2022 Conference Program

 

The Creighton Club

New York State Philosophical Association

167^th Conference Program

Saturday October 22^nd, 2022

500 Hall of Languages

Syracuse University

Schedule of Events

8:30am            Coffee and snacks

9:00am            Alexander Kocurek (Cornell University), Zeynep Soysal (University of Rochester), and Jens Kipper (University of Rochester), "Idle Questions"

§  Comments by Martín Abreu Zavaleta (Syracuse University)

10:15am          Coffee break

10:30am           Christopher Bousquet (Syracuse University), "What's Missing in Interest-Based Theories of Rights" (co-winner of the Graduate Student Presentation Award)

§  Comments by Scott Gordon (Binghamton University)

11:45am          Lunch break

1:30pm            Spencer Beaudette (Binghamton University), "Meaningful Materialism through Expressive Consumption" (co-winner of the Graduate Student Presentation Award)

§  Comments by Bobbi Cohn (Cornell University)

2:45pm            Coffee break

3:00pm            John Monteleone (Le Moyne College), "Integrity in Conflict"

§  Comments by Hille Paakkunainen (Syracuse University)

4:15pm            Business meeting

Keynote Address

Social Truth: What Is It, and What Do We Want It To Be?

Douglas Edwards (Utica University)

4:30pm

MEETING DETAILS: the 2022 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:

http://parking.syr.edu/visitors-to-campus/campus-maps/

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.

Call for Papers: 167th Meeting of the Creighton Club

 

Call for Papers

The 167th Meeting of the Creighton Club

The New York State Philosophical Society

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Keynote speaker:

Douglas Edwards

Utica University

The Creighton Club, founded in 1921, is the principal historic meeting ground for philosophers in upstate and western New York. Our annual meeting consists of an invited keynote address and four papers, including one graduate student paper selected for the Graduate Student Presentation Award. All of the papers except for the keynote address will have a commentator.

                                                         

Guidelines for paper submission:

·      Papers in any philosophical area are welcome.

·      Membership is not required for consideration or acceptance.

·      Papers should be no more than 5000 words (for a presentation time of 30 minutes) and must include an abstract of up to 150 words.

·      Students wishing to be eligible for the Graduate Student Presentation Award should indicate graduate student status both in the submission email and the submission itself.

·      Other than graduate students noting their status, papers should be anonymized for review.

·      Papers should be submitted as a pdf attachment to TheCreightonClub@gmail.com

·      Anyone interested in commenting should let us know as soon as possible, with an indication of your fields of interest.

Submission deadline: August 20, 2022

Notification will be given by September 10, 2022

Submissions, offers to comment, and inquiries should be sent to TheCreightonClub@gmail.com

Centennial Conference of the Creighton Club

 

The Creighton Club

New York State Philosophical Association

Centennial Conference Program

Friday April 8 - Saturday April 9, 2022

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

The Creighton Club, founded in 1921, is the principal historic meeting ground for philosophers in upstate and western New York. Our April 2022 conference (rescheduled from 2021) is our centennial. The centennial comprises an almost all-keynote program, featuring Louise Antony, Earl Conee, Nicole Hassoun, Jessica Moss, and Ted Sider. The conference will also include talks by the three winners of the Graduate Student Presentation Awards. We would love to have you join us at Colgate University in bucolic Hamilton, NY for this centennial celebration!

The conference is sponsored by the Central New York Humanities Corridor from an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and by the Marion Hoeflich Memorial Fund (through Colgate University's Philosophy Department). In addition to allowing us to bring in our excellent lineup of speakers, we have some funding for communal meals to encourage interaction and community outside of the talks - how far this will go depends on attendance. Additionally, faculty, staff, and graduate students at institutions that are members of the Central New York Humanities Corridor can apply to have their travel and lodging reimbursed (details available here). Member institutions are: Syracuse University, Cornell University, University of Rochester, Colgate University, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith College, Skidmore College, St. Lawrence University, Union College, Le Moyne College, and Rochester Institute of Technology.

It would be helpful for planning purposes to have an estimate of the number of attendees. So we'd appreciate if you filled out our RSVP survey through this link. If you are currently unsure, that information helps us plan as well. Thanks so much for promptly providing us this useful info!

 

Tentative Schedule of Events

Friday April 8

4:30 PM        Check in for those who have arrived

                            Lawrence Hall Lobby - Outside of Lawrence Hall 105

5:00 PM        Nicole Hassoun (Binghamton University)

                      The Minimally Good Life Account of What We Owe to Others and Can Demand 

                      as a Basic Minimum

                            Lawrence Hall 105

                            Sponsored by the Colgate Philosophy Department

7:45 PM        Dinner for Conference Speakers and Organizers (dinner for others is on their own)

                            Hamilton Inn

 

Saturday April 9

 

8:30 AM        Bagels and Coffee

                            Lawrence Hall 105

9:00 AM        Louise Antony (University of Massachusetts Amherst) 

                      Why Concepts Cannot, Should Not, and Need Not be Engineered

                            Lawrence Hall 105

10:30 AM        Break

10:45 AM        Earl Conee (University of Rochester)

                         Against Absurdity

                            Lawrence Hall 105

12:15 PM        Conference Lunch

1:30 PM        Graduate Student Parallel Sessions

                             Alex Horne (University of Cambridge)

                             The Self Improvement Machine

                                Comments by Matt Paskell (Cornell University)

