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CPA26 | ACP26

    2026 CPA Congress | Congrès de l'ACP 2026
    Paper Abstract Symposium Plenary Closing Session Partner Association Philosophy in the Schools
     

    Saturday, 6 June 2026

    9:00
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2016
    Symposium
    Mental Health and Technology: Philosophical Problems in the Age of AI
    Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien et Zoey Lavallee
    Social & Political Philosophy
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2017
    Symposium
    The History of Western Philosophy of Language before Frege/Russell
    Rachel Barney, Ben Hill, Robert Stainton
    Philosophy of Language
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2021
    Symposium
    Responsabilité, blâme et agentivité
    Thomas Adetou, Melissa Hernandez Parra , Christine Tappolet, Simon Pierre Chevarie-Cossette, Antoine Dang Van
    Normative Ethics
    9:00 – 12:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    Symposium
    Book Symposium on Facticity and the Fate of Reason After Kant
    G. Anthony Bruno
    History of Philosophy
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2162
    9:00
    Cartographie thématique de la philosophie préuniversitaire québécoise : Analyse computationnelle de Petite revue de philosophie et Horizons philosophiques (1979-2007)
    Francis Lareau, Jean-Claude Simard, Yvan Lamonde
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:45
    Qu’est-ce que l’ignorance blanche fait à la démocratie délibérative?
    Mélanie Guillemette et Jade Laflamme
    Commentator: TBA
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2170
    9:00
    Judgmentalism as a Relational Vice
    Emer O'Hagan
    Commentator: Yanjie Ding
    Normative Ethics
    Paper
    9:45
    "Haven't You Heard?" Gossip as a Response to Epistemic Silencing
    Sarah Turnbull
    Feminist Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2176
    9:00
    What's Wrong with the "Reason Relation"?
    Karl-Antoine Pelchat
    Commentator: TBA
    Meta-Ethics
    Paper
    9:45
    Doit-on abolir le financement électoral privé ?
    Patrick Turmel, David Robichaud, Sacha-Emmanuel Mossu, Laurence Lévesque
    Commentator: Marie-Pier Lemay
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2116
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society of Christian Philosphers (CSCP)
    CSCP
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2184
    Partner Association
    Ethics Bowl Canada
    Ethics Bowl
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2190
    Partner Association
    Ethics Bowl Canada
    Ethics Bowl
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2102
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM)
    CSHPM
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2118
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
    CSHPS
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2130
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
    CSHPS
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2132
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
    CSHPS
    11:00
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2162
    11:00
    Décentrer l'aide, réincarner la pensée : le tutorat par les pairs en philosophie comme réponse pédagogique à l'ère de l'IA
    Adam Westra
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    11:30
    La puissance affective de la littérature. Une lecture spinoziste
    Andrea Munforte
    Philosophy of Art
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2170
    11:00
    Human Rights and Climate Change: An Analysis of La Rose v. Canada
    Sandra Raponi
    Philosophy of Law
    Abstract
    11:45
    Duties to Oneself in Early Modern Moral Philosophy
    Michael Walschots
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2176
    11:00
    Tonalités historiques: l'époque de l'anxiété
    Antoine Cantin-Brault
    Continental & European Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:30
    Consentir à l’esclavage, vraiment ?
    Ibrahim Radjouloul-Salame Mouhamadou
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    12:00
    Application de la théorie de la justice de John Rawls aux problèmes environnementaux
    Xavier Garneau
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    14:00
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2016
    14:00
    Plantinga's EAAN, Diverse Goals, and Knowledge-First Naturalism
    Joshua Brecka
    Commentator: TBA
    Epistemology
    Paper
    14:45
    Inquiry and Italian Newspapers
    Arianna Falbo
    Commentator: Brian Ball
    Epistemology
    Paper
    15:30
    Challenging Common Sense: Singular Terms Referring to Many in Late Medieval Thought
    Simone Luigi Migliaro
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2017
    14:00
    Restitution of Settler Private Property and the Lesser Evil
    Michael Luoma
    Commentator: TBA
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    14:45
    A Dilemma for Skeptics of Trustworthy AI
    Madeleine Ransom; Nicole Menard
    Commentator: TBA
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    15:30
    Narrenfreiheit; a Tool of the Oppressed Could Go Mainstream
    Christina Behme
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2021
    14:00
    Is It Time for Radical Ecological Thought? Reexamining Aldo Leopold's "Land Ethic"
    Mari Noble
    Commentator: James Winslow
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    14:45
    Depressive Phenomenology, Psychiatric Nosology, and Medical Assistance in Dying
    Quinn H. Gibson
    Commentator: TBA
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    15:30
