2019 Conference

2019 USC-UCLA Conference

March 2, 2019

UCLA Department of Philosophy, Dodd Hall 161

Keynote Speaker: Stephen Yablo

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.    A Realist Answer to the Relevance Question                                          Caleb Dewey (University of Arizona)                                                 Commenter: Catherine Hochman                                                 Chair: Andrew Stewart

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.    A Theory of Essence

                                         Andreas Ditter (New York University)

                                                Commenter: Zachary Goodsell

                                                Chair: Christopher Cross

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.        The Potential Value of Constrained Opportunities

                                         Elsa Kugelberg (London School of Economics)

                                                Commenter: Saraliza Anzaldua

                                                Chair: Jennifer Head

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.        Privileged Access to the World and the McKinsey Paradox

                                         Shuai Liu (University of Arizona)

                                                Commenter: Jonathan Wright

                                                Chair: Torsten Odland

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.        Keynote Address:                                          Nonexistence and Aboutness: The Bandersnatches of Dubuque                                         Stephen Yablo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

For more information, please contact uscucla.conference@gmail.com.