Philosophy Dialogue Series 2021

Affiliated Events

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24th Annual Texas State University

Philosophy Student Symposium - Day 1


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