Conference
The First Annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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The day will consist of a series of undergraduate philosophy paper presentations. Coffee, snacks, and a light lunch will be provided.
Professor Yitzhak Melamed will deliver the keynote address on “Spinoza’s Deification of Existence.”
Undergraduate Presentations
10:00a.m. – 11:25a.m.
1:45p.m. – 4:30p.m.
10:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Joseph N. Rees
American University
Making Presuppositions Explicit: What is gained and what is lost?
10:45 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Ashley Bohrer
George Washington University
The Allegory of the Artist: A Contradiction at Marx’s Hegelian Core
Keynote Presentation
11:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Dr. Yitzhak Melamed
The Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Philosophy
Spinoza’s Deification of Existence
12:45 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Michael Winnett
The Johns Hopkins University
Scenes from a Chinese Restaurant: A Conversation with Dr. Stanley Cavell
2:30 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Tara Rhoades
University of Delaware
Problems for Klein’s Infinitism in the Case of Clearly Justified Beliefs
3:15 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
Jeremy Goodman
Brown University
Open Moral Questions and Hard Mental Problems
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