55th Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy
September 29 @ 3:00 pm - September 30 @ 7:00 pm
Friday, September 29th
Manning Hall, room 209
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Talk: “The Value of Creativity: A Kantian Perspective”
Samantha Matherne (Harvard University)
Comments by Janum Sethi (University of Michigan), followed by Q&A
Session chaired by Mercedes Corredor (Virginia Tech)
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Talk: “Putting Offense in its Place”
Macalester Bell (Bryn Mawr College)
Comments by Krista K. Thomason (Swarthmore College), followed by Q&A
Session chaired by Gopal Sreenivasan (Duke University)
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Dinner Reception at The Story
Saturday, September 30th
Murphey Hall, room 116
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Talk: “Mind-Dependence and the Metaphysics of Inherence”
Umrao Sethi (Brandeis University)
Comments by John Morrison (Barnard College), followed by Q&A
Session chaired by Felipe De Brigard (Duke University)
Lunch Break
2:30 – 4:30 PM
Talk: “Backtracking and Down-Tracking”
Elizabeth Miller (Brown University)
Comments by Insa Lawler (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), followed by Q&A
Session chaired by Elanor Taylor (Johns Hopkins University)
Tea Break
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Claire Miller Lecture: “Challenging what we know (how sceptics deceive us!)”
Jody Azzouni (Tufts University)
Session chaired by Michael Pendlebury (North Carolina State University)
Followed by Q&A
7:30 PM – 9:30PM
Dinner Reception at Ackland Art Museum
Registration is required and there are a limited number of spaces. Please register ASAP to secure your spot. You can register here – https://tinyurl.com/2anp2h58.
updated 9.7.23
