2018-2019 Working Group

Tanner Library is located at 1171 Angell Hall on the University of Michigan's central campus. Please see here for a map.

If you're interested in presenting your work at one of our meetings please email Laura Soter at lksoter [at] umich [dot] com.

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2018-2019 Working Group

This group meets to discuss work-in-progress by graduate students and faculty that is broadly relevant to issues in the philosophy of mind and moral psychology. Upcoming event details will be added to this page throughout the year. These meetings are open to the public, and we especially welcome students and faculty from other departments. Food and drink will be provided!

Speaker Series

Aaron Weidman

"How Close Others Shape Moral Judgments"

University of Michigan, Psychology

October 23, 1-2:30pm

Tanner Library, Angell Hall

Daniel Jacobson & Justin D'Arms

"The Argument from Fitting Anger for Retributivism"

University of Michigan, Philosophy & Ohio State University, Philosophy

November 29, 1-3pm

Elli Neufeld

"An Essentialist Theory of the Meaning of Slurs"

University of Southern California, Philosophy

February 25, 2019, 6:15-8:30pm

Nadya Vasilyeva

UC Berkeley & Princeton, Psychology

March 14, 2019, 11am-1pm

Eric Mandelbaum

CUNY Philosophy

April 4, 2019, 11am-1pm

Pre-Read Workshop

Our pre-read workshop offered a chance for graduate students in the MMP community to present and get feedback on works-in-progress. This year, it featured the following presentations:

Austin McGrath

Bowling Green State University

"A Full Self Theory of Alien Attitudes"

Mark Herman

Bowling Green State University

"Attributing Moral Bias & Error in Moral Psychology"