The Fifth Colloquium Programme

2023 Programme — 2023 Abstracts

Day 1 | 21 June 2023

10.30–11.00 Gathering and Greetings

11.00–11.50 Konstanty Kuzma – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The Three Reasons Behind John McDowell’s Structural Identity Thesis

11.50–12.40 Jo Payne- University of York
Inequality and Moral Incentives

12.40–1.40 Lunch

1.40–2.30 Jacob Leo Blitz – The University of Arizona
Impersistent Roles and Justifying Role Obligations

2.30–3.20 Sara Chan – The University of Notre Dame
The Authority of Personal Testimony About Disability

3.20–3.40 Tea Break

4.30–5.20 Hugh Robertson-Ritchie – The University of Kent
Why Some Disease Definitions Are More Trouble Than They Are Worth, and What
We Could Do Instead.

6.00 Conference Dinner – Approx. £20

Day 2 | 22 June 2023

10:00 Welcome back

10:10–11.00 Brian Kett- The University of Kent
Causation: Another Facet or More?

11.00–11.50 Vittorio Serra- The University of Kent
Reality Versus Fiction in Peirce

11.50–12.40 Shih-Hao Liu- University of Miami
Philosophical Skepticism, Unconceived
Serious Objections, and Modal Skepticism

12.40–1.40 Lunch

1.40–2.30 Marlon Rivas Tinoco – The University of Georgia
Believing Rationally Given Your Actual Beliefs: on One Objection to Susanna
Rinard’s Theory of Rational Beliefs

2.30–3.20 Petar Nurkic – University of Belgrade
Epistemic Jenga: How to Build a Trustworthy Scientific Team

3.20–3.40 Tea Break

3.40–4.30 Maria Skoutaridou – The University of Kent
Mill’s Idea of Individuality in “On Liberty:
Utility or Virtue?”

4.30–5.20 Levi Smith – Western Michigan University
Considering Inductive Risk in the
Context of COVID-19

5.20 Wine Reception

Colloquium Registration Now Open

Registration for attending this year’s colloquium is now open. The Colloquium itself is completely free to attend, though the conference dinner at the end of the first day comes at an extra cost. The registration deadline for attendance is June 17  2023, and for online participation it is 13 June 2022. For more details see the PhilEvents page.