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Philosophy Student Symposium Day 1


The 24th Annual Texas State University

Philosophy Student Symposium

April 23rd & 24th, 2021

 


April 23rd, 2021


SESSION ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY 

"Types and Time's Passing: Two Ways Popper's Falsifiability Fails to Avoid Induction"


Zachary Landeros,

Graduate Student, Texas State University

 

Respondent: Séan Pierce


"Holistic Support & Cohen's Problem of Easy Knowledge"


Séan Pierce,

Graduate Student, University of California Santa Barbara


Respondent: Zachary Landeros


SESSION TWO: PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

"On Conceptualizing the Binding Problem Through a Naturalized Kantian Framework"


Ekin Erkan,

Graduate Student, The City University of New York


Respondent: Brian Wermcrantz


"On the Format of Object Representation: What Icons Can't Do"


Brian Wermcrantz,

Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst


Respondent: Ekin Erkan


SESSION THREE: METAPHYSICS

"Islands: A Case of Individualized 'Object' Metaphysics"


Charles Perkins,

Graduate Student, University of California Santa Barbara
 


Respondent: Vincent Tanzil


"On the Teleological Account of Composition"


Vincent Tanzil,

Graduate Student, University of Rochester


Respondent: Charles Perkins


KEYNOTE ADDRESS, DAY 1

"Desperado Blues: A Treatise on Outlaws and Modernity"


Trent Oatman,

M.A. Texas State University

Former President of Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honors Society
 


SESSION FOUR: PHILOSOPHY OF PROTEST

"Black Lives Matter"


James Attwood,

Graduate Student, Texas State University


Respondent: Declan Ward

 


"Violence and Free Speech"


Declan Ward,

M.A. Texas State University

Respondent: James Attwood