2022 Spring Conference Program
June 4, 2022
Peabody Hall, University of Georgia
9:00-10:00am: Light Breakfast
10:00-11:10am: Session One
Session 1A: Ancient, Room 105
Chair: Robert Scott (University of North Georgia)
Phoenix Thompson (Georgia State): “Epicurus on Sex, Love, and Marriage”
Kerong Gao (UC Santa Barbara): “Epistemic Luck in the Meno”
Session 1B: Contemporary Dangers
Chair: Brooke Rudow (Georgia College)
Isadora Mosch Hefner (Savannah State): “The Danger of Academic Social Rankings”
H. Bondurant (North Carolina State): “The Dangers of Social Media Epistemic Bubbles”
Session 1C: Identity
Chair: Kristen Hine (Townson)
Paul Tubig (Georgia Southern): “Disability, Identity, and the Body as Context of Choice: The Justice of Medical Interventions to Treat and Prevent Disability”
Gabriel Tugenstein (Florida State): “Prospective Reasoning for Dynamic Identities: Making Decisions that Make You Glad You Made Them”
11:20am-12:30pm: Session Two
Session 2A: Aesthetics
Chair: Aaron Meskin (University of Georgia)
Alexandra Grundler (Auburn): “The Poet or The Umpire? Who’s an Aesthetic Expert of Nature”
Trey Irby (UNC Charlotte): “Aristotelian Ethics, Theories of Theatrical Performance, and Performance Philosophy”
Session 2B: Ethics and Technology
Chair: Leonard Kahn (Loyola New Orleans)
Yi Deng (North Georgia): “Digital Being and Fake Voice”
Kristen Hine (Towson): “Autonomy, Abortion and Artificial Wombs”
12:30-1:45pm: Lunch
12:45-1:15pm: Business Meeting, Room 105 (all interested, please join!)
1:45-3:30pm: Session 3
Session 3A: Ethics and Politics
Chair: Lauren Bunch (Mercer University)
Carter Delegal (Georgia State): “Which Relations Matter for Relational Egalitarians?”
Blake Hereth (UMass Lowell): “About Face: Using Facial Recognition Technologies to Improve Wartime Discrimination”
Leonard Kahn (Loyola New Orleans): “Just Cause and Risk Transfer”
Session 3B: Metaphysics and Mind
Chair: H. Bondurant (North Carolina State)
Thomas Kivatinos (Auburn): “Metaphysical Explanations in Science”
Evan Welchance (Virginia): “Perceiving Persistence Conditions”
Sam Bennett (Georgia): “Two Forms of Awareness? Textor’s Identity-View and Kant’s Distinction”
Session 3C: Blame and Consent
Chair: Isadora Mosch Hefner (Savannah State)
Joe Shin (Michigan): “Must Blame: Self vs. Other”
Sumeet Patwardhan (Michigan): “‘Do I Have To?’: Moral Ignorance and Sexual Consent”
3:40-4:40pm: Presidential Address
Aaron Meskin (University of Georgia): “Third Place Aesthetics: The Aesthetics of Pubs, Bars and Cafes”