SOCIAL METAPHYSICS WORKSHOPApril 26-28, 2024 at Rutgers University Keynotes: Karen Bennett, Ron Mallon, Organizers: Asya Passinsky, Kevin Richardson, Workshop schedule |
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The 5th annual Social Metaphysics Workshop will be held (in person) April 26th to 28th, 2024 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The workshop will be held at the Rutgers Philosophy Department, 106 Somerset St., 5th floor.
The workshop is only open to invited presenters and participants, and members of the Rutgers community.
Workshop schedule
Friday, April 26
1:00 - 1:10 Welcoming Announcements from the Organizers
1:10 - 2:30 Pre-read: A Framework for the Metaphysics of Race, by Dan Korman; comments by Aaron Griffith and Danny Underwood; chaired by Jonathan Schaffer
2:40 - 4:00 Pre-read: The Role of Values in Feminist Metaphysics, by Jade Fletcher; comments by Dee Payton and Elanor Taylor; chaired by Phil Corkum
4:30 - 6:00 Presentation: Dispositions and Sexual Orientation, by Jennifer McKitrick; chaired by Sara Purinton
Saturday, April 27
10:00 - 11:30 Presentation: The Resilience of Social Hierarchy, by Ron Mallon; chaired by Katherina Gontaryuk
11:40 - 1:00 Pre-read: Legal Grounds, by Louis deRosset; comments by Samuele Chilovi and Michael Raven; chaired by Amanda Karlsson
3:00 - 4:20 Pre-read: Gender as interpretation, by Alice van’t Hoff; comments by Gillian Gray and Friederike Moltmann; chaired by Isabel Uriagereka Herburger
4:30 - 6:00 Presentation: Racial Indifference, by Ronald Sundstrom; chaired by Annalisa Muscolo
6:30 - ???? Conference dinner at Sahara, 165 Easton Ave
Sunday, April 28
10:00 - 11:20 Pre-read: What’s Special About Sexual Orientation, by Matthew Andler; comments by Katrina Haaksma and Pixie Shen; chaired by Augie Faller
11:30 - 1:00 Presentation: Going Underground: The Role of Principles in Grounding, by Karen Bennett; chaired by Jaime Castillo Gamboa
More information
If you would like to check out our previous meetings (held at Duke University), you can find them here: https://socialmetaphysics.weebly.com.
For questions about our upcoming meeting at Rutgers, please email schaffer0 [at] icloud.com, with “Social Metaphysics question” as the email title.