The NNEPA Conference for 2007 will be October 12-13 at University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, MA. The Conference is being organized by our new president, Prof. Tim Nulty of the department of philosophy.

Our Keynoter will be Hubert Dreyfus, professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His address is titled "Overcoming the Myth of the Mental: How Philosophers can Profit from the Phenomenology of Everyday Expertise". It is a continuation of his on-going debate with John McDowell. (Some of Professor Dreyfus’ related papers, including his APA Pacific 2005 Presidential Address, can be found here.) Professor Dreyfus has done outstanding work in phenomenology, existentialism and the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence. His work, which often intersects that of analytic philosophy, includes Being-In-The-World (MIT Press, 1991), What Computers Still Can’t Do: A Critique of Artificial Reason (MIT Press, 1992), and Thinking in Action: On the Internet (Routledge, 2002).

2007 NNEPA Program

Lodging Information

The Comfort Inn in Dartmouth, Ma. has reserved rooms at $74.95 per night until Sept 12. It's right off exit 12 on Interstate 195, just two miles from campus (phone: 508-996-0800).

Next to The Comfort Inn is the Residence Inn by Marriott (phone:  508-984-5858).