Friday, April 17, 2015 - 8:45am to 5:00pm
Location:
PROGRAM
8:45-9:00 Coffee
9:00-9:05 Conference Opening
Prof. Adam Swenson, Associate Chair, Philosophy, CSUN
9:05-9:10 Welcome
Josh Dolin, President, CSUN Student Philosophy Society
9:10-10:10 PANEL I [Ethics]: Norms, Rules and All That: Autonomy and Placebos
Chair: Taylor Hawking (Philosophy, CSUN)
9:10-9:25 Ryan Cook (Philosophy, CSUN):
“Autonomy and Normative Authority: An Argument Against Relational Autonomy”
9:25-9:40 Cesar Bernal (Philosophy, CSUN):
“Ethics of Placebos and Informed Consent with Respect to Pain”
9:40-9:55 Commentary by Prof. Adam Swenson (Philosophy, CSUN)
9:55-10:10 General discussion
10:10-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-11:20 PANEL II [Metaphysics]: The Real and the Identical
Chair: Thea Manalang (Philosophy, CSUN)
10:20-10:35 Pedro Melchor (Philosophy, M.A. Program, CSULA):
“Compositions as Identity: A Defense Via Similarity of Relations”
10:35-10:50 Cleopatra Doyle (Philosophy, CSUN):
“A New Way of Approaching Panpsychism”
10:50-11:05 Commentary by Prof. Julie Yoo (Philosophy, CSUN)
11:05-11:20 General discussion
11:20-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 PANEL III [Epistemology/Mind]: Affective States in Truth and Art
Chair: Cory Benz (Philosophy, CSUN)
11:30-11:45 Pablo Gómez Forero (Music/Psychology, CSUN):
“Brain, the Music Machine: Neurocognitive Perspectives of Music and Implications in Attributed Musical Emotions”
11:45-12:00 Josh Dolin (Philosophy, CSUN ):
“The Ergon and Telos of Inquiry: A Defense of Affective Epistemology”
12:00-12:15 Commentary by Prof. Abel B. Franco (Philosophy, CSUN)
12:15-12:30 General discussion
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 Faculty Keynote Speaker:
Chair: Clarissa Delgado (Sociology, CSUN)
1:00-1:30 Prof. Brian Burkhart (American Indian Studies, CSUN):
“Radical Empiricism in Indigenous Philosophy"
1:30-1:45 General discussion
1:45-1:50 Break
1:50-2:30 Letters From Abroad: Philosophy in Otherland
Chair: Raul Velez (Philosophy, CSUN)
1:52-2:00 Prof. Nicholas W. Dungey (Political Science, CSUN)
2:00-2:07 Prof. Douglas W. McLaughlin (Kinesiology, CSUN)
2:07-2:15 Prof. Ranita Chatterjee (English/Liberal Studies, CSUN)
2:15-2:30 General discussion
2:30-2:35 Break
2:35-2:45 Luckenbach Award Presentation
Prof. Tim Black (Chair, Philosophy, CSUN)s
2:45-3:15 Alumnus Keynote Speaker
Chair: Prof. Tim Black (Chair, Philosophy, CSUN)
2:45-3:05 Nima Rajamand (B.A. Philosophy; B.A. Linguistics, CSUN, 2012):
“The Devil's Advocate or Modern Cleric? My Perspective As Dante in the World of Law”
3:05-3:15 General discussion
3:15-3:20 Break
3:20-3:25 Final Remarks
Anjinette Barker (B.A. Philosophy, CSUN, 2014)
3:25-3:30 Thank-Yous and Good-Byes
Prof. Abel B. Franco (Philosophy, CSUN)
3:30-5:00 Barbecue in Northridge Park and Recreation Center
Address: 10058 Reseda Boulevard; Northridge, CA 91325
For more information: Prof. Abel B. Franco (CSUN, Philosophy)
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This conference is sponsored by
Sid ’89 & Julie Luckenbach
and the
CSUN Department of Philosophy