2008 Conference

Saturday, February 9, 2008 

At the University of Southern California's Mudd Hall of Philosophy (MHP)

Breakfast 9:00-9:30am in 102 MHP

Philosophy Smorgasbord Starts at 9:30am in 106 MHP:

 “Subverting Nonexistence: A Critique of Neo-Meinongianism”

Presenter: Peter Yong, California State University Los Angeles

Commentator: Johannes Schmitt, USC

Chair: Billy Dunaway, USC

9:30-10:35am

“Ramsey, Moore, No God”

Presenter: Malte Willer, The University of Texas at Austin

Commentator: Alexandru Radulescu, UCLA

Chair: Marina Folescu, USC

10:45-11:50am

“On Maximal Rationality”

Presenter: Errol Lord, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Commentator: Eileen Nutting, UCLA

Chair: Stephen White, UCLA

12:00-1:05pm

Lunch 1:05-2:00pm in 102 MHP

“Defeating Dualism”

Presenter: Tomas Bogardus, The University of Texas at Austin

Commentator: Brent Kious, UCLA

Chair: Tamar Weber, UCLA

2:00-3:05pm

“Understanding Causal Overdetermination”

Presenter: Sara Bernstein, University of Arizona

Commentator: Jonathan Weil, USC

Chair: Lewis Powell, USC

3:15-4:20pm

Keynote Speaker: Judith Jarvis Thomson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Turning the Trolley”

4:30-6:00 pm

Reception to follow in 102 MHP