2014 Tennessee Value and Agency "TVA" Conference
The Tennessee Value and Agency conference is an annual event aimed at encouraging philosophical conversation about topics pursued by established research clusters at the University of Tennessee Department of Philosophy.
2014 Conference – November 7 & 8, 2014
Reason, Sentiment and Sensibility in the Moral Life
Friday, Nov. 7
- 9:00 a.m.: Charles Starkey, Associate Professor, Clemson University
Colloquium Paper: Feeling, Seeing and Mattering - 10:30 a.m.: Maura Tumulty, Associate Professor, Colgate
Colloquium Paper: Alienated Perception - 12:00 noon: Lunch (provided on site)
- 1:00 p.m.: Kyla Ebels Duggan, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Colloquium Paper: The Kantian Inheritance of Humean Desire - 2:30 p.m.: Bridget Clarke, Associate Professor, University of Montana
Colloquium Paper: Virtue and Sensibility - 4:00 p.m.: Ginger Tate Clausen, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
Colloquium Paper: Fitting Love - 5:30 p.m.: Tal Brewer, Professor, University of Virginia
Keynote address: The Miseducation of the Sentiments
Saturday, Nov. 8
- 9:00 a.m.: Marta Jimenez, Assistant Professor, Emory
Colloquium Paper: Aristotle on Pseudo-Courage - 10:30 a.m.: Brad Cokelet, Assistant Professor, University of Miami
Colloquium Paper: Making More Room for Character - 12:00 noon: Lunch (provided on site)
- 1:00 p.m.: David Goldman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio State
Colloquium Paper: Beyond Excuse and Exemption - 2:30 p.m.: Andrew McAninch, Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Colloquium Paper: What is the Value of Deliberation? - 4:00 p.m.: Amelie Rorty, Professor, Tufts
Keynote address: The Ethics of Collaborative Ambivalence
All lectures are free and open to the public.
For further information, contact David Reidy, dreidy@utk.edu, 865-974-3255
Sponsored by:
- Department of Philosophy, University of Tennessee
With support from:
- Humanities Center, University of Tennessee
- Haines Morris Fund, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennesse
Location
The conference will take place in room 1210 of McClung Tower, which is located at 1201 Volunteer Blvd.