THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
The Sixth annual Workshop
october 6-7, 2017
Register Here!
(Once you are on the registration page, click on "Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics". then it will link to a User log In. Anyone within uw should use their net id. anyone outside uw should click on "guest" and register by providing their name and email. both days will default for registration purposes.)
Speakers
(scroll down for schedule)
Chad Carmichael (Indiana University-Purdue University Indiana)
Elanor Taylor (Johns Hopkins University),
Matt McGrath (University of Missouri)
Joshua Spencer (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Sam Cowling (Denison University)
Marya Schechtman (University of Illinois-Chicago)
organized by Alan Sidelle and Jesse Steinberg
(scroll down for schedule)
Chad Carmichael (Indiana University-Purdue University Indiana)
Elanor Taylor (Johns Hopkins University),
Matt McGrath (University of Missouri)
Joshua Spencer (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Sam Cowling (Denison University)
Marya Schechtman (University of Illinois-Chicago)
organized by Alan Sidelle and Jesse Steinberg
Schedule
The workshop will be held in Helen C. White Hall, which is at the very north end of Park Street by Lake Mendota. There are some metered parking spots available on the lower-level of this building as well as at a public parking lot on Lake Street, which is a couple blocks east of Park Street. This lot is called "State Street Campus Garage" and is located in-between University Avenue and State Street.
Link to Campus Map
The workshop will be held in Helen C. White Hall, which is at the very north end of Park Street by Lake Mendota. There are some metered parking spots available on the lower-level of this building as well as at a public parking lot on Lake Street, which is a couple blocks east of Park Street. This lot is called "State Street Campus Garage" and is located in-between University Avenue and State Street.
Link to Campus Map
Friday, Oct. 6
10:30- 11 Set up/coffee/name tags/preliminary schmooze
11:00–12:30 Chad Carmichael (IUPUI) "Immanence in Abundance"
12:30- 2:30 Lunch
2:30–4:00 Elanor Taylor (Johns Hopkins), “Explanatory Distance"
4:00–4:30 Break
4:30–6:00 Matt McGrath (University of Missouri) "The Metaphysics of Looks"
Saturday Oct. 7
9-10:30 Joshua Spencer (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) "On the Explanatory Demands of the Special Composition Question"
10:30-11 Break
11-12:30 Sam Cowling (Denison University) "Emptiness and Ideology"
12:30-2 Lunch
2-3:30 Marya Schechtman, University of Illinois-Chicago "Persons and Processes: When do we begin?"
