29th Annual Undergraduate
Philosophy Conference Agenda
Friday, May 2nd
Morris Conference Center, Craven Lounge
12:45pm-1:00pm
Opening Remarks
1pm-2:30pm
Session 1: Truth on Trial
Chair: Andrea Theoret
The Threat of Philosophy: The Relationship Between Oppression and Ignorance
Hannah Welsch (UNC Asheville)
Discussant: Nick Aliani
Where Skepticism Leaves Us
Gabe Sarrategui (Bridgewater State University)
Discussant: Hannah Thomason
2:30pm-4pm
Session 2: Beyond the Algorithm
Chair: Zach Blaakman
Ethics for Human Interactions with Artificial Intelligence: Applying Aristotle’s Virtue Theory to AI
Hannah Thomason (Pacific University)
Discussant: Christine Gutierrez
A Kant-Inspired Feminist Approach to Sex Robots
Eric Flores (CSU Northridge)
Discussant: Annabella Daniele
4pm-5:30pm
Session 3: Under the Skin and Behind the Mask
Chair: Annabella Daniele
Bioethics and Legality Behinds Type 2 Diabetes Interventional Research in the United States
Amoun Ghorayeb (SUNY Oneonta)
Discussant: Liam Brady
Emmanuel Levinas’ Face Theory: With a Focus on Warfare
Christine Gutierre (Pacific University)
Discussant: Zach Blaakman
5:30pm-7pm
Presenter’s Banquet in the Otsego Grill
7pm-9pm
Aesthetics of Continual Clearance
Keynote Address
Dr. Michael P. Koch
SUNY Oneonta