MITing of the Minds 2022
Composed of talks by department faculty and graduate students of past and present.
Thursday, January 27th
1:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Friday, January 28th
10:30 AM – 5:30 PM ET
This year’s MITing of the Minds is the eighteenth annual MIT philosophy alumni conference. The conference will showcase recent work in a variety of areas of contemporary philosophy. Presentations will be accessible to a broad audience.
Talks will be held in-person for MIT affiliates only. If you would like to participate virtually, please email Eliot or Sophie for the conference zoom link.
Schedule
Thursday, January 27th
1:00 PM Social
1:30 PM Ryan Doody, “Dice Ex Machina”
Comments by: Jonathan Fiat
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM Ned Hall, “Respectful Deflationism”
Comments by: Kelly Gaus
5:00 PM Break
5:30 PM Jessica Heine, “Character and Contact”
Comments by: Alex Byrne
Friday, January 28th
10:30 AM Social
11:00 AM Michele Odissea Impagnatiello, “The Phenomenal Theory of Personal Identity”
Comments by: Stephen Yablo
12:30 PM Break
2:00 PM Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa, “A Dream to Know Everything: On Curiosity and Pursuing Irrational Questions”
Comments by: Sonia Maria Pavel
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM Kieran Setiya, “What is a Right?”
Comments by: Bennett Eckert
5:30 PM End of Conference