28th Annual KJSNA Meetings (2006-2007)
In conjunction with the American Philosophical Association

These programs are sponsored and supported by the following organizations:

Karl Jaspers Society of North America

The Victor von Weizsäcker Society

The International Hermann Cohen Society

APA EASTERN DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING (Washington, DC)

DECEMBER 27-30, 2006

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 28, 2006

5:15 -7:15 PM (GV-6)

SESSION: “JASPERS AND JESUS ”

Chair: Andrew Gluck (Independent Scholar)

Discussants: David Nichols (University of Rhode Island)

Alan M. Olson (Boston University)

Commentator: Raymond Langley (Manhattanville College)

KJSNA Business Meeting Following Session

APA PACIFIC DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING (San Francisco, CA)

APRIL 3-8, 2007

FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 2007

8:00 - 10:00 PM (GVII-B)

SESSION: “KARL JASPERS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE VICTOR VON WEIZSÄCKER SOCIETY”

Chair: Helmut Wautischer (California State University at Sonoma)

Speakers: Hartwig Wiedebach (University of Zurich, Stuttgart Media University)
“Pathic Existence and Causality in Victor von Weizsäcker”

Commentator: Sophia Stone (University of San Francisco)

Gregory Walters (University of Ottawa)
“Evolutionary Epistemology, Ethics, and the Encompassing”

Commentator: David Rau (Independent Scholar)

APA CENTRAL DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING (CHICAGO)

APRIL 18-21, 2007

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007

9:00 AM -12:00 NOON (GI-10)

SESSION ONE: “KARL JASPERS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL HERMANN COHEN SOCIETY”

Chair: Michael Zank (Boston University)

Speakers: Hartwig Wiedebach (University of Zurich, Stuttgart Media University)
“Pure Will versus Causality in Hermann Cohen”

Lydia Patton (University of Chicago)
“Ideas in History, Ideas in Opposition: Hermann Cohen and Völkerpsychologie”

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2007

7:00 - 10:00 PM (GIV-9)

SESSION TWO: “KARL JASPERS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL HERMANN COHEN SOCIETY”

Chair: Michael Zank (Boston University)

Speakers: James Barham (University of Notre Dame)
“Ernst Cassirer’s Metaphysics of Life”

Timothy Gordon (Bakersfield College)
“The 19th Century and Jesus Christ: Non-Normative Absolutism”

Armin Wildermuth (University of St. Gallen)
“Karl Jaspers’ Philosophic Faith and the Clash of Civilizations”