It is going to be an exciting year and it all starts next week. Mark Sainsbury is organising this year's MLK conference, featuring papers and responses by UT philosophy graduate students (mostly first or second year of study). Of course, it takes place on MLK day (Monday 19th) and all are welcome. Here is the line-up:
9.30 Coffee, Rolls, etc
9.50-10.00 Welcome by Mark Sainsbury
10.00-11.00 Speaker: Steve James - Intentionalism Respondent: Enrico Grube Chair: Aidan McGlynn
11.15-12.15 Speaker: Ivan Hu - Supervenience and Anomalous Monism Respondent: Kate Ritchie Chair: Alex Grzankowski
12.15-1.15 Lunch
1.15-2.15 Presenter: Colleen Keating - Imagining Five Impossible Things Respondent: Garrett Holmes Chair: David Ivy
2.30-3.30 Speaker: Dave Frank - Game theory and Thomas Hobbes's Science of Ethics. Respondent: Jeff Pote Chair: Briggs Wright
3.45-4.45 Speaker: Renee Chechik - Sellars on theory, observation and philosophy Respondent: Jeremy Evans Chair: Bryan Pickel
5.00 Beer at Gabriel's