THIRD ANNUAL C.O.V.I.D. GATHERING

Conference (Online/Virtual) for Imagination Domination

This conference will be held via Zoom on May 24-25, 2022 from 9 am - 12 noon Pacific time. It is a pre-read conference. Papers will be distributed to all participants by the end of April.

Each 50 minute session will start with one or two prepared commentaries, plus a brief response from the paper author. The remaining time will be for discussion.

Participation in this conference is limited and requires advance registration. If you are interested in attending, please contact Amy Kind.

Schedule

tuesday, May 24

9 - 9:50 a.m.

Luke Roelofs: “Simulation, Imagination, and Recruitment”

Commentators: Daniel Munro, Mena Clavel Vasquez

10 - 10:50 a.m.

Neil Van Leeuwen: “The Puzzle of Religious Rationality”

Commentators: Josh Myers, Eric Peterson

11 - 11:50 a.m.

Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa:  “Can Daydreaming Too Much Constitute a Pathology of Its Own?”

Commentators:  Felipe Morales Carbonell, Jodie Russell

wednesday, May 25

9 - 9:50 a.m.

Alma Barner: “A Consequentialist Theory of Imagination”

Commentators: Mike Stuart, Steve Humbert-Droz

10 - 10:50 a.m.

Reza Hadisi: “Between the Universal and the Particular: Lessons from Suhrawardi”

Commentators: Antony Aumann, Peter Langland-Hassan

11 - 11:50 a.m.

Sara Aronowitz: “The Golem and the Afterlife of Observations”

Commentators: Nathanael Stein, Catherine Wearing

Additional participants: Olivia Bailey, Alon Chasid, Adriana Clavel-Vásquez, Jill Cumby, Michael Omoge, Tom Schoonen