2020 Conference
2020 USC-UCLA Conference
February 22, 2020
USC School of Philosophy, Mudd Hall of Philosophy
Conference Organizers
Samuel Pensler (UCLA), Kyle Scott (UCLA), Andrew Stewart (USC), Mahmoud Jalloh (USC)
Conference Program
9:00-10:00am Breakfast
10:00-11:00am Brian Porter (CUNY)
“Evolutionary Debunking Arguments and Modal Beliefs”
Chair: Paul Talma (UCLA)
Comments: Philip Li (USC)
11:15-12:15pm Karen Rice (Georgetown)
“Relational Estrangement: Prudent Failure, Communicative
Silence, and Ongoing Breakage”
Chair: Sean Donahue (USC)
Comments: Jasmine Gunkel (USC)
12:15-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-2:30pm Nathaniel Baron-Schmitt (MIT)
“Thing Causation and the Problem of Fineness of Grain”
Chair: Brian Haas (USC)
Comments: Torsten Odland (UCLA)
2:45-3:45pm Taylor Rogers (Northwestern)
“Knowing How to Feel: Racism, Resilience, and Affective Resistance”
Chair: Ally Peabody Smith (UCLA)
Comments: Laura Nicoara (USC)
4:00-5:30pm Keynote Address: Gideon Rosen (Princeton)
“Punishment and Consent”
For more information, please contact uscucla.conference@gmail.com.