The 33rd Annual

Philosophy and Religion

Undergraduate Conference

November 11, 2023
Baldwin Hall 114

The conference is free and open to the public; no registration is required.

 

Conference Schedule

9:00 AM	Pre-Conference Socialization; light food and beverages available
9:25	Dereck Daschke	Truman State University	WELCOME
9:30	Kenzie Spigner	Creighton University	Redefining Sex and Sexuality
10:00	Madeline King	Creighton University	Testamentary Capacity: Justification for the Lucid Interval
10:30	BREAK
10:40	Tristan Corcoran	Coe College	A Response to Brie Gertler’s “In Defense of Mind-Body Dualism”
11:10	Matthias Walters	University of Nebraska at Omaha	Something Called the ‘False Dilemma Fallacy’: A Return to Formalization Just This Time
11:40	LUNCH	Conference participants and their guests are invited to dine on campus, complements of the Department of Philosophy & Religion
1:30 PM	KEYNOTE: Dr. Mark Lambert	Des Moines University	“A Horror of Moral Beauty: Leprosy, Religion and Public Health Debates.”
2:30	Heidi Johnson	Creighton University	Religious Exemptions From Vaccinations
3:00	Corey Hannan	University of Nebraska Omaha	What is Good: Source of the Indefinable Nature of the Concept of Goodness
3:30	BREAK
3:40	Andrew Freund	Truman State University	Don’t Stop Believing (Most of the Time)
4:10	Em Armstrong	Coe College	Psychological Egoism and Helping Others

 

 

The conference organizers gratefully acknowledge the support of the Department of Philosophy & Religion, the Dr. Patricia Burton Honorary Endowment, and the Student Selection Committee.

 

 

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