85th Meeting

85th Virginia Philosophical Association Annual Conference

Virginia Tech

Friday, October 11, 2024

Session One   Squires Hall, Brush Mountain A

1:00-2:00 “Gender Without Gender Identity and the Risk of Misgendering” Autumn Harrison (Syracuse University)

                            Commentator: Joshua Anderson (Virginia State University)

2:10-3:10         “Qualities Theories of Love and the Problem of Love’s Persistence” Jacob Smith (University of Virginia)

                             Commentator: Grant Bailey (independent scholar)

3:20-4:20          “The Importance of Being Rude” Meredith Sheeks (University of North Carolina)

                             Commentator: Nathan Allen (Virginia Tech)

Session Two   Squires Hall, Brush Mountain A

4:50-5:50           “Linguistic “Holding”: Speaking Each Other Into Linguistic Futures” Madeleine Léger (Georgetown University)

                             Commentator: Yash Agarwal (Virginia Tech)

    6:00-7:00           “Flourishing and Awe?” Mark Piper (James Madison University)

                             Commentator: Lauren Roe (Virginia Tech)

Poster Session  Owens Hall

7:15-8:15           Luke Merrell (George Mason University), Alyssa Lowery (Longwood University), Kate Brelje (Bridgewater College), Zach Thornton     (Virignia Tech), Jason Wong (Virginia Tech)

Banquet Dinner Owens Hall

8:15-9:15          Banquet Address “Arguing about climate change” Wendy Parker (Virginia Tech)

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Session Three Squires Hall, Brush Mountain A (continental breakfast provided)

9:10-10:10        “Emissions Rights and Environmental Justice” Paul Forrester (Yale)

                         Commentator: Myraeka D’Leeuwen (University of North Carolina)

10:20-11:20       “‘Might’ be Strong” Zhiyuan (Charles) Zhang (Tufts university)

                             Commentator: Dashiell Shulman (University of North Carolina)

Keynote Lecture Squires Hall, Brush Mountain A

11:30-12:30     “Machines as Moral Experts? The Limits of AI-powered Ethical Reasoning” Erin Taylor (Washington & Lee)

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

We are grateful to the Virginia Tech Department of Philosophy, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, The Center for Humanities, and the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics for their support of this event.