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MOVING TO FRONT FROM YESTERDAY
Post information on these in this thread.
Per reader suggestions, I'm creating separate threads for each kind of information that might be useful. Don't forget to check the original thread which already has some information on cancellations, travel info, and interviews. I will try to make sure that new comments are approved every hour through the evening.
Belief and its Cousins, Monday 6.30pm, cancelled.
Thanks for this thread, I am very disappointed the APA does not have something like this.
The invited session on Neo-Reductionism, Tuesday 28th 2-5pm, will have no speakers, since Barry Loewer, Andrew Melnyk and I are all stuck in various places and unable to get to Boston in time.
Sorry to miss a great session, best, Carl
The author-meets-critics session on Mark Lance's and my book is cancelled. Neither author could make it from DC to Boston.
The session of the Experimental Philosophy Society will begin as scheduled on Tuesday at 7:30 pm, but we will be ending early (on account of snowed-in speakers) at 9:30 pm.
Hume Society Group Session, Tuesday 28th 9:00-11:00am, cancelled.
American Association for the Philosophical Study of Society, Wednesday 12/29, 9:00-11:00, cancelled. Speaker's flight was cancelled; she was unable to get rebooked until January.
The Foucault Circle Session has also been cancelled, as none of the presenters could make it to Boston.
As per my post this morning, I am adding recent information on canceled sessions.
On Wednesday morning, the following sessions have been canceled:
IV-H, Colloquium on Transparency
GVII-1, American Assocation for the Philosophic Study of Society.
Both scheduled for 9-11am.
Unfortunately, the following have been cancelled because of the weather:
1. The Association of Philosophy Journal Editors meeting.
2. Author Meets Critics: Nussbaum's From Disgust to Humanity.
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