Philosophy Student Symposium Day 1
The 24th Annual Texas State University
Philosophy Student Symposium
April 23rd & 24th, 2021
April 23rd, 2021
SESSION ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY
"Types and Time's Passing: Two Ways Popper's Falsifiability Fails to Avoid Induction"
Zachary Landeros,
Graduate Student, Texas State University
Respondent: Séan Pierce
"Holistic Support & Cohen's Problem of Easy Knowledge"
Séan Pierce,
Graduate Student, University of California Santa Barbara
Respondent: Zachary Landeros
SESSION TWO: PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
"On Conceptualizing the Binding Problem Through a Naturalized Kantian Framework"
Ekin Erkan,
Graduate Student, The City University of New York
Respondent: Brian Wermcrantz
"On the Format of Object Representation: What Icons Can't Do"
Brian Wermcrantz,
Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Respondent: Ekin Erkan
SESSION THREE: METAPHYSICS
"Islands: A Case of Individualized 'Object' Metaphysics"
Charles Perkins,
Graduate Student, University of California Santa Barbara
Respondent: Vincent Tanzil
"On the Teleological Account of Composition"
Vincent Tanzil,
Graduate Student, University of Rochester
Respondent: Charles Perkins
KEYNOTE ADDRESS, DAY 1
"Desperado Blues: A Treatise on Outlaws and Modernity"
Trent Oatman,
M.A. Texas State University
Former President of Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honors Society
SESSION FOUR: PHILOSOPHY OF PROTEST
"Black Lives Matter"
James Attwood,
Graduate Student, Texas State University
Respondent: Declan Ward
"Violence and Free Speech"
Declan Ward,
M.A. Texas State University
Respondent: James Attwood