How do we know the things we claim to know? What is ultimately real? What is justice? Is there a God? These and other big questions make up philosophy. In a small way, this conference seeks to address philosophically the big issue of race in what is now being called a post-racial world. Three philosophers, Clanton Dawson, Bethune-Cookman College, Brian Thomas, University of British Columbia and Yolonda Wilson, Duke University,whose interest and research encompass race theory and ethics will address the issue of race and philosophy at the 3rd Annual Midwest Philosophy and Theology Conference, Friday, October 15, 2010, 1:00pm until 5:00pm in the Inman E. Page Library on the Lincoln University campus, 712 Lee Drive, Jefferson City, MO, 65101.

Conference Organizers:
Dr. Bruce Ballard, Professor of Philosophy, Lincoln University
Dr. Laurence Rohrer, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Lincoln University

Schedule

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2010
Friday, October 15th
1:00 PM

A Thing Called Race

Clanton W. Dawson, Bethune-Cookman College

Inman E. Page Library, Room 317, Lincoln University

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

2:00 PM

Post-Rawlsian Movements, Multiculturalism, and Black Americans

Brian Thomas, University of British Columbia

Inman E. Page Library, Room 317, Lincoln University

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

3:00 PM

Warning Factors, Coping Mechanisms and Culturally Sensitive Intervention: An Evaluation of Efficacy and Accuracy in Addressing African-American Suicide

Che Wilson

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

4:00 PM

Black Music as a Reflection o Black Life: Black Political Music, Hip Hop & the Changing Same

Derek J. Evans, University of Missouri - Columbia

Inman E. Page Library, Room 317, Lincoln University

4:00 PM - 4:50 PM