Graduate Conference
13th Annual Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference
University of Oxford, November 21-22 2009
Oxford is one of only a few graduate conferences in which student presentations are followed by a response from faculty members, making the conference a unique opportunity for students to get feedback on their work from Oxford faculty.
There is no registration fee, and the conference is open to all.
Keynote Lectures: Abstracts Keynote Lectures (PDF)
Charles Larmore (Brown University) What is Political Philosophy?
Agustin Rayo (MIT) Platonism: Traditional and Subtle
Conference Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Faculty of Philosophy, 10 Merton Street
Saturday 21st November
Graduate Talks: Abstracts Graduate Talks (PDF)
9:30 10:00
Coffee and Snacks
10:00-11:30
Lecture Room:
Vid Simoniti (Oxford): Sentimental Art Reassessed
Comments: Prof John Hyman
Chair: Louise Hanson
Ryle Room:
Stuart Crutchfield (Glasgow): Can We Experience Empty Space?
Comments: Dr Tim Bayne
Chair: Marius Dumitru
11:45 1:15
Lecture Room:
Dorette van der Tholen (Tilburg): Contexualism Tested: The Role Of Ordinary Language In Epistemology
Comments: Prof John Hawthorne
Chair: David Egan
Ryle Room:
Julia Hermann (Florence): Knowing How To Be Moral
Comments: Dr Sabina Lovibond
Chair: Courtney Cox
1:15 2:30
Lunch Break
2:30 4:00
Lecture Room:
Simona Aimar (Oxford): Aristotle Does Not Move By Himself When He Moves By Himself
Comments: Dr Lindsay Judson
Chair: Sarah Hegenbart
Ryle Room:
Roberto Loss (Nottingham): The True Future Of Branching Time
Comments: Dr Stephan Torre
Chair: Emanuel Viebahn
4:30 6:30
Keynote Lecture
Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College
Prof Charles Larmore (Brown University): What is Political Philosophy?
Comments: Aaron Wendland
Chair: Adam E. Etinson
7:30 10.15
Conference Dinner
St Benet's Hall
Sunday 22nd November
Graduate Talks: Abstracts Graduate Talks (PDF)
9:30 10:00
Coffee and Snacks
10:00-11:30
Lecture Room:
Harry Adamson (Cambridge): What Does Blame Do To Relationships?
Comments: Dr Edward Harcourt
Chair: Sarah Hegenbart
Ryle Room:
James Grant (Oxford): The Dispensability Of Metaphor
Comments: Dr Márta Abrusán
Chair: Jens Ziska
11:45 1:15
Lecture Room:
Julien Dutant (Geneva): Two Notions of Safety
Comments: Prof Timothy Williamson
Chair: William Lanier
Ryle Room:
Charles Girard (Paris): Face-to-face Deliberation vs. Mediated Deliberation: Which Paradigm for Democracy?
Comments: Prof Leslie Green
Chair: Lisa Herzog
1:15 2:30
Lunch Break
2:30 4:00
Lecture Room:
Mihaela Popa (Geneva): Pure Semantics Facing The Psychological Reality Charge
Comments: Dr Ofra Magidor
Chair: Angela Matthies
Ryle Room:
Chris Melenovsky (Philadelphia): International Right And Kants Word-Federation
Comments: Dr David Miller
Chair: Robert Watt
4:30 6:30
Keynote Lecture
Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College
Prof Agustín Rayo (Brown University): Platonism: Traditional and Subtle
Comments: Angela Matthies and Robert Schwartzkopff
Chair: Pablo Stafforini
The 2009 Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference is kindly supported by
The Analysis Trust
The Aristotelian Society
Continuum Books
Edinburgh University Press
The Mind Association
Oxford University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
The Philosophical Quarterly
Princeton University Press
Taylor & Routledge