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Past PHRE Conference – 2015

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s
26th Annual Undergraduate Philosophy and Religion Conference

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Here’s the


Conference Schedule

Saturday, November 14, 2015
Student Union Building, Alumni Room

9:00-9:05 am Dr. David Murphy (À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ)
Introduction to the Conference

9:05-9:35 am Molly Turner (À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ)
“Time and Space: Made in China My Headâ€

9:40-10:10 am Jessica Avant (The University of Central Arkansas)
“How Arguments against Pornography Unduly Silence Alternative Portrayals of Sexuality Using The American Booksellers Association v. Hudnutâ€

10:10-10:30am — Break

10:30-11:00 am Katlin Walker (À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ)
“Aristotelian Women: Ancient Greek Femininity and The Politicsâ€

11:00-11:30 am Brandon Warrington (Creighton University)
“Dignity, Disability and Capability: Disability and Freedom though the Sesha Exampleâ€

11:30-12:00 am Sofia Paz (Creighton University)
“A Pluralistic Account of Moral Responsibilityâ€

12:00-2:00 pm Lunch (SUB Down Under, Room 1101)

12:30 pm Henry Smits Lecture (SUB Down Under, Room 1101)
Dr. Itir Günes (À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ)
“Autonomy, Agency, Freedom. Arendt on Action and Contemplationâ€

2:00-2:30 pm Connor Dahlin (University of Wisconsin-Stout)
“The Systematic Silencing of Star Gazersâ€

2:30-3:00 pm Madison Culver (Missouri Western State University)
“Women in the Theravada Buddhist Monasticism: Thailand’s Bhikkhuni Revivalâ€

3:00-3:15 — Break

3:15- 3:45 pm Joelle Axton (À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ)
“Active Mind in De Anima III-5: A Critique of Alexander of Aphrodisias and Thomas Aquinas’s Interpretationsâ€

3:45-4:15 pm William Leach (À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ)
“Millenia Apartâ€

4:15-4:45 pm Kara Filbeck (Central Christian College of the Bible)
“Karl Barth and the Issues of Nothingness as Somethingâ€

This event is co-sponsored by the Kirksville Chamber Tourism Division (visit !), the À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Philosophy and Religion Department, the School of Social and Cultural Studies, and the Dr. Patricia Burton Honorary Endowment.