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BPPA Annual Conference 2024

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The BPPA is proud to present the 2024 edition of its Annual Conference. The Annual Conference is the BPPA’s largest and most important event, with a history running for more than 25 years. This year, the conference will take place at the University of Manchester on the 17th and 18th October 2024. As it has become customary, the Annual Conference will be organized side-by-side with our very celebrated Annual Masterclass. 

 

The Annual Conference will count with 20 contributed talks by graduate students from all over the UK, who will present on a wide variety of topics, as this year’s conference theme was fully open. Moreover, we will also have a series of keynote lectures delivered by senior academics from different UK universities. Speakers for the keynote lectures include: 

 

• Joseph Bowen (Leeds)

• Emma Tobin (UCL)

• Emily Caddick Bourne (University of Manchester)

• James Andow (University of Manchester)

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The Annual Conference has been made possible with the generous support of The Royal Institute of Philosophy.

 

Registration: 

 

Registration is required for both presenters and attendants. There will be a small registration fee for those who are not BPPA members, aimed at covering the costs of organizing the conference. Members of the BPPA have their registration fee waived; however, they still need to register.  Start HERE to learn more about BPPA membership. Click HERE to complete the BPPA Annual Conference registration. ​

 

Useful information: 

 

The conference will begin at 9.30am on the 17th October, and finish around 4pm on the 18th October. It will take place at the University of Manchester. The first day, the conference takes place at the Humanities Building, Bridge Street, Manchester M15 6GY. The second day, the event takes place at the Mansfield Cooper Building, Manchester, M15 6EX. The rooms are displayed in the program.

 

While there is no official accommodation provider, many attendants will stay at the Britannia Hotel Manchester. The hotel is just a short walk away from the main train station, and about 20 minutes walking from the University of Manchester. 

 

For any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Program

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HB = HUMANITIES BRIDGEFORD STREET BUILDING, M15 6AD, MANCHESTER

MC = MANSFIELD COOPER BUILDING, M15 6EX, MANCHESTER

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17th October

• 9.30-9.45 (HBS –G.7) – Meet and Greet and Conference Introduction.

• 9.45-11.30 (HBS –G.7) – Masterclass: Emma Tobin (University College

London): Classifying Biochemical Technologies

• 11.30-12.00 – Break

• 12.00-12.30 – Session 1a:

o Panel 1 (HBS–G.7): Gary Jones (Liverpool): The Metaphysics and

Epistemology of Tying Shoelaces

• 12:30-13:00 – Session 1b:

o Panel 1 (HBS –G.7): Jeff Hawley (York St John): If a tree falls in the

forest: X-Phi findings in the Philosophy of Sound

o Panel 2 (HBS–G.33): Kenneth Novis (Oxford): Simone Weil and

Motivational Kinds

• 13:00–14.45 – Lunch break

• 14:45-15:15 – Session 2a:

o Panel 1 (HBS – G.6): Maheshi Gunawardane (Manchester): Susan

Stebbing’s critical thinking philosophy

• 15:15-15:45 – Session 2b:

o Panel 1 (HBS – G.6): Swarnila Saha (Birkbeck): The Problem of the

Many and Semantic Vagueness

• 15:45-16.00 – Break

• 16:00-17:00(HBS-G.6):Keynote Lecture:Joseph Bowen (Leeds): Defending

the future

• 17:00-17:05 – Break

• 17:05-17:35 – Session 2c:

o Panel 1 (HB–G.6): Kit Alcock (Nottingham): Dispensing with Times

o Panel 2 (HB– G.32): Ben Campion (Warwick): Understanding the

Relation of Knowledge and Action in the Photographic Event

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HB = HUMANITIES BRIDGEFORD STREET BUILDING, M15 6AD, MANCHESTER

MC = MANSFIELD COOPER BUILDING, M15 6EX, MANCHESTER

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18th October

• 9.30-10.30 (MC-G.22) - Careers Session delivered by Emily Caddick

Bourne (Univ. of Manchester)

• 10.30-11:00 – Session 3a:

o Panel 1 (MC-G.22): Anna McDermott (Queen’s University Belfast):

Kindred Spirits: A Comparative Analysis of the Similarities between

Anton Wilhem Amo and Plotinus Through the Sensitive Soul and

Principle of Life in the Spirit-Soul-Body Relationship

o Panel 2 (MC-G.20): Julius Geissler (Oxford): Religious orientation, the

ethical life, and modern moral philosophy in Iris Murdoch

• 11.00-11.15 – Break

• 11:15-11:45 – Session 3b:

o Panel 1 (MC-G.22): Hongyu Chen (Edinburgh): Accommodating

dream experiences: Is strong representationalism decisively better

than strong embodiment?

o Panel 2 (MC-G.20): Anita Semerani (UCL): Intention, abilities, and

control

• 11:45-12:15 – Session 3c:

o Panel 1 (MC-G.22): Yifan Li (Essex): Nietzsche’s Free Will

o Panel 2 (MC-G.20): Adam Wingård (LSE): The Real Problem with

Counterfactual Accounts of Harm

• 12.15-12.45 – Session 3d:

o Panel 1 (MC-G.22): Hector Omar Ruiz Rivera (St Andrews): Personal

Assault, Private Property, and the Hypothesis of Extended Cognition

o Panel 2 (MC-G.20): Patrick J. Winther-Larsen (St Andrews): Untimely

Blame and Vulnerability: Blaming at the 'Wrong' Time

• 12.45-14.00 – Lunch break

• 14.00-14.15 – (MC - G.22) Diversity Reading List

• 14:15-14:45 – Session 4a:

o Panel 1 (MC-G.22): Jake Hawthorne (Glasgow): Single Molecule

Magnets: A Case of Functional Chemical Kinds

o Panel 2 (MC-G.19): Matthew Bradley (Oxford): Autonomy and

Authenticity

• 14.45-15.00 - Break

• 15.00-16.00 (MC-G.22)– Keynote Lecture: James Andow (Manchester): If

we’re wrong about our methods, should the way we teach methods

change?

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End of the conference 

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HB = HUMANITIES BRIDGEFORD STREET BUILDING, M15 6AD, MANCHESTER

MC = MANSFIELD COOPER BUILDING, M15 6EX, MANCHESTER

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Organizational team: Pablo Dopico, Bin Liu, Anna McDermott, Jeff Hawley, Prem Narayana-Pai, George Sulliver, B.V.E. Hyde, Nirali Patel, Ruodan Que, Bethany Smith

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With the generous support of: 

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