2022 Meeting
2022 Meeting
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Ohio Philosophical Association
Ohio Philosophical Association
Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting
The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
April 23, 2022
April 23, 2022
Keynote Speaker: Stephen Engstrom, Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh
Keynote Speaker: Stephen Engstrom, Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh
Dimitria Gatzia, The University of Akron, Program Coordinator
Dimitria Gatzia, The University of Akron, Program Coordinator
Morning Sessions
Session 1: Emotions and Trust
Session 2: Disability and Abnormality
Session 3: Freedom and Wages
Session 4: Plato and Moore
Afternoon Sessions
Session 5: Injustice and Attitudes
Session 6: Animalism and Pluralism
Session 7: Perception and Paradox
Session 8: Values and Choices
All paper sessions will be held in the Cummings Center.
9:00 am
9:00 am
Registration and Coffee
Registration and Coffee
Cummings Center Atrium (3rd Floor)
Session 1: Emotions and Trust
Session 1: Emotions and Trust
Cummings Center 203E
Chair: Eric Sotnak, The University of Akron
9:30 a.m.
Trip Glazer, University of Dayton, "Herbert Spencer's Philosophy of Emotion"
Comment: Layne Garrelts, Ohio State University
10:45 a.m.
Xuanpu Zhuang, Bowling Green State University, "Trust Built on Benefits: Why it is Rational to Trust in the Stag Hunt Game"
Comment: Scott Mendels, Syracuse University/The University of Akron
Session 2: Disability and Abnormality
Session 2: Disability and Abnormality
Cummings Center 308
Chair: Sara Ghaffari, Bowling Green State University
9:30 a.m.
Gaia Ferrari, Duquesne University, "Ability within disability Merleau-Ponty’s method for grounding a phenomenology of disability in the Phenomenology of Perception"
Comment: Suraj Chaudhary, The College of Wooster
10:45 a.m.
Seth Goldwasser, University of Pittsburgh, “Finding Normality in Abnormality: Function Ascription in Cancer Research"
Comment: Mallory Wietrzykowski, Kent State University
Session 3: Freedom and Wages
Session 3: Freedom and Wages
Cummings Center 307
Chair: Dimitria Gatzia, The University of Akron
9:30 a.m.
Marcus Schultz-Bergin, Cleveland State University, "Freedom as Empowerment"
Comment: Jess Otto, The University of Akron
10:45 a.m.
Jonathan Spelman, Ohio Northern University, "What’s Wrong with the Tipped Wage?"
Comment: Amy White, Ohio University
Session 4: Plato and Moore
Session 4: Plato and Moore
Cummings Center 306
Chair: Errol Katayama, Ohio Northern University
9:30 a.m.
Henry Curcio, Western Michigan University, "Lack of Self in Plato: The Tragedy of a Rhapsody"
Comment: Joseph Li Vecchi, The University of Akron
10:45 a.m.
Louis Doulas, University of California, Irvine, "What Moore’s hands might mean"
Comment: Christopher Martin, University of Toledo
12:00 pm
12:00 pm
Lunch and OPA Business Meeting
Lunch and OPA Business Meeting
Cummings Center 307
1:00 pm
1:00 pm
Keynote Address
Keynote Address
Stephen Engstrom, Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, "Truth in Knowledge and Truth in Action"
Cummings Center 307
Session 5: Injustice and Attitudes
Session 5: Injustice and Attitudes
Cummings Center 307
Chair: Eric Sotnak, The University of Akron
2:15 p.m.
Stephanie Sheintul, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Agential Injustice"
Comment: Ben Cordry, Lorain Community College
3:30 p.m.
Jordan Myers, University of Houston, "What does the Objective Attitude Require?"
Comment: Timothy Walsh, Blowing Green State University
Session 6: Animalism and Pluralism
Session 6: Animalism and Pluralism
Cummings Center 306
Chair: John Huss, The University of Akron
2:15 p.m.
Evangelian Collings, University of Pittsburgh, "What should animalism say about pregnant human animals?"
Comment: Laura Hengehold, Case Western Reserve University
3:30 p.m.
Michael Bruckner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Moral Thought Pluralism and Disjunctive Reference"
Comment: Nate Blower, The University of Akron
Session 7: Perception and Paradox
Session 7: Perception and Paradox
Cummings Center 203E
Chair: Christopher Pincock, The Ohio State University
2:15 p.m.
Lance Balthazar, York University, "On Recovering Determinately Distal Content in Informational Teleosemantics: Challenges from Psychophysics and Color Constancy"
Comment: Chris Buford, The University of Akron
3:30 p.m.
Christopher Gregory Weaver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Poincaré, Poincaré Recurrence, and the H-Theorem: A Continued Reassessment of Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics"
Comment: Siddharth Muthukrishnan, University of Pittsburgh
Session 8: Values and Choices
Session 8: Values and Choices
Cummings Center 308
Chair: Kelly Coble, Baldwin Wallace University
2:15 p.m.
Christopher Pine, University of Rio Grande, "Who Killed the Liberal Arts? Rediscovering the Purpose of a University and the Value of Liberal Education"
Comment: Robyn Gaier, Youngstown State University
3:30 p.m.
Troy Seagraves, Purdue University, "Pluralistic Valuing and Hard Choices"
Comment: Ezekeal (Zeke) Grounds, Bowling Green State University
Logistics
Logistics
DIRECTIONS & PARKING
Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
73 S. College Street, Akron, Ohio 44325-4302
The building is on the corner of College and Mill. Click here for the University of Akron's Campus Map.
The National Museum of Psychology and the Institute for Human Science and Culture galleries will be open during the lunch break. Admission will be free for OPA participants but donations are encouraged.
Free parking is available in a small lot adjacent to the building. Visitors can also park in Lot 30 at the corner of Market and Mill streets. Metered parking is available along South College Street, but it is not recommended since they are owned by the City of Akron.
ACCESSIBILITY
A wheelchair accessible ramp is located on the northeast side of the building, near the main entrance. The museum of psychology is housed on the ground floor, and an interior elevator provides access to the Institute galleries, located on the fourth floor. A wheelchair is also kept on-site and is available for loan to those visiting the museum and archives.
INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS
Information for participants and what to expect can be found here.
REGISTRATION
Registration will start at 9:00 am in the atrium on the 3rd floor of the Cummings Center. There will be coffee pods to make coffee. Please bring your travel mugs to reduce waste.
HOTELS
We have procured conference rates at two hotels:
Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Akron. The the last day to book is Wednesday, April 20, 2022. If you are having any issues, ask for Cindy Sherman, Director of Sales.
Baymont Inn & Suites/ Super 8 on Highway 21 west of downtown. Call 330-666-5050 and ask for the OPA rate. If you are having any issues, ask for Jamie Burton, Director of Sales.
If you have questions please contact:
Dimitria Gatzia, Program Coordinator (program@ohiophilosophy.org)
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