The conference and this volume depend on the contributions and good will of many. The following organizations and local merchants provided generous financial and/or professional assistance:
SUNY Oneonta Student Association
The Ninash Foundation
The Philosophy Club
The Marketing Club
Morris Conference Center
The Philosophy Department
Oneonta Philosophy Studies
Organization of Ancillary Services
The Paper Chase
Hannaford Foods
Price Chopper
Oneonta Bagel Company
Subway
Wal-Mart
Stoeger Florist
Wyckoff’s Florist
Alpine Ski Hut
Office Max
The Village Printer
Special appreciation is extended to:
Shen Pingde, David Jones, and Jennifer Manlowe for donating nearly a week of their precious time to our conference
Daniel Bristol for leadership and commitment as stu-dent chair of the conference planning committee
The rest of the1998/1999 conference planning commit-tee: Morgan Brenner, Cynthia Budka, Meghan Callahan, Kevin Curran, Howard Fitzpatrick, Gottlieb Jicha III, Denise Nicoletti, Keith Reischmann, and George Savvas
Marjorie Holling for secretarial support
Mark Ayotte, Morgan Brenner, Cynthia Budka, Meg-han Callahan, Gottlieb Jicha III, and Amanda Rasnick for editori-al assistance
SUNY Oneonta faculty for patiently reviewing and evaluat-ing a multitude of manuscripts—especially Michael Green, Michael Koch, Achim Ködder-mann, Ashok Malhotra, and Anthony Roda
SUNY Oneonta administration for support and encouragement—especially Dean Michael Merilan, Pro-vost Anne C. Federlein, and President Alan B. Dono-van
Parviz Morewedge, IGCS, SAGP, SSIPS, and Global Publications for financial and in-house support of this series
Finally, a heartfelt Thank You is extended to all the Pre-senters, Chairs, and Discussants—for without them there would have been no Conference.
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