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)
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.
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 at british.postgraduate.philosophy@gmail.com.
Program
17th October - Day One:
● 9.45-10:00 – Meet and Greet and Conference Introduction.
● 10:00-11.45 – Masterclass: Emma Tobin (University College London): Classifying Biochemical Technologies
● 11.45-12.15 – Break
● 12.15-12.45 – Session 1a:
o Panel 1: Gary Jones (Univ. of Liverpool): The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Tying Shoelaces
o Panel 2: Joshua Parker (Lancaster): Healthcare exceptionalism: should healthcare be treated differently when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
● 12:45-13:15 – Session 1b:
o Panel 1: Jeff Hawley (York St John): If a tree falls in the forest: X-Phi findings in the Philosophy of Sound
o Panel 2: Kenneth Novis (Oxford): Simone Weil and Motivational Kinds
● 13:15–14.45 – Lunch break
● 14:45-15:15 – Session 2a
o Panel 1: Maheshi Gunawardane (Univ. of Manchester): Susan Stebbing’s critical thinking philosophy
o Panel 2: Kristoffer Moody (Edinburgh): Who's to (Instrumentally) Blame? Influenceability vs. Reasons-Responsiveness
● 15:15-15:45 – Session 2b
o Panel 1: 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: Julius Geissler (Oxford): Religious orientation, the ethical life, and modern moral philosophy in Iris Murdoch
● 15:45-16.00 – Break
● 16:00-17:00 – Keynote Lecture. Joseph Bowen (Univ. of Leeds): Defending the future
● 17:00-17:05 – Break
● 17:05-18:00 – Careers Session delivered by Emily Caddick Bourne (Univ. of Manchester)
● 19:00 – Conference dinner
18th October - Day Two:
● 10.00-10.30 – Session 3a
o Panel 1: Kit Alcock (Nottingham): Dispensing with Times
o Panel 2: Ben Campion (Warwick): Understanding the Relation of Knowledge and Action in the Photographic Event
● 10.30-11:00 – Session 3b
o Panel 1: Swarnila Saha (Birkbeck): The Problem of the Many and Semantic Vagueness
o Panel 2: Patrick J. Winther-Larsen (St Andrews): Untimely Blame and Vulnerability: Blaming at the 'Wrong' Time
● 11.00-11.15 – Break
● 11:15-11:45 – Session 3b
o Panel 1: Hongyu Chen (Edinburgh): Accommodating dream experiences: Is strong representationalism decisively better than strong embodiment?
o Panel 2: Anita Semerani (UCL): Intention, abilities, and control
● 11:45-12:15 – Session 3c
o Panel 1: Yifan Li (Essex): Nietzsche’s Free Will
o Panel 2: Adam Wingård (LSE): The Real Problem with Counterfactual Accounts of Harm
● 12.15-12.45 – Session 3d
o Panel 1: Hector Omar Ruiz Rivera (St Andrews): Personal Assault, Private Property, and the Hypothesis of Extended Cognition
o Panel 2: Bethany Smith (UCL): The Digitalisation of Time — neuronal violence and the loss of duration in Han’s ‘Burnout Society’
● 12.45-14.00 – Lunch break
● 14.00-14.15 – Address by Diversity Reading List
● 14:15-14:45 – Session 4a
o Panel 1: Jake Hawthorne (Glasgow): Single Molecule Magnets: A Case of Functional Chemical Kinds
o Panel 2: Matthew Bradley (Oxford): Autonomy and Authenticity
● 14.45-15.00 - Break
● 15.00-16.00 – Keynote Lecture. James Andow (Univ. of Manchester): If we’re wrong about our methods, should the way we teach methods change?
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