Kings College London: Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

Undergraduates in philosophy might be interested in this international undergraduate conference in philosophy at KCL in early April.

Keynote Speakers: Professor A C Grayling (Birkbeck) and Dr Eleanor Knox (KCL)

Places are limited, so for registration and venue information, please email kclphilsoc@gmail.com

 Details here:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/events/archive/ugconf2011.aspx

Programme

Saturday, April 2nd

09:30 Conference Opening: Check-in and Welcome

10:00-11:30 Keynote by A.C. Grayling

11:30-12:30 “Moral Disagreement and the 'Impartial Spectator’” James Matharu , London School of Economics

12:30- 13:30 “Discussion of Social Components of Pathology” Lily Bristow, Bristol

13:30 -15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:00 "Describing the Indescribable Heidegger and Husserl" Harry Lewendon, Liverpool

16:00-17:00 "Do some theories of truth help explain Verisimilitude better than others?" Ben Weisz, Cambridge (Trinity College)

*Social events will be held in the evening for all conference participants*

Sunday, April 3rd

9:30 Day Two Opening


10:00-11:00 "Can Machines be Murdered" Alex Miller Tate & Rory Scott, Birmingham

11:00-12:00 "The Impossible Heap: The Representation of Apocolypse in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame” Diana Martin, University of Bucharest and European College of Liberal Arts Berlin

12:00- 13:30 Keynote by Eleanor Knox

13:30-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:00 "Does Modality Supervene on Actuality?" Emily Adlam, Oxford (Queen's College)

16:00-17:00 "Rawlsian Objections Against Utilitarianism as a Theory of Distributive Justice and Equal Consideration" Dimitar Milanov, Nottingham
Registration