2021 Annual Meeting
April 17, 2021
Keynote Speaker: Louise Antony, Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"The Constructive Role of Bias in our Epistemic and Affective Lives"
Dimitria Gatzia, The University of Akron, Program Coordinator
Morning Sessions |
Afternoon Sessions |
Session 1: Belief/Moral Disagreement | Session 5: Sanctions/Justification |
Session 2: Autonomy/Moral Agency | Session 6: Time/Time Perception |
Session 3: Nominalism/Marginalization | Session 7: Incompatible Desires/Peer Opinion |
Session 4: Neuroscience/Subjectivation | Session 8: Heidegger/Plato |
Welcome and Orientation |
9:00 a.m. Zoom 1 |
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Session 1: Belief/Moral Disagreement |
Zoom 1 |
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Chair: Kelly Coble, Baldwin Wallace University | |||
Author: Pranav Niranjan Ambardekar, The Ohio State University "Why knowledge might not entail belief" |
9:30 a.m. | ||
Comment: Christopher Buford, The University of Akron | |||
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Author: Jonathan Dixon, University of Massachusetts Amherst "Moral Disagreement Skepticism Leveled" |
10:45 a.m. | ||
Comment: Scott Simmons, Bowling Green State University | |||
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Session 2: Autonomy/Moral Agency |
Zoom 2 |
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Chair: Clara Mey, student, Baldwin Wallace University | |||
Author: Robyn Gaier, Youngstown State University "Self-love as a foundation of moral agency" |
9:30 a.m. | ||
Comment: Trip Glazer, University of Dayton | |||
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Author: Caner Turan, Tulane University "Does autonomous reasoning favor consequentialism?" |
10:45 a.m. | ||
Comment: Ben Cordry, Lorain County Community College | |||
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Session 3: Nominalism/Marginalization |
Zoom 3 |
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Chair: Dimitria Gatzia, The University of Akron | |||
Author: Walter Reid, McGill University "Stoljarian Gender Nominalism" |
9:30 a.m. | ||
Comment: Jess Otto, The University of Akron | |||
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Author: Xinyi (Angela) Zhao, University of British Columbia "Women as Victims of 'Misogyny': Re-centering Marginalization" |
10:45 a.m. | ||
Comment: Isabella Maguire, Fordham University | |||
Session 4: Neuroscience/Subjectivation |
Zoom 4 |
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Chair: Chris Pincock, The Ohio State University | |||
Author: Nate Blower, The University of Akron "Nonsense, Neuroscience and Wittgenstein's Blue Book" |
9:30 a.m. | ||
Comment: Scott Mendels, The University of Akron | |||
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Author: James Garrison, Baldwin Wallace University "Reconsidering the Life of Power: Ritual, Body, and Art" |
10:45 a.m. | ||
Comment: Laura Hengehold, Case Western Reserve University | |||
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OPA Business Meeting, 12:00 p.m. |
Zoom 1 |
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Keynote Address, 1:00 p.m. Louise Antony, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst "The Constructive Role of Bias in our Epistemic and Affective Lives" |
Zoom 1 |
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Session 5: Sanctions/Justification |
Zoom 1 |
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Chair: Dimitria Gatzia, The University of Akron | |||
Author: Yuzhou Wang, Bowling Green State University "Problems with the Rawlsian Justification for Taking Precautions Against Climate Change" |
2:15 p.m. | ||
Comment: Wesley Dempster, Western Governors University | |||
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Author: Jonathan Spelman, Ohio Northern University "Moral Obligation and Sanctions" |
3:30 p.m. | ||
Comment: Dimitria Gatzia, The University of Akron | |||
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Session 6: Time/Time Perception |
Zoom 2 |
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Chair: John Huss, The University of Akron | |||
Author: Eric Sotnak, The University of Akron "Time for Berkeley" |
2:15 p.m. | ||
Comment: Evan Thomas, The Ohio State University | |||
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Author: Ernani Magalhaes, West Virginia University "What Is It Like to Be Past?" |
3:30 p.m. | ||
Comment: Ralph Shain, Missouri State University | |||
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Session 7: Incompatible Desires/Peer Opinion |
Zoom 3 |
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Chair: Isabella Maguire, Fordham University | |||
Author: Daniel Coren, McMaster University "Pollution, Posterity and Consistent Incompatible Desires" |
2:15 p.m. | ||
Comment: Ludovica Adamo, University of Leeds | |||
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Author: Jeremy Shipley, Volunteer State Community College "How to Give Equal Weight to Peer Opinions" |
3:30 p.m. | ||
Comment: Hank Kreuzman, College of Wooster | |||
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Session 8: Heidegger/Plato |
Zoom 4 |
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Chair: James Garrison, Baldwin Wallace University | |||
Author: Joanna Trzeciak Huss, Kent State University "Różewicz, Heidegger, Poetry and Technology" |
2:15 p.m. | ||
Comment: Leonard Kress, University of Toledo | |||
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Author: Michael Oliver Wiitala, Cleveland State University "Negative Forms and Parts of Difference in Plato's Sophist" |
3:30 p.m. | ||
Comment: Joseph Li Vecchi, The University of Akron | |||
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Virtual Conference Guidelines and Recommendations
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Authors will have thirty minutes for their presentations. Commenters will have ten minutes. The remaining time will be for Q&A. Please respect the time of all participants and adhere to allotted time limits. Session Chairs should keep time.
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Dimitria Gatzia, Program Chair
program@ohiophilosophy.org.
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