The annual USC/UCLA Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy was started in 2006. Its purpose is to bring in graduate students in philosophy from other departments, who' have authored papers of surpassing quality, in all areas of contemporary philosophy. The conference was conceived to run over the course of a weekend in the late winter or early spring. It is funded by USC and UCLA, and is run by graduate students from both departments.

---

2007-2008: Third Annual UCLA / USC Grad Student Conference in PHILOSOPHY

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

9.00am - 6.00pm

Mudd Hall of Philosophy

University of Southern California

Reception to follow in 102 Mud Hall of Philosophy

Keynote Speaker:

Judith Jarvis Thomson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 “Turning the Trolley”

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Breakfast: 9:00 am - 9:30 am

102 Mudd Hall of Philosophy

Session 1: 9:30 am – 10:35 am
“Subverting Nonexistence: A Critique of Neo-Meinongianism”
Presenter: Peter Yong, California State University Los Angeles
Commentator: Johannes Schmitt, USC
Chair: Billy Dunaway, USC

Session 2: 10:45 am - 11:50 pm

“Ramsey, Moore, No God”
Presenter: Malte Willer, The University of Texas at Austin
Commentator: Alexandru Radulescu, UCLA
Chair: Marina Folescu, USC

Session 3: 12:00 pm - 1:05 pm

“On Maximal Rationality”
Presenter: Errol Lord, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Commentator: Eileen Nutting, UCLA
Chair: Steve White, UCLA
12:00-1:05pm

Lunch: 1:05 - 2:00pm

102 Mudd Hall of Philosophy

Session 4: 2:00 pm - 3:05 pm

“Defeating Dualism”
Presenter: Tomas Bogardus, The University of Texas at Austin
Commentator: Brent Kious, UCLA
Chair: Tamar Weber, UCLA

Session 5: 3:15 pm - 4:20 pm

“Understanding Causal Overdetermination”
Presenter: Sara Bernstein, University of Arizona
Commentator: Jonathan Weil, USC
Chair: Lewis Powell, USC

Keynote Speaker: 4:30 pm - 6 pm

 “Turning the Trolley”

Judith Jarvis Thomson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Reception 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

102 Mudd Hall of Philosophy

 

•     Find Parking, Directions and Maps