76th Meeting
Virginia Philosophical Association Annual Meeting 2015
Friday, October 9th - Saturday, October 10th
Friday, October 9th, 2015
2:15 Registration
2:45-3:40 On the Difficulty of Accounting for Supererogation
Nora Grigore (University of Texas at Austin)
Comments by Andrew Morgan (University of Virginia)
3:45-4:40 A Portable Defense of the Procreation Asymmetry
Jake Earl (Georgetown University)
Comments by Nicholas Rimell (University of Virginia)
4:40-5:05 Break
5:05-6:00 Cognitive Penetration and Top-Down Processing in Visual Perception
Dimitria Gatzia (University of Akron)
Comments by Andrei Marasoiu (University of Virginia)
6:05-7:00 Transparency and the Slippery Slope Argument
Jeremy Dawson (Ryerson University)
Comments by Derek Lam (University of Virginia)
7:15 Banquet
8:00-9:00 Banquet Address
How to Ruin an Otherwise Good Time at the Movies: A Philosopher Thinks about Star Wars
Marc Hight (Hampden-Sydney College)
Saturday, October 10th, 2015
9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30-10:25 Happiness is Not Psychic Affirmation
Sean Meseroll (University of Kansas)
Comments by Gil Hersch (University of California, San Diego)
10:30-11:25 Religion: For Both Brights and Lights
Sheldon Wein (Saint Mary's University)
Comments by Rick J. Ray (Northeast State Community College)
11:25-11:40 Break
11:40-12:40 Keynote Address
Self-Regulating Passions: Hume's Alternative to Practical Reason
Elizabeth Radcliffe (College of William and Mary)
12:45-1:00 Resolution of Gratitude and elections