Department of Philosophy
Werkmeister Conference on Causation and Free Will
(Sponsored by the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Endowment Fund)
January 18-20 , 2002
Program
Friday, January 18th
Afternoon Session:
3:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Speaker: Helen Beebee, "Does Anything Hold the Universe Together?" (Commentator: Ned Hall; Moderator: Kirk Ludwig)
Speaker: Randolph Clarke, "Substance and Cause" (Commentator: Nomy Arpaly; Moderator: Derk Pereboom)
Saturday, January 19th
Morning Session:
9:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Speaker: Douglas Ehring, "Part-Whole Physicalism and Mental Causation" (Commentator: David Robb; Moderator: Joseph Campbell)
Speaker: Laura Ekstrom, "Free Will, Chance, and Mystery" (Commentator: Michael McKenna; Moderator: Jon Tresan)
Afternoon Session:
2:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Speaker: John Fischer, "Alternatives, Deliberation, and Moral Responsibility" (Commentator: Delia Graff; Moderator: Crystal Thorpe)
Speaker: Barry Loewer, "Counterfactuals and the Second Law" (Commentator: Laurie Paul; Moderator: Gene Witmer)
Sunday, January 20th
Morning Session:
9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Speaker: Jonathan Schaffer, "Overdetermining Causes" (Commentator: Michael Fara; Moderator: John Carroll)
Speaker: Galen Strawson, "Free Agents" (Commentator: Gideon Yaffe; Moderator: Jennifer Uleman)
Special Discussants
Elinor Mason
Michael Zimmerman