the MIT department of linguistics and philosophy presents:
MITing of the Minds 2008
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Partially composed of talks by department faculty and graduate students of past and present. Thursday, January 24th, and Friday, January 25th All are welcome. This year's MITing of the Minds is the Fourth Annual MIT Philosophy Alumni Conference. The conference will showcase recent work in a variety of areas in contemporary philosophy. Presentations will cover topics in metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics, and will be accessible to a broad audience. Each day will feature talks by MIT faculty members, current students, and alumni of the graduate program. |
| 9:30 | Breakfast | ||
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| 10:00 | Roger White | "Evidential Symmetry and Mushy Credence" | |
| David Etlin | Commentary | ||
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| 11:30 | Break | ||
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| 11:45 | Tracy Isaacs | "Why We Need an Account of Collective Moral Responsibility" | |
| Sally Haslanger | Commentary | ||
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| 1:15 | Break for lunch | ||
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| 2:45 | Chris Robichaud | "An Apologetics For Any Future High Church Metaphysics" | |
| Bob Stalnaker | Commentary | ||
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| 4:15 | Break | ||
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| 4:30 | Zoltan Gendler Szabo | "Things in Progress" | |
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Alex Byrne | Commentary | |
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| 5.45 | First day ends | ||
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| 8:00 | Conference dinner party | ||
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| 9:30 | Breakfast | ||
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| 10:00 | Brad Skow | "Why Does Time Pass?" | |
| Mahrad Almotahari | Commentary | ||
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| 11:30 | Break | ||
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| 11:45 | Sarah Moss | "Scoring Rules and Epistemic Compromise" | |
| Vann McGee | Commentary | ||
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| 1:15 | Break for lunch | ||
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| 2:45 | Liz Harman | "The Mistake in 'I'll Be Glad I Did It' Reasoning: The Significance of Future Desires" | |
| Caspar Hare | Commentary | ||
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| 4:15 | Conference ends | ||
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