Proposed papers:

Bosanquet and the Legacy of British Idealism September 1 and 2, 1999 Harris Manchester College, Oxford Tentative programme

revised July 12, 1999


September 1

10:30-12:00 Registration
Informal Introductory session
Elizabeth Trott (Ryerson): "Bosanquet, Aesthetics and Education: Warding off Stupidity with Art"
Marcia Allentuck (CCNY): "Bosanquet's Psychology of the Moral Self"

1:45 Official opening

Keynote 1
2.00-3.15
Logic
Chair: David Crossley (Saskatchewan)
S: Fred Wilson (Toronto): "Bosanquet on the Ontology of Logic and the Method of Scientific Inquiry"

3:30-4:30

Contributed papers on Logic
Chair: Fred Wilson (Toronto)
Phil Ferreira (Kutztown, USA): "Bosanquet, Idealism, and the Justification of Induction"
James Allard (Montana): "Concrete Systematic Inference"

4:45-6:15

Contributed papers on Aesthetics
Chair: Alasdair Beattie (Univ. de los Andes, Ecuador)
S: Gabriel Apata (Birbeck, London): "Emotion and Concrete Universality in Bosanquet's Aesthetic"
S: Marie-Luise Raters (Humboldt, Berlin): "Difficult Beauty and Real Ugliness in Bernard Bosanquet"
S: Silvio Morigi (Siena, Italy): "Bosanquet, Temple and Collingwood: the Inseparability of Symbol and Meaning in Aesthetic and Religious Experience"

Keynote paper 2: 8.00 Religion/Metaphysics
Chair: William Sweet (St Francis Xavier, Canada)
S: Timothy Sprigge (Edinburgh): "Bosanquet and Religion"

September 2

Keynote paper 3:
9:00-10:15
Politics - I
Chair: Sandra den Otter (Queen's, Canada)
S: Andrew Vincent (Cardiff): "Bosanquet - The Philosophy of Sociology and the Sociology of Philosophy"

10:30-12:30

12:30-2:00
Contributed papers on Politics
Chair: Maurice Stanley (North Carolina at Wilmington)
S: Sandra den Otter (Queen's, Canada): "Bosanquet and the Charity Organisation Society"
S: Peter Nicholson (York): "Bosanquet and State Action"
S: Colin Tyler (University College London): "British Idealism in an Age of Cultural Diversity"

Lunch

Keynote paper 4: 2:00-3.15 Politics - II
Chair: Colin Tyler (UCL)
S: John Morrow (Victoria, New Zealand): "Community, Class and Bosanquet's New State."

3:30-5:00 Contributed papers on Influences/Metaphysics
Chair: Hunter Brown (King's, Canada)
Stamatoula Panagakou (York): "Self-transcendence and the Meaning of True Individuality: the Dialectic of the Finite-Infinite in the Philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet."
James Connelly (Southampton): "'A New Leviathan amongst the Idealists: Collingwood's response to the British Idealists"
Phillip MacEwen (York, Canada): "Bosanquet, Santayana and Aesthetics"

Keynote paper 5:
5:00-6:15
Influences/Metaphysics
Chair: Bill Mander (Harris Manchester, Oxford)
S: Leslie Armour (Ottawa; Dominican College): "Metaphysics, Science, and Morals in the Later Philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet"

6:30 CONFERENCE DINNER

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September 1
10:30-12:00	Registration Informal Introductory session Elizabeth Trott (Ryerson): "Bosanquet, Aesthetics and Education: Warding off Stupidity with Art" Marcia Allentuck (CCNY): "Bosanquet's Psychology of the Moral Self"
1:45	Official opening
Keynote 1 2.00-3.15	Logic Chair: David Crossley (Saskatchewan) S: Fred Wilson (Toronto): "Bosanquet on the Ontology of Logic and the Method of Scientific Inquiry"
3:30-4:30	Contributed papers on Logic Chair: Fred Wilson (Toronto) Phil Ferreira (Kutztown, USA): "Bosanquet, Idealism, and the Justification of Induction" James Allard (Montana): "Concrete Systematic Inference"
4:45-6:15	Contributed papers on Aesthetics Chair: Alasdair Beattie (Univ. de los Andes, Ecuador) S: Gabriel Apata (Birbeck, London): "Emotion and Concrete Universality in Bosanquet's Aesthetic" S: Marie-Luise Raters (Humboldt, Berlin): "Difficult Beauty and Real Ugliness in Bernard Bosanquet" S: Silvio Morigi (Siena, Italy): "Bosanquet, Temple and Collingwood: the Inseparability of Symbol and Meaning in Aesthetic and Religious Experience"
Keynote paper 2: 8.00	Religion/Metaphysics Chair: William Sweet (St Francis Xavier, Canada) S: Timothy Sprigge (Edinburgh): "Bosanquet and Religion"
September 2
Keynote paper 3: 9:00-10:15	Politics - I Chair: Sandra den Otter (Queen's, Canada) S: Andrew Vincent (Cardiff): "Bosanquet - The Philosophy of Sociology and the Sociology of Philosophy"
10:30-12:30 12:30-2:00	Contributed papers on Politics Chair: Maurice Stanley (North Carolina at Wilmington) S: Sandra den Otter (Queen's, Canada): "Bosanquet and the Charity Organisation Society" S: Peter Nicholson (York): "Bosanquet and State Action" S: Colin Tyler (University College London): "British Idealism in an Age of Cultural Diversity" Lunch
Keynote paper 4: 2:00-3.15	Politics - II Chair: Colin Tyler (UCL) S: John Morrow (Victoria, New Zealand): "Community, Class and Bosanquet's New State."
3:30-5:00	Contributed papers on Influences/Metaphysics Chair: Hunter Brown (King's, Canada) Stamatoula Panagakou (York): "Self-transcendence and the Meaning of True Individuality: the Dialectic of the Finite-Infinite in the Philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet." James Connelly (Southampton): "'A New Leviathan amongst the Idealists: Collingwood's response to the British Idealists" Phillip MacEwen (York, Canada): "Bosanquet, Santayana and Aesthetics"
Keynote paper 5: 5:00-6:15	Influences/Metaphysics Chair: Bill Mander (Harris Manchester, Oxford) S: Leslie Armour (Ottawa; Dominican College): "Metaphysics, Science, and Morals in the Later Philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet"
6:30	CONFERENCE DINNER