Graduate Conference 2005
9th Annual Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference
University of Oxford, November 5-6 2005
Thanks to everyone who helped make the 9th Conference such a success. As in previous years, the event attracted students and faculty speakers from around the world. This year, we were honoured to welcome Professors Ted Sider and Nick Sturgeon as our keynote speakers.
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Oxford's graduate philosophy conferences are unique in that faculty members lead the replies to student papers, thus providing student participants with the opportunity to engage in direct discussion of their papers with leading philosophers. We are especially grateful to those members of the Oxford Philosophy Faculty who agreed to act as respondents to the student papers.
The 9th Graduate Philosophy Conference is grateful for financial support from: The Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, The Analysis Trust, The Mind Association, The Aristotelian Society, All Souls College and Oxford University Press
A selection of photos from the conference are available here.
Programme
Saturday 5th November | ||
| 10:00 - 11:30 | (1) Laura Liliana Gómez Espíndola, (National University of Colombia) Voluntary Action And Responsibility In Aristotle Respondent: Lesley Brown | Ryle Room |
| (1) Nat Hansen, (University of Chicago) Files, Chains and Internal Continuity Respondent: Stephen Williams | Lecture Room | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Break | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | (1) Michael Ferry, (Georgetown University) Reason and the Problem of Supererogation Respondent: Roger Crisp | Ryle Room |
| (2) Wayne Wu, (University of California, Berkeley) Visual Attention, Conceptual Content and Doing it Right Respondent: Michael Ayers | Lecture Room | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | (1) Ben Colburn, (Cambridge University) Voluntariness and Responsibility Respondent: Robert Adams | Ryle Room |
| (2) Matthew Haug, (Cornell University) Is Multiple Realizability Necessary for Irreducibility? Respondent: Helen Steward | Lecture Room | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Break | |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Keynote Talk: Ted Sider, (Rutgers) Ontological Realism Respondent: Ian Gibson | Saskatchewan Room, Exeter |
| 20:30 - 23:00 | Conference Dinner: Convening at 8.15pm in the Saugman Common Room. | St. Cross College |
Sunday 6th November | ||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | (1) David Alexander, (University of Washington) Reliabilism, Epistemic Value, and the Normativity of Knowledge Respondent: Ralph Wedgwood | Ryle Room |
| (2) Laurian Kertesz, (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Exportation, Counterfactuals and Firmness of Belief Respondent: Dorothy Edgington | Lecture Room | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | (1) Daniel Whiting, (University of Reading) Meaning-theories and the principle of humanity Respondent: Ben Morison | Ryle Room |
| (2) Stephen Kearns, (University of Oxford) Against the Doctrine of Arbitrary Undetached Parts Respondent: Ted Sider | Lecture Room | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | (1) Stephen M. Campbell, (Texas A&M) Hare on Possible People Respondent: Jonas Olson | Ryle Room |
| (2) Eric Swanson, (MIT) Something 'Might' Might Mean Respondent: Tim Williamson | Lecture Room | |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Break | |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Keynote Talk: Nick Sturgeon, (Cornell) Doubts About The Supervenience Of The Evaluative Respondent: Julia Markovits | Saskatchewan Room, Exeter |