Dartmouth Events

Workshop on Metaethics and Philosophy of Action
Dartmouth College, August 5-6, 2025

Tuesday August 5

10:30-12:15 Nico Cornell (Michigan, Law) and David Plunkett (Dartmouth, Philosophy)
“Wronging By Belief and Owing it To Believe” (pre-read)
With Comments from Tyler Doggett (UVM, Philosophy)

2:30-4:15 Geoff Sayre-McCord (UNC Chapel Hill, Philosophy)
“Rational Agency and the Nature of Normative Concepts” (pre-read)
With Comments from Sarah Paul (NYU Abu-Dhabi, Philosophy)

4:45-6:30 Mikayla Kelley (University of Chicago, Philosophy)
“The Problem of Action Theory” (not pre-read)
With Comments from Matthew Silverstein (NYU Abu-Dhabi, Philosophy)

Wednesday August 6

10:15-12:00 Kenny Walden (Dartmouth, Philosophy)
“Normative Creation” (pre-read)
With Comments from Maggie Shea (UNC Chapel Hill, Philosophy)

1:45-3:30 Michael Bratman (Stanford, Philosophy)
“Institutional Belief and Grounding Functioning in Construction” (pre-read)
With comments from Timothy Rosenkoetter (Dartmouth, Philosophy)

4:15-6:00 Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth, Philosophy)
“The Functions of Moral Language” (pre-read)
With Comments from Jamie Dreier (Brown, Philosophy)

Organized by David Plunkett (Dartmouth Philosophy). Co-sponsored by the Dartmouth Philosophy Department, the Ethics Institute, and the Political Economy Project.

Workshop is free and open to all, space permitting. Please register ahead of time for the papers. Some of the sessions are pre-read. They are marked on the schedule above.
Registration URL:
https://forms.gle/jUHFtYCJbE4T5ymH6

Format for pre-read sessions: 5-10 min Comments, 5-10 min response, then Q+A.
Format for sessions that aren’t pre-read: 30-35min presentation, 5-10 min comments, 5-10 min response, then Q+A.