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.