Conference Addresses of the Long Island Philosophical
Society Online
(CALIPSO)
Issues
Welcome
Welcome to CALIPSO (Conference
Addresses of the Long Island Philosophical Society Online), ISSN 1940-1914 ,the biannual e-journal of the Long Island
Philosophical Society (LIPS). Founded in 1964, the Society has provided a
forum for the exchange of philosophical ideas, primarily through our meetings
and conferences. A number of prominent philosophers have been involved in
LIPS, and some of the work presented at our meetings has become very
influential in the wider philosophical community. LIPS
has always been and remains committed to providing a forum for
philosophers in all stages in their philosophical careers. Its meetings
provide a useful testing ground for new philosophical views. We have
found that the pairing of established philosophers with graduate students and
junior faculty in a friendly and supportive atmosphere has proven useful and
enjoyable to all of us.
Each meeting of LIPS will have an issue
devoted to it. The inaugural issue of CALIPSO (Vol. 1, No. 1) contains works
presented at our Spring 2007 meeting at Suffolk County Community College.
As the Table of Contents indicates, the e-journal, like the meetings of LIPS,
contains work from a wide range of philosophical viewpoints and
traditions. Topics in logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science, moral
and political philosophy, the history of philosophy, and continental philosophy
are all represented in this issue. Each piece has undergone two stages of
review. First, each paper was blind-reviewed for inclusion on the program
of the Spring 2007 meeting. And second, each paper was
reviewed by CALIPSOÕs editorial board for inclusion
in the e-journal. In the spirit of fostering philosophical
dialogue, we have included commentaries that were given on each of the
papers. These commentaries are interesting in their own right, and we
encourage you to read them, as well. We encourage you to contact the
authors of the articles and commentaries with questions, criticisms, and
suggestions.
Yours truly,
James P. Friel
and Glenn Statile,
LIPS Co-Chairs
Anton Alterman
and Margaret Cuonzo,
CALIPSO Co-Editors-in-Chief
Editorial Board
Joseph Filonowicz,
Long Island University
Howard Ponzer,
Molloy College
Glenn Statile,
St. JohnÕs University
Alan Grose,
Long Island University