32nd Annual KJSNA Meetings (2010-2011)
In conjunction with the American Philosophical Association

APA EASTERN DIVISION 107th ANNUAL MEETING (Boston, MA)

DECEMBER 27-30, 2010

Monday December 27, 2010

KJSNA Honorary Social: "Grundgedanken zum Denken und Danken"
6:00 - 7:30 P.M.
Location TBA

7:30 - 9:30 p.m. GI

SESSION ONE: KJSNA 30th Anniversary Tribute
Leonard H. Ehrlich, Edith Ehrlich, and George B. Pepper

Chair: Alan M. Olson (Boston University)

Speaker: Leonard H. Ehrlich (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
“Philosophical Faith and the Future of Mankind”

Commentators: Charles Courtney (Drew University)
Raymond Langley (Manhattanville College)

KJSNA Business Meeting Following Session

Tuesday December 28, 2010

7:30 - 10:30 p.m. GVI

SESSION TWO: Author meets critics:
“The Rise and Fall of the Biopsychosocial Model”
(Johns Hopkins University Press 2010)

Chair: Gregory J. Walters (Saint Paul University-Ottawa)

Author: S. Nassir Ghaemi (Tufts University)

Critics: Michael Schwartz (DSHS, Austin, TX)
Brigitte Essl (Private Practice, Mill Valley, CA)
Ed Mendelowitz (Saybrook Graduate School, Boston, MA)
Elena Bezzubova (University of California - Irvine)

Chair: Krystyna Górniak-Kocikowska (Southern Connecticut State University)

Speaker: Stefano Blasi (Treviso, Italy)
“Eternity Is Not Another World”

Commentator: Helmut Wautischer (Sonoma State University)

APA PACIFIC DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING (San Diego, CA)

APRIL 20 - 23, 2011

Wednesday April 20, 2011

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. G2E

SESSION ONE: Author meets critics:
“Empathy in the Context of Philosophy"
(Palgrave 2010)

Chair: Helmut Wautischer (Sonoma State University)

Author: Lou Agosta (University of London)

Critics: Elena Bezzubova (University of California - Irvine)
Gladys L. Portuondo (Independent Scholar)

Speaker: Alina N. Feld (Hofstra University)
“Morbid Psyche and Apocalypsis: Jaspers, Baudrillard, and Altizer”

Commentator: Lydia Voronina (Independent Scholar)

SESSION TWO: The Axial Age: Renewal or New Axial Age?

Friday April 22, 2011

7:00 - 10:00 p.m. G6D

Chair: Gregory J. Walters (Saint Paul University-Ottawa)

Speaker: Stephen Erickson (Pomona College)
“Is a Renewal of the Axial Age Possible?”

Commentator: Alan M. Olson (Boston University)

Speaker: Raymond Langley (Manhattanville, NYC)
“Karl Jaspers and William James”

Commentator: Alan M. Olson (Boston University)

Speaker: Rajesh C. Shukla (Saint Paul University-Ottawa)
“The Modern Tripartition, the Axial Age Thesis, and East-West  Philosophical Communication”

Commentator: Malek K. Khazaee (California State University - Long Beach)

KJSNA Business Meeting Following Session