    A Political Philosophy of Sport: Reframing Ethics and Governance
    Evan Thomas Knott
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2162
    14:00
    Sharing Labour as a Principle of Justice
    Yuanjin Xia
    Commentator: Dean Joseph
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    14:45
    An Account of Structural Change
    Mauro Rossi
    Commentator: TBA
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    15:30
    Philosophy in the Schools
    CPA
    Committee Meeting (open to all)
    Committee Meeting
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2170
    14:00
    Double Consciousness and Self-Estrangement
    Elvira Basevich
    Commentator: TBA
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    14:45
    Theorizing Rural Identity
    Holly Longair
    Commentator: TBA
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    15:30
    Rethinking Social Role Critique: From “Stepping Back” to Consciousness-Raising
    Eliza Wells
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2176
    14:00
    (American) Anti-racism vs. (Canadian) Multiculturalism
    Sonia Sikka
    Commentator: TBA
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    14:45
    On Fascist and Antifascist Disease Metaphors
    Dallas Jokic
    Commentator: Kaitie Jourdeuil
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    15:30
    Confronting Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Territorial Rights Theory
    Kaitie Jourdeuil
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    14:00 – 16:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    14:00
    Structurally Embedded Suffering: Structural Injustice and the Ethics of MAID for Mental Illness
    Nicholas Dunn
    Commentator: Derek Andrews
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    14:45
    Transparency Is the New Originality: Evolving Values in Academic Ethics
    Lauren Bialystok
    Commentator: TBA
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    15:30
    Categorical Moral Limits of Violent Protests
    Manula Adhihetty
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2116
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society of Christian Philosphers (CSCP)
    CSCP
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2184
    Partner Association
    Ethics Bowl Canada
    Ethics Bowl
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2190
    Partner Association
    Ethics Bowl Canada
    Ethics Bowl
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2102
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM)
    CSHPM
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2118
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
    CSHPS
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2130
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
    CSHPS
    14:00 – 16:00
    McCain 2132
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
    CSHPS
    16:00
    16:00 – 17:30
    Scotiabank Theatre
    Plenary
    Drake Lecture — presented by CSHPS/CPA—
    Françoise Baylis
    Building Better (Human) Beings: Gattaca Stack & Prediction Markets

    Sunday, 7 June 2026

    9:00
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2016
    Symposium
    Éthique de la recherche et de l’enseignement universitaires : engagement normatif, publication, évaluation, enseignement
    présence confirmée: 1. Valéry Giroux (Université de Montréal); 2.Mauro Rossi (Université du Québec à Montréal); 3. Arash Abizadeh (McGill University); 4. Andrée-Anne Cormier (École nationale d’administration publique) et Véronica Ponce (Collège Marianopolis)
    Applied Ethics
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2017
    Symposium
    Méthode, métaphysique et science à l'époque moderne
    Christian Leduc
    History of Philosophy
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2021
    Symposium
    Whither Paris?
    Allen Habib
    Applied Ethics
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2102
    Symposium
    Medieval Ethics and Philosophy of Action
    Geneviève Barrette; Martin Pickavé; Michael Szlachta; Simona Vucu
    History of Philosophy
    9:00 – 12:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    Symposium
    Symposium on Canadian Philosophy
    Joan Whitman Hoff; Elizabeth Trott; Eric Wilkinson (Chair)
    History of Philosophy
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2116
    9:00
    The Social Interdependence of Knowledge, Morality, and Liberty
    Richmond Campbell
    Commentator: Susan Dieleman
    Meta-Ethics
    Paper
    9:45
    Generative AI, De-Skilling, and Our Right to Mental Integrity
    Mark Fortney
    Commentator: TBA
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2130
    9:00
    A Right to Self-Determination for National Minorities
    Xavier Garneau
    Commentator: Ibrahim Radjouloul-Salame Mouhamadou
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    9:45
    A Reasonable Excuse? Mental Disorder, Agency, and Excusing Conditions
    Emily Baron
    Commentator: Vanita Fernandes
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2118
    9:00
    Healthy and Unhealthy Patterns of Grieving by use of Griefbots
    Olivia Barbaro
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    9:30
    Survivors of Sexual Assault on the Stand: A New Feminist and Victim-Centered Bioethical Framework to Discuss Justice and Trauma
    Mathilde Genest
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    10:00
    Seeing Through Your Neighbourhood Barn Façade: Agrarian Aesthetics and Placemaking in the Maritimes
    Madeleine Léger
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2132
    9:00
    Identity Politics: Leftist Distraction or Black Feminist Praxis?
