Twentieth Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy

Friday, November 7

9:30–9:55 Check–in and Coffee

9:55 Welcome

10:00–12:00 René Descartes

Speaker: Amy Schmitter (University of Alberta) 

Commentator: Raffaella De Rosa (Rutgers University - Newark) 

12:00–2:00 Lunch Break

2:00–4:00 Baruch Spinoza

Speaker: Karolina Hübner (Cornell University)

Commentator: Galen Barry (Iona University) 

4:00–4:30 Coffee Break

4:30–6:30 Immanuel Kant

Speaker: Alix Cohen (University of Notre Dame/University of Edinburgh)

Commentator: Keren Gorodeisky (Auburn University) 

6:30–7:30 Reception

Saturday, November 8

9:30–10:00 Check–in and Coffee

10:00–12:00 Franz Brentano

Speaker: Mark Textor (King’s College London)

Commentator: Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University, Berlin) 

12:00–2:00 Lunch Break

2:00–4:00 Edmund Husserl

Speaker: Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen)

Commentator: David Smith (University of California, Irvine) 

4:00–4:30 Coffee Break

4:30–6:30 Contemporary

Speaker: Uriah Kriegel (Rice University) 

Commentator: Angela Mendelovici (Western University) 

6:30–7:30 Reception