Inaugural Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion Conference Part 1: Virtual

Inaugural Conference in Philosophy of Religion

Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (PPPR)

University Center for Human Values

Princeton University

The Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (https://pppr.princeton.edu) is excited to announce an inaugural conference in philosophy of religion, to be held October 30-31, 2020. Due to the pandemic, we have divided the conference into two parts. The first will be held virtually, but we have a great in-person event planned for September 2021 or whenever public health permits.

Schedule, all times Eastern.

Friday, October 30 

11:00-12:15 Margaret Kamitsuka, Oberlin University, “The Afterlife Understood from an Emergent Materialist Perspective” 

1:00-2:15 Finlay Malcolm, University of Hertfordshire, “The Epistemic Status of Propositional Faith” 

2:30-3:45 Andrew Moon, Virginia Commonwealth University, “How to Properly Deflect a Debunking Argument” 

4:00-5:15 Eric Steinhart, William Patterson University, “Religious Possiblism” 

Saturday, October 31 

11:00-12:15 Hope Sample, Grand Valley State University, “Anne Conway on Divine and Creaturely Freedom” 

1:00-2:15 Rory Phillips, University College London, “On Being a Christian and at Home in the World” 

2:30-3:45 Caleb Cohoe, Metropolitan State University of Denver, "The Value of Otherworldly Happiness: Why Augustine is Right to Distinguish Beatitudo from Felicitas"

4:00-5:15 Sam Lebens, University of Haifa, “Proselytism as Epistemic Violence” 

For more information, feel free to contact Daniel Rubio or Ryan Darr, postdoctoral fellows at PPPR.