    A.Y. Odedeyi
    Feminist Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:30
    Liberty as Access: A Normative Defense of Compulsory Licensing Under International Law
    Radheesh Ameresekere
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    10:00
    NIMBYs, Moral Abandonment, and Solidarity
    Nicole Fice, Marie-Pier Lemay
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2162
    9:00
    Black Box Society: On Domination in the Attention Economy
    Arjun Sawhney
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:30
    Making Good Tea: Gossip as Practical Wisdom
    Rowan Bell
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    10:00
    What Good is Democratic Participation?
    Dean Joseph
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2170
    9:00
    Can Grok Apologize? AI and the Standing to Say Sorry
    Alice MacLachlan, Maggie O'Brien
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:30
    Charles Mills's Black Radical Rawlsianism: A Reconstruction and Critique
    Joel da Silva
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    10:00
    Trust and Harm Reduction, Trust as Harm Reduction
    Clair Baleshta
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2176
    9:00
    Possibility, Normativity, and Rupture: Modal Logic and the Social Meaning of Transgression
    Laura Cristina Soria Valdés
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:30
    Inflation as a tax on lending and saving? Functionally, yes. Morally, no.
    Andrew Allison
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    10:00
    In Defense of Evidence-Based Activism
    Scott Woodcock
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2198
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (CSSPE)
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2184
    Partner Association
    Ethics Bowl Canada
    Ethics Bowl
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2190
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society of Aesthetics (CSA)
    CSA
    11:00
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2021
    11:00
    Calling COVID-19 "the Chinese Virus": Identifying Microinvalidations in Public Speech
    Emma McClure
    Commentator: TBA
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    11:45
    An Epistemic Critique of Integrating the Concept of Adaptive Preferences into Clinical Care
    Marco Tang
    Commentator: TBA
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2116
    11:00
    Perfectionism and Moral Bioenhancements
    Gennady McCracken
    Commentator: Nicole Menard
    Applied Ethics
    Paper
    11:45
    Knowledge as Technê in Plato's Republic
    Rachel Barney
    Commentator: TBA
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2118
    11:00
    Be Right Back: Deathbots and Grieving Well
    Nicholas Ray
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    11:30
    The Offloading/Uploading Distinction: Towards a Demarcation Criterion for the Extended Mind
    Axel Constant
    Commentator: TBA
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2162
    11:00
    Top-Down Effects on Intuition and Perception
    Ethan Lyons
    Commentator: TBA
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    11:45
    Making Oneself Known and the Ethics of Epistemic Reparations
    Nicolas Nicola
    Commentator: TBA
    Epistemology
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2170
    11:00
    Preemptionism Socialized: Rethinking Epistemic Authority in Social Interactions
    Yue Wang
    Commentator: Andrew Howat
    Epistemology
    Paper
    11:45
    Empiricism, Rationalism, and Pragmatic Response to Skepticism
    Tyler Hildebrand
    Commentator: TBA
    Epistemology
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2130
    11:00
    Against the Merging Strategy to AI Safety
    Pamela Robinson
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    11:30
    The Risks of Anthropocentric AI Alignment
    Dmitry Turko
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    12:00
    The Evolutionary Roots of Our Intimate Rights
    Jasmine Gunkel and Chris Viger
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2132
    11:00
    Epistemic and Ethical Risk in Metadata-Based Decision Making in Modern Intelligence and Defense Operations
    Morgan Flom
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    11:30
    Thinking Within and Beyond the World: A Phenomenological Refutation of the Simulation Argument
    Brian Redekopp
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    12:00
    Hospitable Interspecies Neighbourhoods
    Dennis Papadopoulos
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2176
    11:00
    A Role-Based Epistemology
    Steven Bland
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    11:30
    Two Varieties of Epistemic Accountability
    Daniel Rodrigues
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    12:00
    Am I Trapped in An Echo Chamber? A Skeptical Argument for Epistemological Communitarianism
    Gabriele Contessa
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    14:00
    14:00 – 16:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    Plenary
    Pathways, Politics and Possibilities: Rethinking Philosophy as Resistance—
    Laura Mae Lindo & Tamara Ray
    Join us for an engaging and transformative plenary session featuring high school philosophy teacher Tamara Ray and Dr. Laura Mae Lindo, an assistant professor of philosophy, alongside student researchers Alacia Tshilombo, Avri Jeffcott, and Keyana Mullings. This session explores the intersection of philosophy education, race, and research, focusing on how engaging Black youth in philosophical dialogue can open pathways for understanding identity, justice, and social change. We’ll examine how philosophy helps unpack experiences of race and racism while empowering young people to shape their narratives and futures. By connecting classroom practice with scholarly research, this plenary offers a unique opportunity to reflect on how philosophy fosters critical thinking, educational growth, and collective action.
