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This conference was organized prior to the passing away of Robert Merrihew Adams on April 16, but we now dedicate it to his memory, given his groundbreaking work on the conference themes as well as in many other areas of philosophy. Bob was a beloved colleague and teacher of several of the conference organizers and participants, and we are all indebted to his life and work
The schedule for the conference is below. All talks will be held in Robertson Hall, Bowl 002. Please note that there will be a pause in the conference programming on Saturday afternoon to allow participants to attend the memorial service for Robert Adams at the Princeton Seminary Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary.
Attendance is free and open to all who register by emailing [email protected].
Saturday, May 11
| Time | Event |
| 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast catered onsite |
| 9-10 a.m. | Quinn White (Harvard University): "Love First" Chaired by Darren Yau |
| 10:15-11:15 a.m. | Fannie Bialek (Washington University in St. Louis): "Wanting without Knowing: Lysias and the Fear of Vulnerability in Love" Chaired by Zena Hitz |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Austen McDougal (Princeton University): "Love Paid Forward" Chaired by Z Quanbeck |
| 12:30-2 p.m. | Lunch catered onsite |
| 2-4 p.m. | Memorial service for Robert Adams at the Princeton Seminary Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary |
| 4:15-5:15 p.m. | Michael Au-Mullaney (Fordham University): "K.E. Løgstrup’s Sovereign Expressions of Life: Neighbor-Love and The Affirmation of Interdependence" Chaired by Gabriel Citron |
| 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Ryan Preston-Roedder (Occidental College): "Rebellion" Chaired by Lara Buchak and Andrew Chignell |
Sunday, May 12
| Time | Event |
| 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast catered onsite |
| 9-10 a.m. | Eric Gregory and Enoch Kuo (Princeton University): "F.D.E. Schleiermacher on Charity" Chaired by Jason Yonover |
| 10:15-11:15 a.m. | Jordan Walters (McGill University): "Naïve Humanism" Chaired by Lewis Wang |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Aliza Ashraf (Queens College, CUNY): "Combating Akrasia in Love: Revisiting Spinoza's Intellectual Love of God" Chaired by Denys Turner |
| 12:30-2 p.m. | Lunch catered onsite |
| 2-3 p.m. | Jada Twedt Strabbing (Wayne State University) and Terence Cuneo (Vermont University): "Techniques of the Soul: Iris Murdoch and the Case of Prayer" Chaird by Sylvia Wilczewska |
| 3:15-4:15 | Kyla Ebels-Duggan (Northwestern University): "The Extremely Difficult Realization that Something Other than One’s Self is Real”: Murdoch on Love and Morality" Chaired by Eleanor Gordon-Smith |
| 4:30-5:30 | Timothy Jackson (Emory University/Princeton University): "Kierkegaard on God, Paradox, and Love" Chaired by Hans Halvorson |