Dr. Edward Abplanalp, Ph.D.

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"The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living"

Socrates (from Plato's Apology)

 

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

  • "Tooley, Plantinga, and the Modal-Ontological Argument," presented at the 2011 Illinois Philosophical Association Conference, hosted at Northern Illinois University, November 18, 2011.
  • "Perceptions of Expressions" presented with Jennifer Costa and Jacob Grant as part of Illinois Central College's 2011 Lecture Arts Series, Illinois Central College October 25, 2011.
  • "From Superficial to Substantive: The Role of Writing in Clarifying Ideas," presented as part of Illinois Central Colleges Topics and Tea series. Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois, October 19, 2011.
  • "Climate justice and energy problems: intergenerational concerns," presented as part of the 2011 Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences panel discussion entitled, "Climate Change Perspectives: The International and Inter-generational," hosted at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (June 2011)
  • "The Ethics of Climate Change," Illinois Central College's 2010 Lecture Arts Series, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois, March 31, 2010.
  • "Rawlsian Background Environmental Justice: The Role of Fair Equality of Opportunity," presented at The Ethics of Climate Change: international justice and the global challenge-hosted by the Science, Ethics and Public Policy (SEPP) program at the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, October 31, 2009. The Delaware Humanities Forum, the American Philosophical Association, and the National Science Foundation sponsored the conference.