2008 Philosophy Graduate Conference April 4 – 5, 2008 All talks will be held in 107 Hall of Languages All refreshment receptions will be held in the Dietl Room, 538 HL Friday, April 4 4:00 – 5:15 Joe Zepeda (Notre Dame), “Spinoza’s Vacuum Argument Revisited” Commentator: Aaron Koller (Syracuse) Chair: Rich Booher (Syracuse) 5:15 – 5:45 Break, refreshment reception 5:45 – 7:00 Andy Thomas (Sheffield), “Horwich’s Minimal Theory and the Dependence of Truth on Reality” Commentator: Deke Gould (Syracuse) Chair: Rachel McKinney (Syracuse) 7:00 – 7:30 Break, refreshment reception 7:30 – Informal gathering, Downtown Syracuse Saturday, April 5 9:30 – 10:30 Breakfast in Dietl Room, 538 Hall of Languages 10:30 – 11:45 Jon LaSalle (Biola), “Modal Mereology and Spatial Intrinsics” Commentator: Dave Lu (Syracuse) Chair: Paul DuBois (Syracuse) 11:45 – 12:15 Break, refreshment reception 12:30 – 1:45 Alex Baia (UT Austin), “What Sort of Character is the Normative Character of Assertion?” Commentator: Jay Rourke (Syracuse) Chair: Aaron Wolf (Syracuse) 1:45 – 2:45 Lunch in the Dietl Room, 538 Hall of Languages 2:45 – 4:00 Jussi Suikkanen (Reading), “Revising the Buck-Passing Theory of Value” Commentator: John Monteleone (Syracuse) Chair: Kelly McPherson (Syracuse) 4:00 – 4:30 Break, refreshment reception 4:30 – 6:30 Keynote Speaker: André Gallois (Syracuse), “Our Glassy Essence: Transparency and Self-Knowledge” Chair: Mark Barber (Syracuse) 7:00 – 9:00 Dinner at Appethaizing, Marshal Street. 9:30 - Party at Sarah McGrath’s home – directions TBA