The Annual Southwest Graduate Philosophy Conference
Each year, the Graduate Philosophical Society at ASU holds a graduate conference in the spring to give graduate students in the southwest an opportunity to present their work, receive feedback and network with other graduate students.
Friday, April 18–Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Lattie F. Coor Hall, ASU Tempe Campus
976 S Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281
Call for proposals
Submissions are now closed. Each presenter will be given 30 minutes for their presentation and 15 minutes for Q&A. We welcome submissions in all areas of philosophy. For details on how to apply, see the call for proposals.
Questions may be directed toward Shade Hannum.
Keynote Speaker
Amy Berg
Assistant Professor, Rice University
Amy Berg is an assistant professor at Rice University. She works on ethics and political philosophy, with a particular interest in well-being. Her book The Well-Rounded Life is under contract with Princeton University Press. She received her PhD from UC San Diego. You can find out more about her work at amyeberg.com.
Keynote Lecture: On Being Bad at Things
Schedule
Friday, April 18
Riley Harris, "Nociception and Pain in Artificial Intelligence"
School: University of Oxford
Commentator: Keith Swisher
Matthew Wiseman, "Reciprocal Just Savings"
School: University of Southern California
Commentator: Jonghyeon Kim
Aurodeep Ray, "Moral Depersonalization and Hybrid Internalism"
School: Texas Tech University
Commentator: Gabriel Sánchez Ainsa
Nikki Ivie, "Antinatalism and the Psychologically Rich Life"
School: Florida State University
Commentator: Walter Barta
Yonathan Fiat, "Knowledge by Choice"
School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Commentator: Yashin Voss
Saturday, April 19
Walter Barta, "Some Potential Loopholes in the Impossibility Theorem"
School: University of Houston
Commentator: Matthew Wiseman
Gabriel Sánchez Ainsa, "Well-being and the Reasons to Love"
School: Northwestern University
Commentator: Nikki Ivie
Malcom Morano, "Intelligibility and the Meaning of Life"
School: Harvard University
Commentator: Harits Hasra
Dr. Amy Berg, "On Being Bad at Things"
School: Rice University
Conference Dinner, Caffe Boa*
* Our funding will cover breakfast and lunch costs for the conference. Unfortunately, we cannot cover dinner for all the participants, only for the Keynote. Caffe Boa is a 15 minute walk from the conference venue, and we will walk over after the Keynote on Saturday.