Method, Theory, and Reality 3rd Annual Workshop

FRIDAY MAY 2, 2025

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm – Preston Lennon, “Formats Are Consciously Experienced”
4:25 pm - 5:40 pm – Jenn McDonald, “Persistence, Existence, and Causation”
5:50 pm - 7:05 pm – Andrew Rubner, “Two Applications of the Expected Use Theory of Representational Content”
7:30 pm     DINNER

SATURDAY MAY 3, 2025

10:15 am – 10:45am      COFFEE & LIGHT SNACKS
10:45 am – 12:00 pm – André Trudel, “Decomposition for Holists”
12:10 pm - 1:25 pm – Justin Mooney, “Commonsense Composition”
1:25 pm - 2:40 pm         LUNCH
2:40 pm - 3:55 pm – Toby Friend, “Two Dogmas About the Laws of Nature”
4:05 pm - 5:20 pm – Travis McKenna, “What is an Instance of a Law of Nature?”
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm – Cruz Davis, “Getting Real About Metaphysical Inference: How to Properly Naturalize Metaphysical Methodology”
7:00 pm     RECEPTION

SUNDAY MAY 4, 2025

10:15 am – 10:45am      COFFEE & LIGHT SNACKS
10:45 am – 12:00 pm – Noga Gratvol, “When Is Attention Normatively Assessable?”
12:10 pm – 1:25 pm – Calum McNamara, "Only Causal Decision Theory Defers to Experts”
1:35 pm – 2:50 pm – Daniel Swaim, “Representation and Commitment”
2:50 pm                       LUNCH