ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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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• General Information
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• Preface
• Student Preface

• Professor Parviz Morewedge

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