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Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR) Spring Conference Schedule
Philosophy, Religion, and Existential Commitment
March 30-31, 2023
Robertson Hall, Bowl 016
Thursday, March 30th
Chair: Alexander Englert (Princeton University)
9-9.45 - Stephen Grimm (Fordham University): “Faith, Doubt and Commitment”
9.45-10.30 - Claudine Davidshofer (High Point University): “Kierkegaard on the Uselessness of Hegelian Dialectics for Religious Existence”
BREAK
Chair: Lara Buchak (Princeton University)
10.45-11.30 - Alexander Barrientos (University of Utah): “Pascal on Habit, Faith, and Grace”
11.30-12.15 - Jonathan Rutledge (Harvard University): “Epistemic Existentialism and Affective Faith”
LUNCH (available at venue for participants)
Chair: Gabriel Citron (Princeton University)
13.00-13.45 - Jessica Flanigan (Univ. of Richmond): “Political Equality, Christianity and the Family”
13.45-14.30 - Jacob Zellmer (UC San Diego): “What Philosophy and Theology have in common for Spinoza”
BREAK
Chair: Mark Johnston (Princeton University)
14.45-16.15 - KEYNOTE: Dean Zimmerman (Rutgers University): “Some Varieties of Divine Presence”
Friday, March 31st
Chair: Jonathan Gold (Princeton University)
8.45-9.30 - Seyma Yazici (Ankara University): “Theistic Moral Anti-Theodicy and Theistic Moral Commitment”
9.30-10.15 - Jizhang Yi (University of Toronto, St. George): “A Chan Buddhist Perspective on Kierkegaard’s Truth and Existence”
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Chair: Leora Batnitzky (Princeton University)
10.30-11.15 - Itay Melamed (Cornell University) & Noam Oren (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): “On the Rationality of the Religious Believer’s Grief”
11.15-12.00 - Jacob Hesse (Ruhr Universität Bochum): “Religion and Self-Liberation: Ernst Cassirer’s Philosophy of Religion”
LUNCH (available at venue for participants)
Chair: Elizabeth Li (University of Copenhagen/Princeton)
12.45-13.30 - Alexander (Z) Quanbeck (UNC Chapel Hill): “Kierkegaard on Belief, Credence and Uncertainty”
13.30-14.15 - Jaclyn Rekis (University of Western Ontario): “The Accessibility of Religious Reasons”
BREAK
Chair: Andrew Chignell (Princeton University)
14.30-16.00 - KEYNOTE: Clare Carlisle (King’s College London): “After the Leap”
Sponsored by the University Center for Human Values and the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion