2018 Annual Meeting Program

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Ohio Philosophical Association
Annual Meeting

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

April 07, 2018

Keynote Speaker: Quayshawn Spencer, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

"A Radical Solution to the Race Problem"

Kelly Coble, Baldwin Wallace University, Program Coordinator
 

Morning Sessions

Afternoon Sessions
Session 1: Ancient Philosophy Session 5: The Electoral College, Race, and Female Guardians in Plato
Session 2:  Moral Obligation and Normative Truth  Session 6: Allocative Fairness and Egalitarianism
Session 3: Religion & Law, Two Mental Health Ontologies  Session 7: Normative Consent and Moral Responsibility

Session 4: Belief and Practical Reason

Session 8: Non-Evidentialism, Intuition & Inference

 

 Session 9: Undergraduate Sessions

Logistics (directions, accommodations, etc.)

All paper sessions will be located in McMicken Hall

Lunch, Business Meeting and Keynote Address will be in McMicken Hall Room 53

For OPA attendees who are interested: the Ohio Ancient Greek Philosophy Group will meet at 2:00-5:00 pm, location TBD.

 

 
    Registration and Coffee:    9:00 a.m. 

   

Session 1: Ancient Philosophy

  

 McMicken Hall Room 221
  Chair: Lawrence Jost, University of Cincinnati  
  Author: Keren Wilson Shatalov, The Ohio State University

“Hypokeimenon vs. Substance in Aristotle's Categories and Posterior Analytics”

 9:30 a.m.
        Comment: Errol Katayama, Ohio Northern University, "Comments on Wilson Shatalov"  
 
 
  Author: Colby Clark, Kent State University

“Necessity and Form-Copies: Republic, Timaeus, and Laws”

 10:45 a.m.
        Comment: James Wood, Xavier University, "Comments on Clark"  

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Session 2: Moral Obligation and Normative Truth

  

 McMicken Hall Room 250
  Chair: Kyle Furlane, University of Cincinnati  
  Author: Jonathan Spelman, Ohio Northern University

“The Moral ‘Ought’ and Moral Obligation”

 9:30 a.m.
        Comment: Tim Walsh, Bowling Green State University, "Comments on Spelman"  
 
 
  Author: Keyao Yang, Houston Community College

“Calm Mathematics, Stormy Normativity”

 10:45 a.m.
        Comment: Christa Johnson, Oberlin University, "Comments on Yang"  

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Session 3: Religion & Law, Two Mental Health Ontologies

  

McMicken Hall Room 252
  Chair: Facundo Alonso, Miami University  
  Author: Luke Goleman, Western Michigan University

“The Peculiarity of Religion and its Legal Consequences”

 9:30 a.m.
        Comment: Joel Levin, Case Western Reserve University, "Comments on Goleman"  
 
 
  Author: Andrew Evans, University of Cincinnati

“Two Mental Health Ontologies in Conversation”

 10:45 a.m.
        Comment: Jennifer Gleason, The Ohio State University, "Comments on Evans"  

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Session 4: Belief and Practical Reason

  

McMicken Hall Room 253
  Chair: John Hurst, The Ohio State University 9:30 a.m.
  Author: Emily McWilliams, DePauw University

“In Favor of Epistemic Reasons for Action”

  
     Comment: Ali Aenehzodaee, The Ohio State University, “Comments on McWilliams”  
 
 
 

Author: Avery Archer, The George Washington University

“Acceptance Cognitivism”

 10:45 a.m.
        Comment: Sahar Heydarifard, University of Cincinnati, "Comments on Archer"  

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Lunch and OPA Business Meeting, 12:00 p.m.

