Simon Silverman Center 26th Annual Conference Phenomenology and Posthumanism

Friday, March 7

Duquesne Union – Duquesne Room

Opening Session, 9:00 a.m.-Noon

9:00 Welcome: Charles J. Dougherty, Ph.D.
President, Duquesne University
9:05

The Myth of Post-Humanity: Bordering Centers
Trish Glazebrook, Ph.D

Moderator: Eva Simms, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Duquesne University
10:00 Comments: J. Caputo, L. Vogel,
L. Vandelac
10:30 Refreshment Break
11:00 Reply: T. Glazebrook
11:15 Discussion

12:00 Lunch

Second Session, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

2:00

Anthropologia Negativa—
On Not Knowing Who We Are
John Caputo, Ph.D.

Moderator: Dr. James Swindal
Department of Philosophy
Duquesne University

3:00 Comments: L. Vogel, L. Vandelac,
T. Glazebrook
3:30 Refreshment Break
4:00 Reply: J. Caputo
4:15 Discussion

5:00-6:00 Reception
Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center
Gumberg Library - Special Collections
First Floor

Saturday, March 8

Duquesne Union – Duquesne Room

Third Session, 9:00 a.m.-Noon

9:00

Is Aging a Gift?: Bioconservatism
and the Ethics of Gratitude
Lawrence Vogel, Ph.D.

Moderator: Daniel Burston, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Duquesne University
10:00 Comments: L. Vandelac, T. Glazebrook,
J. Caputo
10:30 Refreshment Break
11:00 Reply: Reply: L. Vogel
11:15 Discussion

12:00 Lunch

Final Session, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

2:00

Infrahuman/Posthuman: Environmental Crisis, Technosciences, and the Slippery Slope Away from Humanity
Louise Vandelac, Ph.D.

Moderator: Sarah MacMillen, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
Duquesne University
3:00 Comments: T. Glazebrook, J. Caputo,
L. Vogel
3:30 Refreshment Break
4:00 Reply: Reply: L. Vandelac
4:15 Discussion

Reception
Duquesne Room