Puget Sound

Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

April 26-27, 2013
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA

Conference Schedule

Friday 4/26

All Friday talks other than the keynote address are at the Murray Boardroom (WSC 108)

1:00-2:00

“The Duty To Self-Impose Risk in War”

Peter Joyce IV (Pacific Lutheran University)

Comments by Maia Bernick

Chair: Edward Leventer

2:10-3:10

“The Custom of Faith: How Custom Influences Religious Belief”

Matthew Hernandez (Portland State University)

Comments by Lee Pennebaker

Chair: Austen Harrison

3:20-4:20

“Distribution, Oppression, and Empowerment in Relation to the Suicide Crisis in the Global South”

Travis Dandy (University of Oregon)

Comments by Sean Davidson

Chair: CJ Queirolo

5:00-6:30

Keynote Address

“Humor and Morality”

Prof. Noël Carroll (CUNY Graduate Center)

Keynote address location: Trimble Forum
For more information about the keynote address, click here.

Saturday 4/27

All Saturday talks will be in Trimble Forum

10:30-11:30

“The Judgment of Dionysus”

Daniel Semelsberger (Kenyon College)

Comments by Adam Taub

Chair: Andrew Osborne

11:40-12:40

“Knowing that One Knows”

Aaron Segal (University of Chicago)

Comments by Wade Greiten

Chair: Carson Swope

2:00-3:00

“Perceiving Musical Expression”

Alyssa Adamson (University of Redlands)

Comments by Jackie Hughes

Chair: Sean Tyree

3:10-4:10

“Plantinga and The Ethics of Belief”

Fabio Lampert (St. Benedict’s College - Brazil)

Comments by Jacob Roden-Lowe

Chair: James Oliver

4:30-5:30

“Virtues and Reasons”

Malcolm Morano (Fordham University)

Comments by Si-Won Song

Chair: Grant Hoos

For more information, email us with any questions.

Puget Sound Philosophy Department