Spring 2022 Program

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”