26th Annual NYU Columbia Graduate Conference in Philosophy

April 24, 2026
Department of Philosophy, Columbia University

Pupin Laboratories Room 214
538 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027
New York 10027
United States

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Sponsor(s):

  • New York University, Department of Philosophy

Speakers:

Harvard University
University of Kentucky
(unaffiliated)
Stanford University
(unaffiliated)

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The conference will take place on April 24, 2026 at Columbia University.

The keynote speaker for this event is Selim Berker (Harvard).

Attendees must RSVP by Friday April 17th in order to guarantee access to campus. Please RSVP using this google form.

The Columbia campus is gated: you will be unable to enter without a guest pass and a piece of government ID with identical name. Late registrations please email [email protected] with subject line "RSVP" and we will try to accommodate.

Schedule:

10:10–11:00 Grant Ray (Stanford) "Lying as Betrayal"

11:10–12:00 Mingyan Yang (Ohio State) "A Novel Case-Based Argument Against Pragmatic Encroachment on Knowledge"

12:10–1:00 Matt Lam (McMaster) "Beyond Autonomy: Adaptive Preferences and the Value of Livable Worlds"

Lunch @ Department

2:10–3:00 Nanda Harish (Kentucky) "The Puzzle of Socrates' First Speech in the Phaedrus"

3:10–5:00 Selim Berker (Harvard) "Knowledge Isn't Grounded in Truth"

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April 22, 2026, 5:00pm EST

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