Philosophy Mountain Workshop 2015

February 6, 7 & 8  |  Whistler Visitor Center  |  Whistler, BC

Program

Friday, February 6

  • Talk 1 (3:30-5:00pm): Nina Emery (Brown), 'Grounding objections and minimalist ontologies', with comments from Heather Demarest (Oklahoma).

  • Talk 2 (5:30-7:00pm): Casper Hare (MIT), 'Wishing well to all', with comments by Michael Caie (Pittsburgh)

Saturday, February 7

  • Talk 1 (3:30-5:00pm):  Sarah Jansen (Carleton), 'More regrets', with comments by Daniela Dover (UCLA)
  • Talk 2 (5:30-7:00pm): Dilip Ninan (Tufts), 'What is the problem of de se attitudes?' with comments by Raul Saucedo (UC Boulder).

Sunday, February 8

  • Talk 1  (3:30-5:00pm): Sam Levey (Dartmouth), 'PSR, contingent truth and indefinite extensibility', with comments by Alyssa Ney (Rochester).
  • Talk 2 (5:30-7:00pm): Peter Galison (Harvard), 'Wastelands and wilderness', with comments by Nico Cornell (Penn).

Participants not on the program

Matt Bedke (University of British Columbia), David Plunkett (Dartmouth), Seth Yalcin (UC Berkeley)

Organizers

Nina Emery, David Plunkett, Raul Saucedo, Seth Yalcin