    This session is supported by an EDID grant from the FHSS.
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2198
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (CSSPE)
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2184
    Partner Association
    Ethics Bowl Canada
    Ethics Bowl
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2190
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society of Aesthetics (CSA)
    CSA
    16:00
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2016
    16:00
    A Direct Argument from Counterfactual Skepticism to Future Skepticism
    Yunbing Li
    Commentator: Kyle K. J. Adams
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    16:45
    Incompatibilist Threads in Locke’s Account of Liberty
    Matthew Leisinger
    Commentator: TBA
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    17:30
    Playing for Virtue: Videogames and the Good Life
    Stefan Tallaj-Rodriguez
    Philosophy of Art
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2017
    16:00
    Spinoza on Identity, Distinctions of Reason, and Ontological Pluralism
    Raphaelle Dupont
    Commentator: Matthew Leisinger
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    16:45
    A Stoic Capability Approach
    Rex Lee
    Commentator: TBA
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    17:30
    Maria von Herbert and Kantian Pessimism
    Corey W. Dyck
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2021
    16:00
    Tadeusz Ciercierski (University of Warsaw)
    Tadeusz Ciercierski
    Commentator: Michael Pougnet
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    16:45
    Artificial Articulation: Analogical Reasoning in Large Language Models
    Ian Hartlen
    Commentator: Ethan Lyons
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    17:30
    Language Model Beliefs and Cognitive Self-Governance
    Cameron Yetman
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2102
    16:00
    Structure Meets Strategy in the Misinformation Age
    Brian Ball, David Freeborn, Federica Imbriale, Amil Mohanan, Giovanni Petri, and Prudhvi Vuda
    Commentator: Arianna Falbo
    Epistemology
    Paper
    16:45
    Attitude Authority in the Age of AI
    Benjamin Winokur
    Commentator: Brian Redekopp
    Epistemology
    Paper
    17:30
    Digital Intolerance and Meaningful Discourse: A Digital Humanities Approach to the Philosophical Implications of Digital Communication
    Brady Fullerton & Cameron Fioret
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2116
    16:00
    At what cost can Pragmatism about Belief explain Pragmatic Encroachment?
    Evan Robichaud
    Commentator: Yue Wang
    Epistemology
    Paper
    16:45
    From Truth to Post-Truth
    Andrew Howat
    Commentator: Tyler Hildebrand
    Epistemology
    Paper
    17:30
    A Public Mental Health Approach to Addressing the Climate Crisis in Health Care
    Michael Montess & Daniel Buchman
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2118
    16:00
    Consent, Agency, and the Mental
    Jonathan Ichikawa
    Commentator: Simon-Pierre Chevarie-Cossette
    Normative Ethics
    Paper
    16:45
    Population Ethics After the Singularity or Post-Human Population Ethics
    Johan P. du Plessis
    Commentator: TBA
    Normative Ethics
    Paper
    17:30
    The Right to Justification: Toward the Inclusion of Experience-Based Expertise and the Co-Determination of Normative Power Relations in Mental Health Care
    Derek Andrews
    Applied Ethics
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2130
    16:00
    Sexual Creepiness
    Todd Calder
    Commentator: TBA
    Normative Ethics
    Paper
    16:45
    Contractualism and the Relevance Fix to the Numbers Problem
    Chunqi Lin
    Commentator: Sarah Hoffman
    Normative Ethics
    Paper
    17:30
    The Intergenerational Harms of Climate Misinformation
    Emily Schneider
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2132
    16:00
    Complicity in Psychedelic Harm Reduction
    Sarah Hoffman
    Commentator: Bowen Chan
    Normative Ethics
    Paper
    16:45
    Scaffolded Achievements
    Bowen Chan
    Commentator: Deep Singh Kalsi
    Normative Ethics
    Paper
    17:30
    Animal Cultures in the City: Noise Pollution and the Case for a Right Against Cultural Loss
    Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2162
    16:00
    No Bayesian Threat to Phenomenal Conservatism
    Dan Baras
    Commentator: TBA
    Epistemology
    Paper
    16:45
    Truth and Other Norms: How We Bullshit by Degrees
    Tim Kenyon
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    17:30
    Structural Injustice and the Role-Invariance Thesis
    Colin Anthony Smith MacNairn
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2170
    16:00
    Bafflement, Slack, and Mist
    Mark McCullagh
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    16:45
    Intention and Convention in Locutionary Acts
    Nathan Malcomson
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    17:30
    On the Moral Status of AIs
    Deep Singh Kalsi
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2176
    16:00
    Malapropisms, Conventions and The Metaphysics of Words
    Manuela Ungureanu
    Commentator: Dinez Clarke
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    16:45
    Pornography, Speech Act Theory, and Illocutionary Disablement
    Dinez Clarke
    Commentator: James Ralph
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    17:30
    The Moral Standing to Direct: A Unified Account of the Standing to Blame, Demand, Request, Urge, Etc.
