This is the official webpage for the 2026 Tulane Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, which will be held at our beautiful uptown New Orleans campus from Friday, October 9 through Sunday, October 11. The Conference will be a combination of in person and online talks and discussions.
Friday, October 9
Lavin-Bernick Center 208, Korach Conference Room
5:00-6:00
Opening Address
Evan Jack, (Tulane University), ‘Aesthetic Non-consequentialism and its consequences’
6:30
Conference Dinner, Lebanon Cafe
Saturday, October 10
Lavin-Bernick Center 201, Race Conference Room
9:00
Breakfast and Coffee
9:30-10:15
John Stork (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), '‘Why Be Moral'
10:15-11:00
Audrey Grutzik (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), ‘Cripping Consequentialism’
11:00-11:45
Liam Gibson (Arizona State University), ‘What Spinoza Said to the Tortoise’
11:45-12:30
Macan Moslem-Khani (Kharazmi University), ‘Scientific Categoricalism’
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-2:15
Charles Wager (University of Vermont), ‘Distinctness & Time Without Change’
2:15-3:00
Payton Nelson (Flagler College), ‘Blame from Falsehood’
3:00-3:45
Chris Rhodes (University of West Florida), ‘On the Very Idea of a Propositional Attitude’
4:00-5:15
Keynote Address
Kevin Morris (Associate Professor, Tulane University), "The Causal Argument for Physicalism from a Historical Perspective"
5:30
Conference Dinner, Fresco
Sunday, October 11
Lavin-Bernick 201, Race Conference Room
9:00
Breakfast and Coffee
9:30-10:15
Quinn Gibson (University of West Florida), ‘Lpw’
10:15-11:00
Nancy Chen (De Anza College), ‘Normativity without Accountability’
11:00-11:45
Shawn Quek (University of Chicago), ‘Desiring a Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent’
11:45-12:30
Zanmehm Aung (University of Akron), ‘The Commodification of Redress’
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-2:15
Matthew Blonder (Tulane University), ‘Dethroning the Prinz: Defending Empathy’
2:15-3:00
Caroline Cattar (Louisiana State University),‘The Four Horsemen of Metrics’
Contact
For questions, please contact the conference organizer, Evan Jack, at ejack1@tulane.edu.