2015 Annual Meeting of the Bertrand Russell Society Program
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, June 5-7, 2015

Note: All events will be held in the IIIS Seminar Room (6th Floor, Arts Building) unless otherwise indicated.

Friday

2-3:40 BRS Board Meeting
4:30-6:00 Plenary Session @ Long Room Hub
A.C. Grayling (New College of the Humanities), “On Russell’s Definition of Philosophy”
6:00-7:00 Reception/Red Hackle Hour @ Long Room Hub
7:30 Conference Banquet @ Fallon & Byrne

Saturday

9-10:40: The Evolution of Russell’s Philosophy, Chair: Chad Trainer (AFL-CIO)
Bernard Linsky (University of Alberta), “The Harry T. Costello Papers”
Russell Wahl (Idaho State University), “Sensibilia and Sense-Data: 1911-1915”
Milan Soutor (Charles University, Prague): “The Significance of Russell’s Theory of Descriptions for His Theory of Propositions as Incomplete Symbols”
11-12:40: Russell and World Peace, Chair: Nick Griffin (McMaster University)
Tony Simpson (Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation), “After Hours: Working at the Russell Foundation”

1-1:40: Lunch/Business Meeting of the BRS

2-3:40: Russell on Religion, Chair: Tim Madigan (St. John Fisher College)
Chad Trainer (AFL-CIO), “‘Waking up’ to Bertrand Russell’s Anticipation of Sam Harris’ ‘Spirituality’ without Religion”
David White (St. John Fisher College), “Russell, Dewey, and the Emancipation of the Religious” (presented by Bob Zack)
Raymond A. Younis (University of Notre Dame (Sydney)), Master Class on Russell’s Religion and Science
5:30: Dinner (not included with registration, pay as you go) at O’Neill’s Pub

Sunday

9-10:40: Russellian Problems of Philosophy, Chair: Russell Wahl (Idaho State University)
Sean Crawford (University of Manchester), “Propositions and the Multiple Relation Theory of Belief: Russell and Wittgenstein Reconciled”
Nick Griffin (McMaster University), “Russell’s Neutral Monist Theory of Desire”
Alan Schwerin (Monmouth University), Master Class on Russell’s Table
11-12:40: Russell and His Contemporaries, Chair: Bernard Linsky (University of Alberta)
Ádám Tamás Tuboly (University of Pécs, Hungary), “The Limits and Basis of Logical Tolerance: Carnap’s Combination of Russell and Wittgenstein”
Landon Elkind (The University of Iowa): “Newman v. Russell”
Nikolay Milkov (Universität Paderborn, Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften, Germany), “Russell and Husserl: The Odd Couple”

1-1:40: Lunch

2-3:40: The Russell Family Legacy, Chair: Bob Zack
Tim Madigan (St. John Fisher College), “Lord John Russell and Crimes against Humanity: The Great Famine Tribunal”
Nancy Doubleday (McMaster University), “Paths to Peace Praxis through the Russell Archives: Wildness, Pedagogy and Engaged Learning”
Peter Stone (Trinity College Dublin), Master Class on Russell's In Praise of Idleness.