    Daniel Telech
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    16:00
    Astell's "Proposal": An Early Critique of Patriarchal Ideology
    Aman Sakhardande
    Commentator: Sonia Sikka
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    16:45
    The 'How?' and 'Why?' of Attitude Formation
    Nate Oppel
    Commentator: Kate Lohnes
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Paper
    17:30
    Probability and Information: Janina Hosiasson's Interpretation of Probability Between 1931 and 1935
    Dillon Lamarche
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract

    Monday, 8 June 2026

    9:00
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2016
    Symposium
    Early Modern Perspectives on Power Relations in the Private Sphere
    Charlotte Sabourin (Douglas College) & Sylvie Loriaux (U. Laval)
    History of Philosophy
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2017
    Symposium
    Institutional Distrust
    Carolyn McLeod (Professor, Western University), Natalie Stoljar (Professor, McGill), Jason D'Cruz (Professor, SUNY Albany), Corinne Lajoie (Postdoc, Western), Alexis Morin-Martel (PhD Candidate, McGill)
    Applied Ethics
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2021
    Symposium
    Reproductive Justice
    Kimberly Brownlee, Christie Hartley, Alyssa Izatt, Ashley Lindsley-Kim, Blain Neufeld
    Social & Political Philosophy
    9:00 – 12:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    Symposium
    Philosophy of Wellness in an Unwell World
    Rowan Bell, Jules Wong, Kristin Rodier, Mercer Gary, Isobel McDonald
    Social & Political Philosophy
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2102
    9:00
    Legal Interpretation as Linguistic Interpretation
    Andy Yu
    Commentator: Craig Agule
    Philosophy of Law
    Paper
    9:45
    A Modest Proposal for Deep-Sixing Propositions in the Philosophy of Language
    Patrick Duffley & Paul Symington
    Philosophy of Language
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2130
    9:00
    Detachment As A Virtue
    Samiksha Goyal
    Commentator: TBA
    Normative Ethics
    Paper
    9:45
    A Materialist Politics of Language
    Ian Olasov
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2170
    9:00
    Word-Types as Abstracta Arising from Branches of Tokens
    Megan Stotts
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Language
    Paper
    9:45
    Mary Astell’s Theory of Friendship: Synthesizing Virtue, Duty, and Consequence
    Casidy Noble
    Commentator: Christian Leduc
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2116
    9:00
    What Should Moderates Say About Doxastic Wronging?
    Luke Capek
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    9:30
    Intellectual Laxity
    Maryna Nekrasova
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    10:00
    Getting Lucky Online: On Epistemic Luck and the Web
    Charles Côté-Bouchard
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2118
    9:00
    Caught in Epistemic Factions
    Alice Huang
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    9:30
    Philosophical Inquiry and Intuitive Methodology
    Eric Wilkinson
    Epistemology
    Abstract
    10:00
    Friendship, Freedom, and Perfecting Goods
    Reza Hadisi
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2132
    9:00
    Contractualism, Risk, and Specified Individual Claims
    James Winslow
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    9:30
    Upholding Choice: The Right to Refuse AI Treatment Plans
    Vanita Fernandes
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    10:00
    Loving Control: The Permissibility of Peer Paternalism
    Angela Mendelovici and Anthony Skelton
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2162
    9:00
    Self-Other Symmetry and Estrangement
    Yanjie Ding
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    9:30
    For Bad: Cheap Grace in Wicked and Beauty and the Beast
    Bell Luan
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    10:00
    Yes or No(thing)? On Presupposition, Intimacy, and Why Consent is Necessary for Ethical Sex
    James Maeve Ralph
    Philosophy of Language
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2176
    9:00
    Assertions in Data Visualizations
    Kyle K. J. Adams
    Philosophy of Language
    Abstract
    9:30
    Anger as a Unique Emotion: Properly Contextualizing Anger in Philosophical Debate
    Michael Pougnet
    Philosophy of Language
    Abstract
    10:00
    The Grammar of Sensation: On Anscombe's Philosophy of Perception
    Colin McDermot
    Philosophy of Language
    Abstract
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2198
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (CSSPE)
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2184
    Partner Association
    Canadian Jacques Maritain Association (CJMA)
    CJMA
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2190
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society of Aesthetics (CSA)
    CSA
    11:00
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2116
    11:00
    Does the Pyrrhonian Sceptic have Beliefs?
