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2024 Undergraduate Philosophy Conference 

April 19, 2025
10am - 5pm
Location
James Blair Hall, Room 223
250 James Blair Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
  • Open to the public
A philosopher thinking with the words “Undergraduate Philosophy Conference” to his right.
A philosopher thinking with the words “Undergraduate Philosophy Conference” to his right.

Program Schedule: 


9:30-10:00 a.m. Registration & Coffee!

10:00-10:40 a.m. Bodhi Beroukhim (Phillips Academy, Andover), "Sartre and the Origin of our Knowledge of Other Minds"

10:50-11:30 a.m. Calvin Horne (St. Ambrose University), "The Primacy of Consciousness: Ontological Cartesianism and Its Ethical Implications"

11:40-12:20 p.m. Haotian Wang (University of Chicago), "Re-evaluating Marx's Social Ontology: An 'Economic First' Perspective"

12:20-1:50 p.m. Lunch!

1:40-2:30 p.m. Kas Bernays (University of Pennsylvania), "Alienation and Anthropocentrism in Marx's Ecology"

2:40-3:20 p.m. Younghyun Hwang (Duke), "The Existential Significance of the Categorical Imperative"

3:30-5:00 p.m. Keynote Lecture - Vanessa Wills (George Washington University), on her 2024 book Marx's Ethical Vision 



Sponsored by: Philosophy Department

Contact

Bill D'Alessandro (main advisor)