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2024 Midwest SCP Meeting

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2024 Midwest SCP Meeting
Oklahoma University, Nov 8-9

Keynotes: Anne Jeffrey (Baylor) and Christian Miller (Wake Forest)

Theme: An Empirically Grounded Religious Ethics

Registration fees: 
Non-member: $100
Member: $55
Student/K-12/under-employed member: $20

If you'd like to join the SCP to take advantage of the lower conference rates, click here. Regular membership is $45/year; student/K-12/under-employed is $10/year.

If you're a student, K-12 teacher, or under-employed and would like to register but cannot, in good conscience, become an SCP member, contact Josh Thurow and we'll make sure you can still receive the $20 registration rate.

SCP Midwest 2024 Schedule

 

Day 1

 

All rooms in Dale Hall Tower

9th Floor

plenary room

8th floor

seminar room

9th floor

seminar room

6th floor

seminar room

8 am-8:30am

Greetings and Instructions

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8:30-9:30

Ian Church, “Hallmarks of Indifference: Experimental Philosophy and Draper’s Probabilistic Argument from Evil”

Andrew Gustafson, “A Partial Christian Defense of Utilitarianism”

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Alex Spieldenner, “An Anxiously Thomistic View of Fortitude”

9:40-10:40

Michael Prinzing, “Experimentally Investigating the Concept of Purpose”

Eric Silverman, “Love and the Good of a Meaningful Life”

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Joshua Thurow, “Reconciling Feminist Critiques and Classical Theories of Atonement”

10:50-11:50

Frederick Choo, “Does Divine Command Theory Exempt Psychopaths From Morality?”

Jonathan Fuqua, “Desiring Theism: We Should Want God To Exist”

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Katelyn O’Dell, “Divine Hiddenness: Evidence and Transcendence”

12-1pm

C. Stephen Evans, “Empirical Support For Natural Signs as Means for Natural Religious Knowledge,” chaired by Adam Green

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1pm-2:30

<<All registrants other than grad students and plenary speakers will be guided to Dunham hall, a modest walk from the conference site where lunch may be purchased>>

 

 

<<Lunch for grad student attendees and plenary speakers will be served on the 6th floor at no cost>>

2:30-3:30

Bob Hartman, “Virtues that Mitigate the Deprivations of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” (zoom talk)

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Emily McCarty, “Remember Job’s Friends: A Worry For Anti-Theodical Projects”

Philp Woodward, “The Unity of the Subject”

3:40-4:40

Gregory Baker, “Breaking the Knobe Effect: The Stability of Intentional Action Intuitions”

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Jimmy Licon, “Strangers To Ourselves Before God”

Jashiel Resto-Quinones, “What If God Issued One Command Only?”

4:50-5:50

Panel, “Using Empirical Tools in the Philosophy of Religion” Ian Church, Christian Miller, and Adam Green

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Sylwia Wilczewska, “What Can a Christian Learn From An Agnostic: Not Judging Others and Suspending Judgment”

Fidel Arnecillo, “Is There Room for a Social Contract Theory About Morality in Christian Ethics?”

6-7pm

Catered dinner is included with registration

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7-8:30pm

Christian Miller, “TBA”, chaired by Yujin Nagasawa

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Day 2

 

All rooms in Dale Hall Tower

9th floor

plenary room

9th floor

Seminar room

6th floor

Seminar room

8am-9am

Brian Ballard, “Nourished by God’s Creation: A Theistic Argument from the Empirical Benefits of Contact With Nature”

Michael Mohajer, “Divine Emanicity”

Kevin Smith, “Korsgaard and the Irreplaceable Value of Persons”

9:10am-10:10am

Marilie Coetsee, “Political Polarizer or Moral Mediator? Promises and Pitfalls of Sacred Community In A Secular Age”

Matthew Frise, “The Nature of Divine Knowledge”

Timothy Miller, “Rule Consequentialism and Theo-Ethical Equilibrium”

10:20am-11:20am

Jag Williams, “Artificial Intelligence and Other Tools For Agency: The Imago Dei In the Age of AI”

Jenna Klaasen, “Toward a Christian Philosophy of Disability”

Darrin Belousek, “Appendectomy On Demand: A Minimal Defense of Conscientious Objection In Health Care”

11:30am-12:30pm

Joel Alvarez, “Augustinian Epigenetic Ethics: The Biological Impact Of Our Choices”

Adam Pelser, “Knowing the God of All Comfort: The Epistemic and Moral Significance of Comfort As A Religious Emotion”

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12:30pm-2pm

<<Registrants will be guided to Dunham hall. Mentor-grad mentee pairs have a room reserved for them to connect over lunch>>

 

 

2pm-3:30pm

Anne Jeffrey, “TBA,” chaired by Josh Spears

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3:30pm-4:30pm

Leland Saunders, “Virtues and the Normativity of Human Flourishing”

Justin Rice, “Christian Exclusivism and the Corrupt Dissemination Argument”

David Bukenhofer, “Competence Errors Derived From Antecedent Performance Errors: A Development of David Brink’s Defense of Reasons Responsiveness”

4:30pm-6:30pm

<<Dinner on one’s own>>

 

 

6:30pm-8:30pm

<<Public-Facing Panel on God and Morality held offsite at TBD>>, moderated by Noah Jones

Panelists: Anne Jeffrey, C. Stephen Evans, Marilie Coatsee, and Adam Pelser

 

 

 

Date and Time

Friday, November 8, 2024, 8:00 AM until Saturday, November 9, 2024, 5:00 PM Central Time (US & Canada) (UTC-06:00)

Location

Oklahoma University
Norman, OK  73019
USA

Event Contact(s)

Adam Green

Category

Meeting

Registration Info

Registration is required
Payment In Full In Advance Only