    Lawrence Bruce-Robertson
    Commentator: TBA
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    11:45
    Aristotle on Brutishness and Philia
    Manuela Rondón Triana
    Commentator: Justin Correa
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2118
    11:00
    Aristotle’s Second Condition for Acts of Particular Injustice
    Justin Correa
    Commentator: TBA
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    11:45
    Are Definitions True?
    Bradley C. Dart
    Commentator: Dillon Lamarche
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2130
    11:00
    Perspective and Plato's Cave
    Matt Craig
    Commentator: TBA
    History of Philosophy
    Paper
    11:45
    Ecolization and the Supernal: Taking Indigenous Philosophy at its Word
    Kent A. Peacock
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Science
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2176
    11:00
    Aristotle's Ramp of Nature
    John Thorp
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Science
    Paper
    11:45
    Proportional Democracy, Aggregation, and Coercion
    Jordan Desmond
    Commentator: TBA
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2102
    11:00
    The Secular Essence of “Islamic Philosophy,” Farabi and Abu Zayd
    Hamid Andishan
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:30
    ἰδιώτης τύραννος: The Private Man and the Birth of the Tyrant in Plato’s Republic
    Aidan Ingalls
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    12:00
    Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Analysis of Relative Social Willingness-To-Pay as a Method For Public Decision-Making
    Patricia Marino
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2132
    11:00
    Is Growth Good? Two Pragmatist Perspectives
    Diana Heney
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:30
    Projection, Practice, Uniformity and Rules
    Henry Jackman
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    12:00
    Matter's Perception in Margaret Cavendish's Philosophy
    Jack Zaluski
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2162
    11:00
    Ancient Scepticisms and How to Study Them
    James Allen
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:30
    Hobbes and Eudaimonism
    Brandon Smith
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    12:00
    Spinoza’s Dispositionalism
    Ilgin Aksoy
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2170
    11:00
    How Nature Became an Artifact
    Calvin Normore
    History of Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:30
    AI in Plato's Cave: On the Nature of Features in Mechanistic Interpretability
    Iman Ferestade
    Philosophy of Science
    Abstract
    12:00
    Methodological Operationalism: A Case Study on Measuring Remission in Schizophrenia
    Matthew Valiquette
    Philosophy of Science
    Abstract
    14:00
    14:00 – 16:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    Plenary
    CJP Lecture: Defending Morality—
    Wayne Sumner
    The authority—and even the relevance—of morality have come under attack recently in Ronald de Sousa’s exposition of amoralism. I here come to morality’s defence.
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2198
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (CSSPE)
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2184
    Partner Association
    Canadian Jacques Maritain Association (CJMA)
    CJMA
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2190
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society of Aesthetics (CSA)
    CSA
    16:00
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2016
    16:00
    Beyond Programming: A Present-Control Account of Artificial Free Will
    Shaleen Shahi
    Commentator: Danny Goldstick
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Paper
    16:45
    Triangulation and Hinge Commitments: An Alternative Proposal for Mind-Independent Reasons for Action
    Adam Jackson
    Commentator: TBA
    Meta-Ethics
    Paper
    17:30
    A Critical Analysis of Pudeur in Sartre’s Phenomenology of Shame
    Justin Bouillon
    Continental & European Philosophy
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2017
    16:00
    A (More) Naturalist View of Trust
    Susan Dieleman
    Commentator: Adam Jackson
    Meta-Ethics
    Paper
    16:45
    Variability and Uncertainty in Punishment
    Julian Sheldon
    Commentator: Stephen Bero
    Philosophy of Law
    Paper
    17:30
    Prabhākara’s Phenomenal Inferentialism
    Jack Beaulieu
    Philosophy of Religion & Global Philosophy
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2021
    16:00
    Material Plenitude and the Grounding Problem
    Kate Lohnes
    Commentator: TBA
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Paper
    16:45
    Logic is a Human Affair
    Patrick Girard
    Commentator: Quinn Gibson
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Paper
    17:30
    How to be an Essentialist Perdurantist
    Liam O'Brien
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2102
    16:00
    Virtual Actions and Irony in Interactive Fiction
    Alexander Carty
    Commentator: TBA
    Moral Psychology
    Paper
    16:45
    Is Flow an Emotion?
