University of Delaware
Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

Saturday November 7. Rodney Room, 1st floor of Perkins Student Center

This event is supported by the University of Delaware Philosophy Department and the Class of 1955 Fund

All student talks will consist of a twenty-minute presentation followed by fifteen minutes for questions.
(download abstracts - download schedule)

9:30	Breakfast
10:00	Opening Remarks
10:10	Ross Vandegrift, University of Delaware Abortion and Infanticide and Materialists
10:45	AJ DeBonis, Eastern University A Comparison of Ontologies: Boredom and Wonder in Judging and Producing Cultural Artifacts
11:20	Katherine Sepulveda, Bryn Mawr College Derrida and Gadamer: An Unnecessary Rupture
11:55	Caitlin Bursack, Temple University Vision in God: A Dichotomy that Still Haunts Humans Today

12:30	Lunch
1:30	Adam Croom, University of Pennsylvania Wittgenstein, Kripke, and the Rule Following Paradox
2:05	Colin Smith, Temple University The Paradox of Musical Universality
2:40	James Harrell, University of Maryland De Re Modality and Lewis’ Modal Realism: The Case for Vague Objects
3:15	Break
3:30	David Norton Memorial Lecture Dr. Larry Temkin, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University Rethinking the Good: Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning
5:00	Reception

Organizer: Tara Rhoades.
Enquiries / RSVP (appreciated but not required) to UDconference@gmail.com.