Saturday, September 30, 2023

2023 Conference Program

 The Creighton Club

New York State Philosophical Association

168th Conference Program
Saturday October 21st, 2023
500 Hall of Languages
Syracuse University

Schedule of Events

8:30am            Coffee and snacks

9:00am            Laura Tomlinson Makin (Colgate University), "Normative Entailment and Practical Reasoning"
§  Comments by Sanggu Lee (Syracuse University)

10:15am          Coffee break

10:30am           Alex Fisher (Cambridge University), "Virtual Reality, Perception, and Imagination" (co-winner of the Graduate Student Presentation Award)
§  Comments by Jared Peterson (SUNY Oswego)

11:45am          Lunch break

1:30pm            Kellan Daniel Leo Head (Syracuse University), "Against Veritism" (co-winner of the Graduate Student Presentation Award)
§  Comments by Autumn Harrison (Syracuse University)

2:45pm            Coffee break

3:00pm            Georges Dicker (SUNY Brockport), "Locke: Soft Determinist, or Libertarian?"
§  Comments by Michaela Tiller (St. Michael's College)

4:15pm            Business meeting

Keynote Address
Figleaves for Racism and Falsehood
Jennifer Saul (University of Waterloo)
4:30pm



MEETING DETAILS: the 2023 meeting will be on the campus of Syracuse University, in 500 Hall of Languages (on the fifth floor, where the philosophy department is located). 

Campus parking is open to guests on weekends.  The most conveniently located lots are the Lyman Hinds Lot and the Quad Lot.  See the North Campus parking map here:


Participants can purchase lunch at the Marshall Square Mall, which is a five minute walk from the conference.  For those interested in venturing further afield, there are also many restaurants in downtown Syracuse and the nearby Westcott neighborhood.

RSVP: there will be an informal dinner held after the conference at the expense of attendees (location TBD).  Please email us at thecreightonclub@gmail.com if you plan to attend so that we can make a more accurate reservation.