    Christine Tappolet & Mauro Rossi
    Commentator: TBA
    Moral Psychology
    Paper
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2116
    16:00
    Responsibility over Time, Moral and Metaphysical
    Simon-Pierre Chevarie-Cossette
    Commentator: Christine Tappolet
    Moral Psychology
    Paper
    16:45
    Why Virtues are not Psychological Traits - Characterless Virtues
    Charles Starkey
    Commentator: TBA
    Moral Psychology
    Paper
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2118
    16:00
    Genus, Species, Gender, and Race
    James Murphy
    Commentator: Bell Luan
    Feminist Philosophy
    Paper
    16:45
    SlaSlavery, Reproductive Labor, and Hegel’s Dialectic
    Monique Lanoix
    Commentator: Jane Dryden
    Feminist Philosophy
    Paper
    17:30
    Legal Equality and Social Inequality. Insights from Kant's Doctrine of Right
    Alice Pinheiro Walla
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2130
    16:00
    “Throwing Like a [Fat] Girl”: A Phenomenological Analysis of Size, Gender, and Body Confidence for Fat Tolerance
    Clarisse Paron
    Commentator: TBA
    Feminist Philosophy
    Paper
    16:45
    The Engagement Theory of Aesthetic Value
    James O. Young
    Commentator: Jason Holt
    Philosophy of Art
    Paper
    17:30
    The Error of Ignorance: Suspension of Judgement in Climate Science
    Malou Sopcak
    Philosophy of Science
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2132
    16:00
    The Value of Historical Objects
    Gwen Bradford
    Commentator: Andrea Munforte
    Philosophy of Art
    Paper
    16:45
    Shaftesbury’s Hierarchy of Beauty
    Dominic McIver Lopes
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Art
    Paper
    17:30
    Philosophy of Approximation and Historical Judgements
    Nicolas Fillion
    Philosophy of Science
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2162
    16:00
    Unskilled and Uninformed: Mass AI-Art as Bad Art
    Sofie Vlaad
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Art
    Paper
    16:45
    Discursive and Primitive truth taking
    Jill Cumby
    Commentator: TBA
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    17:30
    Defeasible Warrant and Conceptual Creoles: Replacing Incommensurability, Diagnosing AI Hallucination
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Philosophy of Science
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2170
    16:00
    Would I Still Have Attention if I Was a Worm?
    Cassandra Williams
    Commentator: Axel Constant
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    16:45
    Group Beliefs and Credibility Enhancing Displays
    Caleb Wildes
    Commentator: TBA
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    17:30
    From Fluid to Agential Dynamics: Scientific Teleology and the Argument from Universality
    Fermin Fulda
    Philosophy of Science
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2176
    16:00
    The Pluralistic Evolution of Factive Mindreading
    Gavin Robert Foster
    Commentator: Daniel Bjorklund
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    16:45
    Creating the Non-Existent
    Peter Alward
    Commentator: TBA
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Paper
    17:30
    "Shame Must Change Sides": The Role of a Contentious Moral Emotion in the Fight Against Sexual Violence
    Romane Marcotte
    Feminist Philosophy
    Abstract
    16:00 – 18:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    16:00
    Hard Choices and God's Preferences
    Klaas Kraay
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Religion & Global Philosophy
    Paper
    16:45
    Aesthetic Responsibility Creators
    Chrysogonus Okwenna
    Commentator: TBA
    Other
    Paper
    17:30
    Neo-Rasa Aesthetic Emotions: Empathetic, Not Disinterested
    Emily Lawson
    Philosophy of Religion & Global Philosophy
    Abstract

    Tuesday, 9 June 2026

    9:00
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2016
    Symposium
    Author Meets: David Hunter's Sortal Quality
    David Hunter, Alisabeth Ayars, Simon-Pierre Chevarie-Cossette, Christine Tappolet
    Moral Psychology
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2017
    Symposium
    The Cognitive Architecture of Planning Agency and Control: Historical and Contemporary Insights
    Myrto Mylopoulos, Daniel Harris, Alexander Klein
    Other
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2190
    Symposium
    Criminal Law and Philosophy
    Evan Tiffany, Craig Agule, Stephen Bero
    Philosophy of Law
    9:00 – 12:00
    Scotiabank Theatre
    Symposium
    Symposium of the Canadian Association for the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (CAPAI) / Association canadienne pour la philosophie de l'intelligence artificielle (ACPIA)
    Miron J. Clay-Gilmore (U of Toronto); Matthew Watts (U of Miami) & Nicolas Nicola (Brandon U); Samantha Bennett (Stanford U); Chair: Nicholas Dunn (U of Lethbridge)
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2102
    9:00
    Epistemic Grief
    Martina Orlandi
    Commentator: Alex Carty
    Moral Psychology
    Paper
    9:45
    Music and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature
    Nicholas J. Ramrattan
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Art
