2025 Conference Program

The Creighton Club

New York State Philosophical Association

The 170th Conference Program

Saturday October 4th, 2025

Benton Hall 213

Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

8:30 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM	David Lambie (SUNY Oswego): “Is Inclusivist Moral Progress Illusory?” Commentator: Zachary Barber (University of Rochester)
10:15 AM	Coffee & Pleasantries
10:30 AM	Jaime Castillo-Gamboa (Hamilton College): “Defending the Linguistic Theory of Vagueness: A New Approach to Borderliness Attributions” Commentator: Jens Kipper (University of Rochester)
11:45 AM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Kevin Gausselin (University of Rochester): “There Is No Epistemic Condition on Evidence Possession” (winner of the Graduate Student Presentation Award) Commentator: Brett Blitch (Syracuse University)
2:45 PM	Coffee & Pleasantries
3:00 PM	Huzeyfe Demirtas (Harvard University): “Explainable AI, Responsibility Gaps, and Liability” Commentator: Alessandra Buccella (University at Albany)
4:15 PM	Business meeting

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Boltzmannian Skepticism about the Past

Sinan Dogramaci (University of Texas at Austin)

4:30 PM

For more details, see: http://creightonclub.blogspot.com

MEETING DETAILS

Location: The 2025 meeting is located on the campus of Colgate University in Benton Hall 213.

Parking: Parking is available behind Benton Hall, which is the building where the conference will

take place. There is also parking located on Academic Drive behind Lathrop Hall and McGregory

Hall and additional parking in the Campus Safety lot off of Oak Drive. Click here to see these lots

on a map, and click here for an interactive map of the campus. No permit is required to park on

any ordinary lot on campus.

Transportation: There is very little public transit in Hamilton. Thus, we encourage attendees to

carpool. Feel free to get in touch with us if you need a ride (thecreightonclub@gmail.com), and

we can match you up with someone who is driving.

Lodging: Hamilton is a small town and affordable lodging can be somewhat difficult to find.

Colgate maintains a list of local hotels and B&Bs that can be helpful in finding a place to stay.

If you are affiliated with a corridor institution, you may be able to have some of your travel

and, in some cases, your lodging reimbursed. Click here for details.

Lunch: A catered lunch featuring Korean cuisine will be provided.

Dinner 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.

We thank the Central New York Humanities Corridor as a primary sponsor for this event, along

with the Colgate University Department of Philosophy.