UMass Amherst Philosophy Graduate Conference Keynote: Kevin Richardson (Duke)

Kevin Richardson (he/she/they) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.  He is also a secondary faculty in Duke's Department of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies.  His research focuses on philosophical questions concerning gender, sexuality, and race, and he has also published papers on truth, explanation, and vagueness.  His papers have been published in journals such as as Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological research, and Ergo, among others.

Friday, November 7, 3:30-7:30p 

Saturday, November 8, 10:00 am-5:00p

Schedule of Talks

Friday, November 7

3:30-4:25p     Kevin Matti (Rochester) "Withholding Belief is Not a Doxastic Attitude"

4:30-5:25p     Aleksandra Kuciel (SYR) "Dualism, Physicalism and the Hard Problem of the Many"

5:30-7:30p     Keynote Address--Kevin Richardson (Duke) 

Saturday, November 8

10-10:55a      Jonathyn Coughtry (Albany) "Empathy & Evil:  A Thomistic Account"

11-11:55a      Isaijah Shadrach (Harvard) "Aesthetic Demarcation:  Aptness or Attitude"

2:00-2:55p    Seungtaek Lee (UCLA) "The Social Life of Language:  Conventionalism, Language Change, and Social Values"

3:00-3:55p    Marco Joseph (Columbia) "A Causal Constructionist View of Race"

4:00-4:55p    Luke Quinton (Rutgers) "Hermeneutic Coercion"

5:00-6:00p    Closing Reception South Colllege, E301

Location & Parking

The Graduate Conference will take place at UMass Amherst, 150 Hicks Way, South College, W245 (2nd flr).  

The Campus Center Parking Garage is located at 91 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA. 

Metered parking is available near Mullins Center, on the West side of Commonwealth Avenue.