Department of Philosophy

Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable

University of Memphis
March 17-18, 2023
University Center 305, Fountain View Room

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Schedule of Events

Friday, March 17

8:30 a.m.
Welcome
Deb Tollefsen and David Henderson

9:00 a.m.—9:45 a.m.
"Social Norms and Social Reason"
James Ewing
Chair: David Henderson

10:00 a.m.—10:45 a.m.
"Ontological Anti-Foundationalism in Sociology"
Yannis Trophardy
Chair: Zach Auwerda

11:00 a.m.—11:45 a.m.
"An enactivist rejoinder to structural functionalism"
Joshua Rust
Chair: Mark Risjord

12:00 p.m.—1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:45 p.m.—2:30 p.m.
"Categorising Groups: How to Understand the Sharing of Values"
Valeria Martino
Chair: Kareem Khalifa

3:00 p.m.---4:30 p.m.
Keynote Lecture:
Fed Ex Institute of Technology, Methodist Presentation Theatre
"Social and Algorithmic Choices in the Curation of Information"
Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon
Chair: Deb Tollefsen

5:30 p.m.—7:00 p.m.
Wiseacre Brewing

Saturday, March 18

10:00 a.m—10:45 a.m.
"Artifacts, institutions, and the interventionist normativity of functions"
Clint Hurshman
Chair: Deb Tollefsen

11:00 a.m.---11:45 a.m.
"Climate change as a tragedy of the commons? A critique of the collective action analysis of climate change"
Clarissa Busch
Chair: David Henderson

12:00 p.m.—2:00 p.m.
Lunch

2:00 p.m.—2:45 p.m.
"Conspiracy Theories and Anxiety in Culture: Why Is Threat-Related Misinformation a Byproduct of an Evolved Ability to Mobilize Sources in the Face of Un-represented Threat?"
Martin Palecik
Chair: Amy Nigh

3:00 p.m.—3:45 p.m.
"Classifying Bitcoin: The Priority of the Descriptive Approach"
Gloria Sansò
Chair: Mark Risjord

4:00 p.m.—4:45 p.m.
"The Translation Problem with Sovereign Currency"
Maxwell Poitier and Brian Duricy
Chair: Kareem Khalifa

7:00 p.m.—10:00 p.m.
Conference reception

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