2023 Puget Sound Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

Conference Schedule

Friday 3/31

Friday talks other than keynote are in Trimble Forum

1:00-1:50

"An Expansion on Marginalized Functioning:
A Necessary Condition for Disability"

Eleanor Jeffers (Whitworth University)

Comments by Lauren Rice (Puget Sound)
Chair: Zoe Brinner

2:00-2:50

"Ubuntu: Humaneness Beyond Humanism"
Andrew Shaw (University of Washington)
Comments by Ismael Gutierrez (Puget Sound)
Chair: Emma Cole

 

3:30-4:20

"Supererogationism and Anti-Realism"
Rylan Garwood (University of Washington)
Comments by J.J. Alvarez (Puget Sound)
Chair: Mei Pacheco-Leong

 

5:00-6:30

Keynote Address

“Does Studying Ethics Make People More Ethical?”
A talk by Professor Eric Schwitzgebel (University of California, Riverside)
Keynote address location: Tahoma Room (Thomas Hall 363)

More information about the speaker and an abstract for the talk can be found on our blog
 

Saturday 4/1  

all Saturday talks in Murray Boardroom (WSC 108)

10:30-11:20

"What Climate Denialism Can Teach Us About The Trustworthiness of Science"
Jenna Lange (Pomona College)
Comments by Jules Obbard (Puget Sound)

Chair: Aidan Bicknell
 

11:30-12:20

"Lady Liberty: Mother of Exiles, Breaker of Borders"
Rhea Shinde (University of Washington)

Comments by Micah Beardsley (Puget Sound)
Chair: Ainsley Feeney

 

2:00-2:50

"A Conceptual Analysis of the Overlooked Value of Greatness"
Brandon Beesley (Capital University)
Comments by Alysiana Sar (Puget Sound)
Chair: Jordan Steinhart
 

3:00-3:50

"Points, Lines, and Bodies: The Mereological Problem in Leibniz"
Jackson Hawkins (Brigham Young University)
Comments by Ember Reed (Puget Sound)
Chair: Ari Zansberg
 

We aim to be an inclusive and accessible conference. Please email us to PugetSoundPhilosophy@gmail.com with any questions or to discuss how we can best offer accommodation.


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2012 Conference Program
2013 Conference Program
2014 Conference Program
2016 Conference Program
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