2021 Student Symposium

Join us on the afternoon of Friday, May 28, 2021 for the 2021 Student Symposium.

Friday, May 28, 2021
1:00 PM – 4:40 PM 
Via Zoom (Register to receive the Zoom meeting link)

Five students will be presenting their philosophical work in a series of talks over the course of the afternoon, followed by a faculty keynote presentation by Robert Wallace. We have a diverse set of paper topics over the course of the afternoon, and you should feel free to come to part or all of the event as you're able. Q & A to follow each paper.

Schedule is as follows:

• 1:00–1:25 Nathan Wagester, "Does Grounding Ground? A Critique of the Traditional Understanding of the Relation and Work Towards a Deflationary Theory of Ground"
• 1:30–1:55 Tori Simpson, "Free Will, Care, and Self-Forming Actions: A Sartrean Response to Frankfurt"
• 1:55–2:15 Intermission
• 2:15–2:40 Luca Simplicio, "Nothing about Us without Us: Epistemic Injustice and Disability Positive Testimony"
• 2:45–3:10 Erik Andersson, "Kant and Compatibilism: Does Morality Depend on Free Will?"
• 3:10–3:30 Intermission
• 3:30–3:55 Mathew Salud, "From Thing-in-Itself to Will to Power: The Nature of the World in Kant and Nietzsche"
• 4:00–4:40 Closing keynote, Prof. Robert Wallace, "Disappearing Agents in the Free Will Debate"