Philosopher Justin McBrayer calls my attention to the fact that it looks like the annual meeting for the Pacific APA is regularly scheduled to fall on Easter weekend. Here is the information Professor McBrayer forwarded:
85th Annual Meeting
April 20 - 23, 2011, Hilton Bayfront, San Diego (Easter is April 24)
84th Annual Meeting
March 31 - April 4, 2010, San Francisco (Easter was April 4)
83rd Annual Meeting
April 8 - 12, 2009, Vancouver (Easter was April 12)
82nd Annual Meeting
March 19 - 23, 2008, Pasadena (Easter was March 23)
81st Annual Meeting
April 3 - 8, 2007, San Francisco (Easter was April 8)
I am not, needless to say, a religious observer of the Easter holiday, but I was astonished by this pattern, which seems to place a burden on at least some observant Christians who might want to attend the APA. Can anyone explain why the Pacific APA is scheduled this way? And what do philosophers think about this?
