84th Meeting

Friday, October 27th – Saturday, October 28th

George Mason University And

The Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy

Fairfax, Virginia

Friday, October 27, 2023

Room: Merten Hall, Room 1204

12:30 Registration

Session One

Session Chair- Lee Thielemier 

1:00-2:00 “On the Terrible as a Form of Beauty” Matthew Coate (Kent State University)

Commentator: Aisling O'Leary (Virginia Tech)

2:10-3:10 “Love of Humanity: the Affective Component of Aristotelian Friendliness” Mark Brennan (Northern Virginia Community College)

Commentator: Zhaoqi Hu (University of Maryland College Park)

3:20-4:20 “A New Argument for Well-Being Contextualism” Mark Piper (James Madison University)

Commentator: John Mancini (University of Virginia)

---30 Minute Break---

Session Two

4:50-5:50 “Feedback Loops and the Value Neutrality of Dementia” Chris Weigel (Utah Valley University)

Commentator: Greg Conrow (George Mason University)

6:00-7:00 “What’s Wrong with Sexual Violence?” Jason Wong (Virginia Tech)

Commentator: TBA

Banquet Dinner (starts at 7:15)

8:15-9:15 Banquet Address “The History of Philosophy, in Cartoons” John Greco (McDevitt Chair in Philosophy, Georgetown University)

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Room: Merten Hall, Room 1204

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

Session Three

Session Chair- Lynn Tierney 

9:00-10:00 “Justification, Bias, and Epistemic Blame” William Evan Welchance (University of Virginia)

Commentator: William Burgess (George Mason University)

10:10-11:10 “Believing Through Others:The Role of Rationality in Intuitive Deferential Practice” Luis Cantu (Virginia Tech)

Commentator: Annelisa O'Neal (Virginia Tech)

Keynote Lecture

11:30-12:30 “Drones, Robots, and Super Soldiers: Emerging Technologies and Military Virtue.” 

Jesse Kirkpatrick (Acting Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University)

12:30-12:45 Resolution of Gratitude and Election of 2024 VPA Secretary

1:00 Post-Conference Conclusion

Parking

The closest visitor parking is Rappahannock River Parking Deck. The daily charge there is $19 on Friday and $10 on Saturday.

Both the parking deck and Merton Hall, where the conference will take place, are circled in red.