Addresses of the Mississippi philosophical association / / Bennie R. Crockett Jr., editor.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 102
• TeilnehmendeR: Crockett, Bennie R., 1959-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 102.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (379 pages)

Addresses of the Mississippi Philosophical Association is a collection of presidential and invited addresses from the members of the Mississippi Philosophical Association (MPA). Papers date from the inception of the association in the mid-1940s and continue through 1999. The common thread in these addresses is the authors' service to or leadership in the MPA. The content and methods in the chapters are diverse, including addresses on ethics, political philosophy, history of philosophy, epistemology, aesthetics, philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, and philosophical theology. Some unique features of this book are a history of the MPA, biographical sketches and photographs of each contributor, and the inclusion of the unpublished 1988 Dunbar Lectures from Millsaps College and the unpublished 1992 Akin Lecture from Mississippi College. These essays and lectures reveal the vitality of philosophy in the colleges and universities of Mississippi. As part of the special series, Histories and Addresses of Philosophical Societies in the larger Value Inquiry Book Series, this book documents - in a unique historical format - the value and vitality of a state philosophical organization. "There has been no attempt to mold these addresses into a unity; rather, the addresses offer a glimpse of the pluralistic philosophical reflection among the philosophical faculties of the private colleges and public universities in the state of Mississippi. To the surprise of some people, philosophy is alive, well, diverse, and flourishing in Mississippi!" (from the Preface).

Table of Contents

Dedication. List of Illustrations. Editorial Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. INTRODUCTION Robert E. BERGMARK: Mississippi Philosophical Association: A Historical Statement. ONE Autobiographical Sketch. N. BOND FLEMING: Science and the Modern World. TWO Autobiographical Sketch. Robert E. BERGMARK: Knowledge, Belief, and Commitment. THREE Autobiographical Sketch: Josiah G. CHATHAM: Memorandum for Novice Intellectuals. FOUR Autobiographical Sketch. Joe M. COOPER: aphical Sketch. History, Philosophy, and the Christian Faith. FIVE Autobiographical Sketch. Richard C. JOHNSON: Douglass, Washington, and Dubois: Representative Americans? SIX Autobiographical Sketch. Michael H. MITIAS: Another Look at the Ontological Status of the Aesthetic Object. SEVEN Autobiographical Sketch Jay T. KEEHLEY: Widgets and Bugs: Positivism Vindicated. EIGHT Autobiographical Sketch. Michael L. HARRINGTON: The Philosophy of War and the War in the Persian Gulf. NINE Autobiographical Sketch. William F. LAWHEAD: Belief and Understanding. Some Common Misinterpretations of Hegel. TEN Wallace A. MURPHREE: Autobiographical Sketch. Faith for Atheists and Agnostics. ELEVEN Autobiographical Sketch. Louis P. POJMAN: Reflections on Ethical Relativism and Ethical Objectivism. TWELVE Autobiographical Sketch. Theodore G. AMMON: A Footnote to Pyrrhonian Skepticism. THIRTEEN Autobiographical Sketch. RITA C. HINTON: Proper Names: Is It Possible for the Listener to Disambiguate? FOURTEEN Autobiographical Sketch. Bennie R. CROCKETT, JR.: Empirical Implications for the Divine Command Theory of Ethics. FIFTEEN Autobiographical Sketch. FORREST E. WOOD, JR.: Thoreau: Vegetarian Hunter and Fisherman. SIXTEEN Autobiographical Sketch RONALD E. BISHOP: Is This It? Immortality in Charles Hartshorne's Neo-Classical Theology. SEVENTEEN Autobiographical Sketch. David M. HOLLEY: Can Life Goals Be Rationally Chosen? EIGHTEEN Autobiographical Sketch. Kristen BROWN: Aristotle Saying First Principles and Apparent Contradiction. NINETEEN Autobiographical Sketch. Steven G. SMITH: Resembling Intentions and Human Kinds. INDEX.