AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
2009-2010

APA EASTERN DIVISION 106th ANNUAL MEETING (New York, NY)

DECEMBER 27-30, 2009

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SESSION ONE: World Philosophy and The Axial Age Thesis

Chair: Alan M. Olson (Boston University)

Speaker: Michael Zank (Boston University)
“Monotheism and its Discontents: Achsenzeit or deus ex machina?”

Speaker: Raymond Langley (Manhattanville College)
“Jaspers and Sartre: Is an Existential Philosophy of History Possible?”

Commentator: Joseph Margolis (Temple University)

SESSION TWO: World Philosophy and The Axial Age Thesis

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Chair: Andrew Gluck (Independent Scholar)

Speaker: Czeslawa Piecuch (University of Krakow, Poland)
“The Second Axial Age: Fulfilling the Human Destiny”

Speaker: Kimiyo Murata-Soraci (Tama University, Japan)
“Confucius, Deference (Shu), and the Art of Listening”

Speaker: Elena Bezzubova (UC Irvine)
“The Russian Silver Age through the Prism of Jasper’s Axial Time”

Commentator: Alina Feld (Hofstra University)

KJSNA Business Meeting Following Session

APA PACIFIC DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING (San Francisco, CA)

MARCH 31 - APRIL 4, 2010

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SESSION ONE: Author Meets Critics

Chair: Alan M. Olson (Boston University)

Speaker: Suzanne Kirkbright (University of London)
“Karl Jaspers - A Biography: Navigations in Truth" (Yale 2004)”

Critics: Gregory Walters (St. Paul's Ottawa)
Stephen Erickson (Pomona College)
Elena Bezzubova (UC Irvine)

SESSION TWO: World Philosophy and The Axial Age Thesis

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Chair: Malek Khazaee (California State University, Long Beach)

Speaker: Tomoko Iwasawa (Reitaku University, Japan)
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Speaker: Lydia Voroniona (US Department of State, retired)
“Philosophy of History in the Age of Globalization: Taoist Metaphysics, Jaspers, and Benjamin”

Commentator: Helmut Wautischer (California State University, Sonoma)

KJSNA Business Meeting Following Session