The annual meeting for the Polanyi Society will be held in conjunction with the American Academy of Religion annual meeting in San Francisco.The overall theme for the meeting is "Persons in Society."

9:00-11:30 am Taylor Room at the Hilton Hotel, Union Square, San Francisco

Convener: Charles Lowney, Washington and Lee University

"Moral Rationality"

Darcia Narvaez, University of Notre Dame

"Toward a Holistic Moral Rationality:
Questions in Response to Darcia Narvaez's 'Moral Rationality'"

Respondent: Paul Lewis, Mercer University

A Response to "Moral Rationality"

Respondent: Gus Breytspraak, Ottawa University

Business Meeting

Presiding: David Rutledge, Furman University



7:00-9:30 pm Taylor Room at the Hilton Hotel, Union Square, San Francisco

Convener: Esther Meek, Geneva College

"The 'Hard Problem'-From Polanyi to Chalmers: Nonreductive Explanations for the Mind-Body Connection"
Stefania Jha, Independent Scholar

A Response to "The 'Hard Problem'"

Respondent: David Nikkel, University of North Carolina, Pembroke

"The Participatory Turn"
Jacob Sherman, California Institute of Integral Studies

Polanyi and Participatory Knowing:A Response to Jacob Sherman's
"Polanyi and the Participatory Turn: Reimagining Religious Studies"

Respondent: Dale Cannon, Western Oregon University

The Online AAR Program Book is available at the following address: http://www.aarweb.org/Meetings/Annual_Meeting/Curent_Meeting/Program_Book/addmtg.asp. Locate the listing by searching for session number: Saturday morning is P19-106; Saturday evening is P19-492.