About

Topic
This conference showcases work in social metaphysics. Specifically, it highlights work that combines contemporary analytic metaphysics with social ontology and social philosophy.

Format
Regular sessions will be 60 minutes: a 30 minute presentation and a 30 minute Q&A. Keynote sessions will be 90 minutes: a 45-60 minute presentation with the remainder of the time for Q&A.

Registration
To register for this conference, please fill out the form linked here.  The Zoom link for the conference will be sent out at least a day before the conference

If you have any questions, send an email to: socialmetaphysics at gmail dot com.

Organizers
Kevin Richardson is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University. He currently works at the intersection of metaphysics, philosophy of language, and social philosophy. 

Asya Passinsky is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She works primarily in metaphysics, social & political philosophy, and feminist philosophy, especially at the intersection of these areas.

Hosts
This conference is hosted by the NC State University Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the UNC Chapel Hill Philosophy Department.

Program

All times are in Eastern Time. This schedule is tentative.

​Friday, June 4
10:45 AM-11:00 AM 
11:00-12:00 PM


12:00-12:30 PM
12:30-1:30 PM

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1:30-2:30 PM
2:30-3:30 PM


3:30-4:00 PM
4:00-5:30 PM

​Session
Welcome
Terminological Injustice. Gender Pluralism and the Ethics of Gender Terms
Speaker: Dan Lopez de Sa
Chair: Jennifer Wang
Break
Social Kind Essentialism
Speaker: Asya Passinsky
Chair: Aaron Griffith
Lunch Break
Logical Subtraction and Social Kinds
Speaker: Kevin Richardson
Chair: Rebecca Mason
Break
What is health?
Keynote: Elizabeth Barnes
Chair: Asya Passinsky

Saturday, June 5
11:00 AM-12:00 PM


12:00-12:30 PM
12:30-1:30 PM


​1:30-2:30 PM
2:30-3:30 PM


3:30-4:00 PM
4:00-5:30 PM

​Session
Countersocial Counterfactuals
Speaker: Sara Bernstein
Chair: Dee Payton
Break
Identities without Labels
Speaker: Kate Ritchie
Chair: Dan Korman
Lunch Break
Mind-dependence and Social Metaphysics
Speaker: Elanor Taylor
Chair: Rowan Bell
Break
Social Worlds as Socio-Regulative (and Psycho-Somatic) Systems
Keynote: Sally Haslanger
Chair: Kevin Richardson

Sunday, June 6
11:00 AM-12:00 PM


12:00-12:30 PM
12:30-2:00 PM

​Session
Grounding, Explanation, and Legal Positivism
Speaker: Samuele Chilovi and George Pavlakos
Chair: Emilie Pagano
Break
No Money, No Women: Social Relationalism as the Best Solution to Grid Collision
Keynote: Jonathan Schaffer
Chair: Michaela McSweeney