Mohawk Valley Metaphysics

May 1, 2026 - May 2, 2026
Department of Philosophy, Union College

Everest Lounge and Hale House
807 Union Street
Schenectady
United States

Sponsor(s):

  • Ichabod Spencer Foundation

Speakers:

California State University, Los Angeles
San Jose State University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Middlebury College
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rutgers - New Brunswick

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Union College

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The Philosophy department at Union College is happy to host Mohawk Valley Metaphysics, a workshop for philosophers working in metaphysics. 

Friday May 1st

9:30 am coffee and snacks

10am Mark Balaguer, Cal State LA: “Welcome to Flatland: A Nice Place to Live”

11am Rebecca Chan, San Jose State University: “A Chapter from The Ethics of Transformative Experience"

2pm Tim Juvshik, Middlebury College: “Who Is the Author of Generative AI Outputs?

3pm Amy Seymour, Rutgers University:  “Theoretical Satiation"

Saturday May 2nd

9:30 am coffee and snacks

10am Dan Korman, UC Santa Barbara:    “Constitution and the Benacerraf Problem"

11am Katrina Elliott, Brandeis University: "The Principal Principle: What is it? Who cares?"

2pm Ying Huang, Union College: "Revisiting the Laws of Nature Debate: A Disagreement about Explanatory Structures"

3pm Ned Markosian, UMass Amherst:  “Causation, Agent Causation, and Free Will.” 

Please email David Friedell at [email protected] if you have any questions.

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