University of Colorado - Boulder)

How Philosophy Can Nourish the Needy Soul: Socrates, Protagoras & Hyippocrates
Gabriela Martinez (Boston University)

B: Teaching Non-Traditionally
(chaired by Kelly Burns)

Non-Traditional Students in the Classroom
John Muenzberg (Marquette University)

Learning via Service-Learning
Bobbi Timberlake (Marquette University)

5:30-7:00 DINNER BREAK

7:00-8:30 Keynote Address - Cudahy Hall

Dr. Eric Hoffman (University of Delaware)
Teaching Philosophy: Our Response-Ability

8:30-10:00 Reception - Haggerty Art Museum

Sunday, Feb. 28

A. Student Relativism
(chaired by John Laumakis)

Moral Relativism: A Gateway to Philosophy
Richard Greenon (University of Colorado - Boulder)

Student Relativism in the Classroom
Arnold Wilson (University of Cincinnati)

B: Values and the Classroom
(chaired by Jeff Goins)

Imposing Values On Others
Clayton Morweidge (Lewis and Clark College, OR)

Religious Commitment in the Classroom
Storm Bailey (Luther College, IA)

COFFEE

10:50-11:50

A: The Educational and Economic Dilemma ofAdfuncts and Part-Time Faculty
(chaired by Kevin Hermberg)

James R. Davis (Boston University)

B: Does Philosophy Improve Critical Thinking?
(chaired by Dan Kern)

Tom Solon (Danville College, IL)

FAREWELL LUNCH

The Philosophy Graduate Student Association thanks all those involved with this conference.
Special thanks are extended to:
Andy Gustafson (conference organizer)
Michele Calvosa (registration coordinator)
Mary Foley (facilities)
Mike Gillick (printing)
Paul Gyllenhammer (registration coordinator)
Kevin Hermberg (publications coordinator)
Dan Kern (technical support)
Gene Rice (facilities coordinator)
John Simmons (food service coordinator)
James South (web page support)
Mike Vater (faculty advisor)
Tim Yoder (publications coordinator)
Marquette University Office of Academic Affairs
Marquette University College of Arts and Sciences
Marquette University Department of Philosophy Office Staff
PGSA paper selection committee

Last updated 26 March, 2001.