78th Program

Virginia Philosophical Association Annual Meeting 2017 

Friday, October 27th - Saturday, October 28th

Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia

Friday, October 27

1:30              Registration

2:00-3:00      “Two Helpful Misconceptions About Informed Consent”

M. Beth Valentine-Henzel (Washington & Lee)

Comments by Mark Lukas (Longwood University)

3:15-4:15      “No Simple Properties”

                     Paul Nedelisky (University of Virginia)

                     Comments by Nicholas Rimell (University of Virginia)

4:30-5:30      “How to Secede Fairly”

                     Justin Tosi (University of Michigan)

                     Comments by Tal-Hi Bitton (George Washington University)

5:45-6:45      “Indeterminism, Biology, and the Brain”

                     Bryce Gessell (Duke University)

                     Commenter TBA

7:00              Banquet

8:00-9:00      Banquet Address 

                     “A Diagetic Take on Demarcation”

                     Nathaniel Goldberg (Washington & Lee)

Saturday, October 28

8:30              Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:00    “Solving the Diachronic Lottery Paradox”

                     Chris Tweedt (Christopher Newport University)

                     Comments by Richard Culbreth (George Washington University)

10:15-11:15     "Sentimentality as Misplaced Affection, or How to Tell Sentimentalists from Virtue Signalers and Prigs"

                        Adam Kovachs (Marymount University)

                        Comments by Ethan Terrill (George Washington University)

11:30-12:30     Keynote Lecture

                        “Might There Be a Virtue of Self-Cultivation”

                        Rebecca Stangl (University of Virginia)

12:30-12:45     Resolution of Gratitude & Elections

1:00-2:30         Lunch Break