                                    Lawrence Hall 203

                             Thiago Xavier de Melo (Syracuse University)

                             Naive Positionalism and Relative Discernibility

                                Comments by Rafael Perez (University of Rochester)

                                    Lawrence Hall 209

                             Hannah Winckler-Olick (Cornell University)

                             de Beauvoir on Value Creation as Complicity

                                Comments by Huzeyfe Demirtas (Syracuse University)

                                    Lawrence Hall 210

3:00 PM        Break

3:15 PM        Jessica Moss (New York University)

                      Aristotle's Knowledge

                            Lawrence Hall 105

4:45 PM        Break (and Creighton Club Business Meeting in Lawrence Hall 105)

5:00 PM        Ted Sider (Rutgers University)

                      3D in High-D

                            Lawrence Hall 105

7:00 PM         Dinner for All Conference Attendees

                            O'Connor Campus Center 135 Media Lounge

Sunday April 10

 

Morning          Hike on local trails (if there is sufficient interest and weather permitting)

 

Call for Graduate Student Papers: Centennial Conference of the Creighton Club

 

Call for Papers for Graduate Student Presentation Award

The Centennial Conference of the Creighton Club

The New York State Philosophical Society

Friday, April 8 - Saturday, April 9, 2021

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

Keynote speakers:

Louise Antony

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Earl Conee

University of Rochester

Nicole Hassoun

Binghamton University

Jessica Moss

New York University

Ted Sider

Rutgers University

The Creighton Club, founded in 1921, is the principal historic meeting ground for philosophers in upstate and western New York. Our April 2022 conference (rescheduled from 2021) is our centennial. The centennial comprises an almost all-keynote program, featuring Louise Antony, Earl Conee, Nicole Hassoun, Jessica Moss, and Ted Sider. The conference will also include a talk by the winner of the Graduate Student Presentation Award. We will provide accommodation for the graduate student presenter, as well as a small stipend to help cover their travel costs.

Guidelines for graduate student paper submissions:

• Papers in any philosophical area are welcome.

• Membership is not required for consideration or acceptance.

• Papers should be no more than 5000 words (for a presentation time of 30 minutes) and must include an abstract of up to 150 words.

• Papers should be anonymized for review.

• Papers should be submitted as a pdf attachment to TheCreightonClub@gmail.com

• Anyone graduate students interested in commenting should let us know as soon as possible, with an indication of your fields of interest.

Submission deadline: October 15, 2021

2020 Meeting Cancelled

The Creighton Club's 2020 meeting has been cancelled.

We are sad to report this cancellation. But we look forward to next year's meeting, celebrating a hundred years since The Creighton Club's founding in 1921.

In the meantime you can renew your membership or sign up for the first time here. We look forward to bringing together the New York philosophical community at our special centennial meeting in 2021. Until then, be safe and care for each other.

2019 Conference Program

The Creighton Club

New York State Philosophical Association

165^th Conference Program

Saturday September 7^th, 2019

500 Hall of Languages

Syracuse University

Schedule of Events

8:30am            Coffee and snacks

9:00am            Maura Tumulty (Colgate University), "Problematic Perception: Beyond Projection and Misattribution"

§  Comments by John Monteleone (LeMoyne College)

10:15am          Coffee break

10:30am          Evan Woods (Denison University), "Solving the Personite Problem"

§  Comments by Ben Lennertz (Colgate University)

11:45am          Lunch break

1:30pm            Byron Simmons (Syracuse University), "Should an Ontological Pluralist be a Quantificational Pluralist?" (winner of the Graduate Student Presentation Award)

§  Comments by Anthony Nguyen (University of Southern California)

2:45pm            Coffee break

3:00pm            John Lawless (Utica College), "More Than a Capacity: Agency, Oppression, and Paternalism"

§  Comments by Kurt Blankschaen (Daemen College)

4:15pm            Business meeting

Keynote Address

Why Political Polarization Will Get Worse If People Are Rational

Thomas Kelly (Princeton University)

4:30pm

MEETING DETAILS: the 2019 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:

http://parking.syr.edu/visitors-to-campus/campus-maps/

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.

Call For Papers: 165th Meeting of the Creighton Club

Call for Papers

The 165th Meeting of the Creighton Club

The New York State Philosophical Society

Saturday, September 7, 2019

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Keynote speaker:

Thomas Kelly

Princeton University

The Creighton Club, founded in 1921, is the principal historic meeting ground for philosophers in upstate and western New York. Our annual meeting consists of an invited keynote address and four papers, including one graduate student paper selected for the Graduate Student Presentation Award. All of the papers except for the keynote address will have a commentator.

                                                         

Guidelines for paper submission:

·      Papers in any philosophical area are welcome.

·      Membership is not required for consideration or acceptance.

·      Papers should be no more than 5000 words (for a presentation time of 30 minutes) and must include an abstract of up to 150 words.

·      Students wishing to be eligible for the Graduate Student Presentation Award should indicate graduate student status both in the submission email and the submission itself.

·      Other than graduate students noting their status, papers should be anonymized for review.

·      Papers should be submitted as a pdf attachment to TheCreightonClub@gmail.com

·      Anyone interested in commenting should let us know as soon as possible, with an indication of your fields of interest.

Submission deadline: July 1, 2019

Notification will be given by August 1, 2019

Submissions, offers to comment, and inquiries should be sent to TheCreightonClub@gmail.com