2017

2017 USC-UCLA Conference

March 4th, 2017 at UCLA

Keynote Speaker: Nancy Bauer

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.     Breakfast Refreshments

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.    Max Lewis (University of Pennsylvannia)

                                             The Goldilocks Dilemma for Pessimists About Moral Deference

                                                Chair: Christa Peterson (USC)

                                                Commenter: Michael Hansen (UCLA)

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.     Isaiah Lin (Syracuse University)

                                             Absence Causation on Supervenience

                                               Chair: Sean Donahue (USC)

                                               Commenter: Andrew Lavin (UCLA)

12:15 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.  Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.     Zoe Johnson King (University of Michigan)

                                          Accidentally Doing the Right Thing

                                            Chair: Andrew Flynn (UCLA)

                                            Commenter: Nathan Howard (USC)

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.     David Boylan (MIT)

                                          What the Future “Might” Brings

                                            Chair: Gabe Durpre (UCLA)

                                            Commenter: Jonathan Wright (USC)

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.    Keynote Address

Nancy Bauer (Tufts University)

                                          Philosophical Language and Real-World Power

                                            Chair: Matt Leonard (USC) 

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.    Reception

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.    Conference Dinner

8:00 p.m. – late             After Party at 2446 S Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064-2721