2023
2023 USC-UCLA Conference
April 15, 2023
USC, Mudd Hall 101
Keynote Speaker: J. David Velleman
9:45 - 10:30: Coffee & Breakfast: catered by Bird's Nest Café (vegan hash browns, fruit salad, breakfast burritos)
10:30 - 11:30: Steven Hernandez (CUNY Graduate Center): "Rational Communication and Hoping for the Impossible"
Comments by Jungsuk Lee (UCLA)
Chaired by Irene Bosco (USC)
At Mudd Hall 101
11:40 - 12:40: Ding (University of Arizona): "On Our Own Terms: Trans Women Crafting the Meaning of “Woman”"
Comments by Charlotte Figueroa (USC)
Chaired by Laura Nicoară (USC)
At Mudd Hall 101
12:40 - 1:40: Lunch: catered by Holbox & Chichen Itza (Taco bar (e.g. cochinita pibil, roasted eggplants), stuffed peppers, vegan tameles) shrimp cocktails, scallop aguachile)
1:40 - 2:40: Shruti Santosh (Washington University in St. Louis): "Abstract Relational Concepts and the Language of Thought Hypothesis"
Comments by Anja Chivukula (USC)
Chaired by Sahiba Sindhu (UCLA)
At Mudd Hall 101
2:50 - 3:50: Kangyu Wang (London School of Economics): "What is the Point of Relational Equality?"
Comments by Kyle Scott (UCLA)
Chaired by Daniel Ranweiler (UCLA)
At Mudd Hall 101
3:50 - 4:15: Afternoon refreshments
4:15: - 6:00: Keynote talk: Professor David J. Velleman (NYU): "The Two Normativities"
Chaired by James Johnson (UCLA)
At Mudd Hall 101