McMicken Hall Room 53
   

Keynote Address, 1:00 p.m.
Quayshawn Spencer,  Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania:

           "A Radical Solution to the Race Problem"

 

Ohio Ancient Greek Reading Group, 2:00-5:00 p.m    

                     

McMicken Hall Room 53

 

 

 

Location TBD

 

      

 

   

Session 5: The Electoral College, Race, and Female Guardians in Plato

  

McMicken Hall Room 221
  Chair: Angela Potochnik, University of Cincinnati  
  Author: Thomas J. Broy, Western Michigan University

“Democracy, Race and the Electoral College”

 2:15 p.m.
        Comment: Amy White, Ohio University, "Comments on Broy"  
 
 
  Author: David Wong, University of Cincinnati

“Plato’s Thesis of Male Superiority and Female Guardians in the Ideal City”

 3:30 p.m. 
     Comment: Keren Wilson Shatalov, The Ohio State University, "Comments on Wong"  

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Session 6: Allocative Fairness and Egalitarianism

  

McMicken Hall Room 250
  Chair: Steven Schoonover, Wittenberg College  
  Author: Daniel Doviak, Muhlenberg College

“Fair Allocation and Mixed Risk Preferences”

 2:15 p.m.
        Comment: Travis Hreno, The University of Akron, "Comments on Doviak"  
 
 
  Author: Chris Pines, University of Rio Grande

“A Critique of Frankfurt’s Anti-Egalitarianism and a Defense of Egalitarianism”

 3:30 p.m.
        Comment: Wesley Dempster, University of Dayton, "Comments on Pines"  

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Session 7: Normative Consent and Moral Responsibility

  

McMicken Hall Room 252
  Chair: Hope Sample, The Ohio State University  
  Author: Joshua Crabill, University of Indianapolis

“Normative Consent and Role Identification”

 2:15 p.m.
        Comment: Pat Croskery, Ohio Northern University, "Comments on Crabill"  
 
 
  Author: Malte Bischof, University of Notre Dame

“Virtue Ethics, and the Principle of Tracing”

 

 3:30 p.m.
        Comment: Luke Goleman, Western Michigan University, "Comments on Bischof"  

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Session 8: Non-Evidentialism, Intuition & Inference

  

McMicken Hall Room 253
  Chair: Jonathan McKinney, University of Cincinnati  
  Author: Mark Satta, Harvard Law School

“A Permissive Account of What’s Permissible to Believe”

 2:15 p.m.
        Comment: Michael Hicks, Miami University, "Comments on Satta"  
 
 
  Author: André Curtis-Trudel, The Ohio State University

“Intuition and Inference”

 3:30 p.m.
        Comment: Erica Nichols, Bowling Green State University, "Comments on Curtis-Trudel"  

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Session 9: Undergraduate Papers: Sponsored by Sapere Aude

  

McMicken Hall Room 255
  Chair: Emma Arvedon, The College of Wooster  
 

Author: Clinton Neptune, Loyola University Chicago                                                                                       "Responding to Religious Skepticism"

 2:15 p.m.
        Comment: Giuliano Stefanutti, The College of Wooster  
 
 
  Author: Jordan Bridges, University of Virginia                                                                                                                  "A Case Against Inegalitarian Sexual Preferences"    3:30 p.m.
        Comment: Ben McKone, The College of Wooster  

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Logistics

DIRECTIONS & PARKING

 

Click here for the University of Cincinnati's West Campus Map. The interactive map (PDF maps are further down the page) shows all available parking lots. Stratford Heights Garage and CCM Garage are closest to the meeting locations. Metered parking is also available on Clifton Ave. Check the OPA schedule for precise room locations, all of which will be in McMicken Hall, adjacent to McMicken Circle (across Clifton Ave from the Stratford Garage).

HOTELS

The closest hotels are Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Cincinnati Uptown/University Area and Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center at the University of Cincinnati. For the Fairfield Inn university rate, mention that you are a UC member and attending a conference. The Clifton House B&B and the Gaslight B&B are slightly farther.

If you have questions please contact:

Kelly Coble, Program Chair
program@ohiophilosophy.org.