Colloquium 2024 Call for abstracts

Call for abstracts: 6th PhiGS Graduate Colloquium

Kent PhiGS — the philosophy graduate society at the University of Kent at Canterbury (United Kingdom) —  is pleased to announce its Fifth Annual Graduate Colloquium, to take place on 5-6 June 2024 at the University of Kent, and online.

The Colloquium aims to promote discussion among graduate researchers working in the same general areas as us at Kent, where we have a wide range of topics of inquiry. Such diversity promotes the advancement of inquiry through cross-pollination between fields, and the Colloquium seeks to facilitate such fruitful encounters. We invite submissions from graduate researchers — masters as well as doctoral — on the following or related topics:

– Philosophy of mental health, especially concerning autonomy and responsibility

– Role ethics

– Philosophy of medicine, especially concerning disease definition

– Epistemology, especially disagreement and belief formation

– Gradualist approaches in metaphysics and ontology

– Pragmati(ci)st approaches in philosophy of science and metaphysics

– Approaches to mathematical semantics

– Conception of the self by liberal theories

– Evidential Pluralism and Artificial Intelligence

– Reconciling the manifest and scientific image, especially with respect to time.

Submissions should take the form of an abstract of no more than 400 words, the talks themselves being about 30 minutes in length. Abstracts should be anonymised, in PDF format, and sent as attachments to an email. In the body of the email please give name and return email address, as well as institutional affiliation and whether you wish to present at the Colloquium in person or online. We understand that it is the nature of these talks to be works-in-progress, so there is no requirement to submit a whole paper in advance: the talk, when given, is the paper. The language of the Colloquium is English. Please send abstracts to Mark Garron at mg734@kent.ac.uk, to arrive no later than 5 April 2024.

Unfortunately, we do not have funds for travel and accommodation for graduate speakers, although your own institution may be able to provide such a facility if you wish to present in person. We do, however, intend to provide light refreshments and lunch for all in-person speakers and attendees.

For further information on Kent PhiGS and its activities, please see https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/kentphigs/

SUMMARY

Sixth PhiGS Graduate Colloquium

Date: 5-6 June 2024

Venue: Hybrid. In-person: University of Kent (Canterbury, United Kingdom). Online: zoom

Last submission date: 5 April 2024

Abstract length: no more than 400 words

Talk length: approximately 30 minutes

Language: English

Contact: Mark Garron on mg734@kent.ac.uk

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.

Colloquium 2023 Call for abstracts

Call for abstracts: 5th PhiGS Graduate Colloquium

Kent PhiGS — the philosophy graduate society at the University of Kent at Canterbury (United Kingdom) —  is pleased to announce its Fifth Annual Graduate Colloquium, to take place on 21-22 June 2023 at the University of Kent, and online.

The Colloquium aims to promote discussion among graduate researchers working in the same general areas as us at Kent, where we have a wide range of topics of inquiry. Such diversity promotes the advancement of inquiry through cross-pollination between fields, and the Colloquium seeks to facilitate such fruitful encounters. We invite submissions from graduate researchers — masters as well as doctoral — on the following or related topics:

– Philosophy of mental health, especially concerning autonomy and responsibility

– Role ethics

– Philosophy of medicine, especially concerning disease definition

– Epistemology, especially disagreement and belief formation

– Gradualist approaches in metaphysics and ontology

– Pragmati(ci)st approaches in philosophy of science and metaphysics

– Approaches to mathematical semantics

– Conception of the self by liberal theories

– Evidential Pluralism and Artificial Intelligence

– Reconciling the manifest and scientific image, especially with respect to time.

Submissions should take the form of an abstract of no more than 400 words, the talks themselves being about 30 minutes in length. Abstracts should be anonymised, in PDF format, and sent as attachments to an email. In the body of the email please give name and return email address, as well as institutional affiliation and whether you wish to present at the Colloquium in person or online. We understand that it is the nature of these talks to be works-in-progress, so there is no requirement to submit a whole paper in advance: the talk, when given, is the paper. The language of the Colloquium is English. Please send abstracts to Mark Garron at mg734@kent.ac.uk, to arrive no later than 20 March 2023.

Unfortunately, we do not have funds for travel and accommodation for graduate speakers, although your own institution may be able to provide such a facility if you wish to present in person. We do, however, intend to provide light refreshments and lunch for all in-person speakers and attendees.

For further information on Kent PhiGS and its activities, please see https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/kentphigs/

SUMMARY

Fifth PhiGS Graduate Colloquium

Date: 21-22 June 2023

Venue: Hybrid. In-person: University of Kent (Canterbury, United Kingdom). Online: zoom

Last submission date: 20 March 2023

Abstract length: no more than 400 words

Talk length: approximately 30 minutes

Language: English

Contact: Mark Garron on mg734@kent.ac.uk

 

 

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 in-person attendance is 20 May 2022, and for online participation it is 13 June 2022. For more details see the PhilEvents page.

Colloquium update

The deadline for submissions to the Colloquium is now passed and the review process has begun. Hopefully we should have a programme is a few weeks: watch this space!