iwspc welcome packet

8/12/2019 IWSPC Welcome Packet

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Intermoutain West

Student PhilosophyConference

11th Annual

March 20-22, 2014

206 S. Campus Dr., Salt Lake City, U 84112

E-Packet with Links


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Welcome to beautiful Salt Lake City.

This e-packet provides links to maps, hotels, restaurants and places to visit. We

have also included a rough schedule of conference events. For more up to dateinformation, check out our website, here.

Contents

Preparing for the Conference .........................3

Getting to the City ..............................................3

Getting Around the City ...................................3Getting Around Campus ..................................4

Stay on Campus ..................................................4Food in Salt Lake City ........................................5

Conference Schedule ........................................6

Conference Events .............................................7Outside the Conference....................................8

Contact Us .............................................................8


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Get around CampusOn the above map, four TRAX stops can be seen in green,along with the major bus routes marked along the roads.All of our on-campus events will be taking place at theCarolyn Tanner-Irish Humanities Building (CTIHB on the

map). If you ride a campus bus, you will want to get off atthe Student Union and walk around the parking lot(counter clockwise) toward the humanities building.

University of UtahCampus

Stay on Campus

The University Guest House, which we recommendfor lodging, is also marked on the above map. It is

just minutes away from the CTIHB and convenientlyclose to two TRAX stops for easy travel to and from theairport and conference activities. If you would like toshare a room with someone, please contact us and wewill try to help facilitate these arrangements.

Carolyn anner-Irish Humanities Building215 S. Central Campus Dr., 4th Floor

Salt Lake City, U 84112

University Guest House110 Fort Douglas BlvdSalt Lake City, U 84113

Click here for anonline campus map
http://www.universityguesthouse.com/http://www.map.utah.edu/http://www.map.utah.edu/http://www.universityguesthouse.com/


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Conference Schedule Below we have provided a conference schedule. Please note that it may be subjectto change. See our websitefor the latest updates on the conference!

THURSDAY7:15 - 9:15 pm

Plenary Speaker

Jacob StegengaUniversity of Utah

Hollow Hunt for Harms

THURSDAY NIGHT HANGOUTat

Desert Edge Pub

FRIDAY9-9:55 am

Rachel Cicoria

Death, Dignity, and KantianCommentator: Ryan Nelson

10-10:55 am

Julian Gonzalez

Hegel and Kants Moral World Views:Paradoxes and Basis for Absolute

Knowing

Commentator: Anna Vaughn

11-11:55 am

Ryan Murphy

Rectification of Historical Injustice: Supersessionand Dignity RestorationCommentator: ony Smith

12-12:55 pm

Lunch

1-1:55pm

Lauren BowerA Refuge for Realism

Commentator: Aaron Kenna

2-2:55pm

Duane Long, Jr.Standards for Self Control and

Weakness of the WillCommentator: Nick Harrison

3-5 pm

Keynote Speaker

Sarah McGrathPrinceton University

Equilibrium in Ethics and Epistemology

5:30 pm

Stoneground PizzaSpeakers and Department Members Only

SATURDAY9 - 9:55 am

Betty Stoneman

Radicalesbians and Nietzsche: Slave Morality andthe UberfrauCommentator: Cinnamon Jensen

10-10:55 am

Jonathan Spelman

Te Original Position, the Difference Principle, andthe Unborn

Commentator: Brandon Bowen

11-11:55 am

Emma Duncan

rolleys and ransplants: Derailing the DistinctionBetween Doing and Allowing

Commentator: Dan Molter

12-12:55 pm

Lunch

1-1:55 pm

Katrina England

Issues Representing Complex Socio-Identities inCommunity Art

Commentator: Colin Lewis

2-2:55 pm

Ryan Orms-Brooks

Quining GoodnessCommentator: Kyle Barrett

7 pm

CONFERENCE PARTYat 1000 Princeton Ave.
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All are welcome at an informal

THURSDAY NIGHT HANGOUTwhich will follow the plenary speaker

at

Desert Edge Pub273 Trolley Square, Salt Lake City, UT

Use the Trolley TRAX Stop for this eventor

park at the Trolley Station Parking Deck

All speakers will present in the

Tanner Library

(CTIHB 406)

on the 4th Floor of the

Carolyn Tanner-Irish

Humanities Building

Use the TRAX and campus bus

or

park at the Student Union Parking Lot

5:30 pm Friday Night

All speakers and department members are

welcome to join us at

Stoneground Pizza249 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Use the Library TRAX Stop for this event or if youdrive, parking is provided behind the restuarant

7 pm Saturday Night

The

CONFERENCE PARTYwill follow the end of the conference at

1000 Princeton Ave(1000 East 1140 South)

Parking is available along the street

Conference Events


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Outside of the Conference

One of the best parts of going to a conference is getting to travel to new places. Check out Utah!

Wendover: the closest casinoand cheapest liquor around

Salt Flats

Escalante Park: not for thefaint of heart (or limb)

Never hike alone!

Down in the Red Rock desert,the Hole-In-Te-Wall Gang

took refuge here.

Spiral Jetty: Seethis famous art

instillation

National Parks: Arches,Dead Horse Point,

Canyonlands

Moab: Jeep Safari - whereaccidents happen

Sundance

Sundance:Home to theSundance Film Festival inJanuary. Robert Redford

named this little townSundance as a tribute to

his role in Butch Cassidyand the Sundance Kid.

High West Distillery andSaloon: Check out this homegrown distillery in Park City

Salt Lake / Park City: Home to the2004 Winter Olympics

Check out Olympic sights aroundthe U of U campus!

Contact UsIf you have questions, please feel free to contact us

Email: [email protected] Department: 801-581-8161Tony Smith: (801) 414-6271 Colin Lewis: (910) 409-1011
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