Hendrix college in Conway, ar
Murphy seminar room, saturday, april 6, 2013 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Accommodations: 

Rooms available at a special rate.  
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriot
2260 Sanders Road Conway, AR  72032
(501)-505-8034  

Mention you are with the Hendrix Philosophy Conference.  
For more information contact Fred Ablondi, 501-450-1418.  

A special thanks to Dr. Morriss and Ann Henry for their generosity in making this conference possible.

Speakers

9:00 -10:00
Tad Schmaltz (University of Michigan):  "Galileo and Descartes on Copernicanism and the Cause of the Tides"  
10:05 -11:05
Antonia LoLordo (University of Virginia):  "Copernicus, Epicurus, Galileo, and Gassendi" 
11:20 - 12:20
Dan Garber (Princeton University):  "Galileo, Hobbes and the Laws of Nature"
2:00 - 3:00
Alan Nelson (University of North Carolina):  "Descartes on the Value of Mathematics"   
3:05 - 4:05   
Lisa Downing (Ohio State University):  “Galileo and Locke on the Primary/Secondary Quality Distinction”  
4:10 - 5:10   
Andrew Janiak (Duke University):  "The Struggle between Theology and Philosophy in Galileo, Descartes, and Newton"