UTSC Association of Philosophy Students

CONFERENCE PAPERS ONLINE

Several of the presenters have offered to make the presented versions of their papers available to conference attendees (or those who were unable to attend). Please find links to the PDF files below.

• Augie Faller: "On the Sensitivity of What is Said (and Heard)"
• Trystan Goetze: "On Harms Arising from Credibility Excess and a Reworking of Testimonial Justice as a Mean"
• Ben Waltmann: "Synaesthetic Metaphors"

UPDATED KEYNOTE: ANDREW SEPIELLI, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Due to an urgent and unfortunate family emergency, Professor Ruth Chang is unable to attend the UTSC Fifth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference this Saturday, March 10. We extend our heartfelt sympathies and hope that all will be well for Professor Chang and her family.

In Professor Chang's stead, we have invited and confirmed UTM's Andrew Sepielli as our keynote presenter. Professor Sepielli's research interests include moral psychology, moral realism, moral uncertainty, normative ethics, phenomenology, philosophy, and practical rationality. He will be delivering a talk entitled, "Disagreement and the Structure of Epistemic Normativity."

Selected Publications

2012 Conference Program Announced

Congratulations to Augie Faller (Reed College), Trystan Goetze (University of Waterloo), Bill Kowalsky (Harvard University), and Ben Waltmann (Oxford University), our presenters for this year's conference. We'd like to thank everyone for the excellent submissions!

• "On Harms Arising from Credibility Excess and a Reworking of Testimonial Justice as a Mean"

• Presenter: Trystan Goetze
• Institution: University of Waterloo
• Commentator: Katie Fewster-Yan
• Chair: Ana Djapa

• "A Defense of Asymmetric Dependence from Two Objections by Boghossian"

• Presenter: Bill Kowalsky
• Institution: Harvard University
• Commentator: Heather Hutchinson
• Chair: Tyler Dilnot

• "On the Sensitivity of What is Said (and Heard)"

• Presenter: Augie Faller
• Institution: Reed College
• Commentator: Robyn Forman
• Chair: Mike Derewonko

• "Synaesthetic Metaphors"

• Presenter: Ben Waltmann
• Institution: Oxford University
• Commentator: David Balcarras
• Chair: Jem Rosario

• "Disagreement and the Structure of Epistemic Normativity"

• Presenter: Andrew Sepielli
• Institution: University of Toronto
• Chair: Heather Hutchinson

APS Welcomes Dr. Ruth Chang As Keynote Speaker March 2012

We are pleased to announce that we have confirmed Dr. Ruth Chang (Rutger's University) as keynote speaker for UTSC's Fifth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.

Dr. Chang's research interests concern fundamental questions about values, reasons, and agency. She is currently writing a book, Making it Matter, which explores and develops a view of the will according to which agents can, under the appropriate circumstances, quite literally will considerations to be reasons. We are extremely excited to welcome her as this year's keynote speaker.

This year's conference is scheduled to take place on March 10, 2012. We will be sending out the first call for submissions within the next couple of weeks. Remember that submissions from UTSC students are not only permitted, but encouraged! Additionally, we have officially entered conference planning season. If you are interested in assisting us or would like to get more involved, please contact the Executive Committee.

Noumena Submission Guidelines

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30.04.2012
Download: Submission Guidelines (PDF)

Selection for papers presented at this year's conference is now complete, but we are still accepting submissions for Noumena. If you submitted a paper to the conference (and to the journal), please be aware that we have not yet settled on selections for the journal.

Submissions should be between 3,000–5,000 words and may not exceed 6,000 words. All papers must be submitted with a title page that incorporates the following:

• The author's name, institution, and contact information (this includes a mailing address, email address, and telephone number where we may reach you).
• A concise abstract outlining the paper's topic and central thesis.

Papers selected for publication must be made available in .DOC or .DOCX format, and are subject to additional requirements. Authors should consult our editorial policies.

Available Editorial Positions

Noumena is currently seeking editors for its editorial panel. If are interested in a position on the panel, please submit your application. Please note that we request a writing sample from all applicants. For more information on the positiions available and the responsibilities of an editor, please see the Noumena site.

Noumena Launch Party A Success

On Monday, October 12 the Association of Philosophy Students and the Department of Philosophy at UTSC co-sponsored an interdisciplinary debate on "The Meaning of Life" to celebrate the launch of UTSC's Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy, Noumena.

Our three panelists—Benj Hellie (Philosophy, UTSC), Andrew Sepielli (Philosophy, UTM), and Herbert Kronzucker (Biology, UTSC)—generated a lively and insightful discussion on what "life" is and various senses in which it might be meaningful, or come to be meaningful. The discussion was so engaging that the event ran nearly an hour past its scheduled end-time! We are extremely grateful to our three panelists for their energetic contributions; they certainly made the evening a success.

Copies of Noumena are available at several locations throughout campus: Jason Ferreira's office (HW331A), the SCSU office in the Student Center, and Student Life (also in the Student Center).