    Paper
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2132
    9:00
    The Blindness Trope in Depictions of Martial Arts
    Jason Holt
    Commentator: Gwen Bradford
    Philosophy of Art
    Paper
    9:45
    A Puzzle about Observer Memory, and How to Solve It
    Sanghun Han
    Commentator: TBA
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2162
    9:00
    Cognitive Neuroscience is not like the science of Temperature
    Daniel Bjorklund
    Commentator: TBA
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    9:45
    Perceptual Learning and Embodiment
    Maxime Doyon
    Commentator: TBA
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Paper
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2021
    9:00
    Constrained Contextualism about Scientific Explanation
    Andrew Wayne
    Philosophy of Science
    Abstract
    9:30
    The Sense of Scientific Understanding – Aha Moments in Explanatory Problem Solving
    Haomiao Yu
    Philosophy of Science
    Abstract
    10:00
    Externalism about Capacities and Responsibility
    Samuel Delorme
    Moral Psychology
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2116
    9:00
    A Process of Redeeming Hope in the Shawshank Prison
    Jasmine Tremblay D'Ettorre
    Moral Psychology
    Abstract
    9:30
    A Philosophical Account of Homesickness
    Jennifer Flynn
    Moral Psychology
    Abstract
    10:00
    Hegel, Thinking, Headaches, and Brain Fog
    Jane Dryden
    Feminist Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2118
    9:00
    Saying (True) Things About Sexual Consent
    Madeleine Kenyon
    Feminist Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:30
    False Consciousness under Oppression: A Strawsonian Account of When to Psychologize Oppressive Beliefs
    Hyemi Jun
    Feminist Philosophy
    Abstract
    10:00
    Beyond Autonomy: Adaptive Preferences and Livable Worlds
    Matt Lam
    Feminist Philosophy
    Abstract
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2130
    9:00
    Aesthetic Experience Beyond the Senses: A Non-Perceptual Principle of Acquaintance
    Danielle Jones
    Abstract
    9:30
    Descartes on the Perception of Aesthetic Properties
    Domenica Romagni
    Philosophy of Art
    Abstract
    10:00
    All Units Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal than Others
    Jean-Charles Pelland
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    9:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2198
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (CSSPE)
    9:00 – 10:30
    McCain 2170
    9:00
    TBA
    Commentator: TBA
    Paper
    9:45
    Against Platonism/Against Modal Realism
    D. Goldstick
    Commentator: TBA
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Paper
    9:00 – 12:00
    McCain 2184
    Partner Association
    Hume Society Symposium
    Hume Society
    11:00
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2130
    11:00
    Using Moore's Paradox to Solve the Main Problems of Philosophy
    Duncan MacIntosh
    Commentator: Henry Jackman
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Paper
    11:45
    Supererogation and Contractarianism
    Malcolm Murray
    Commentator: Marco Tang
    Meta-Ethics
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2132
    Paper
    Profound Boredom in the Digital Age
    Monica Wang
    Commentator: Antoine Cantin-Brault
    Continental & European Philosophy
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2170
    11:00
    Medhatithi and the Problem of Lying to Save a Life
    Mira Boyagoda
    Commentator: TBA
    Philosophy of Religion & Global Philosophy
    Paper
    11:45
    A COUNTEREXAMPLE TO THE INDEPENDENCE POSTULATE OF DECISION THEORY
    Andrew Kernohan
    Commentator: TBA
    Decision Theory
    Paper
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2021
    11:00
    Making Sense of Pain Making Sense
    Deborah Brown
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    11:30
    The Psychology of Norm Articulation and its Implications for Norm Engineering
    Evan Westra and Daniel Kelly
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    12:00
    Animal Dreamers and the Control Problem
    Erik Nelson
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2116
    11:00
    Is There a Sense in Which AI Assistants Can Understand Anything?
    David Bourget
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    11:30
    Scalar Consequentialism and Satisficing Decision Procedures; When "Good, but Not Perfect" Is Good Enough
    Christopher Sanford Beck
    Normative Ethics
    Abstract
    12:00
    Empty Mind, Intelligible Action
    Madeleine Levac
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2118
    11:00
    Towards a Constructivist AI Pedagogy
    Luke Kersten
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    11:30
    Microphenomenology for Panpsychists
    Victor Tremblay-Baillargeon
    Metaphysics & Logic
    Abstract
    12:00
    Intrinsic Value and A Priori Moral Knowledge
    Frank Wotton
    Meta-Ethics
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2162
    11:00
    Agamben and Analogy
    Eden Elliott
    Continental & European Philosophy
    Abstract
    11:30
    Fidelity to Practice and Its Rawlsian Inheritance in Human Rights Theory
    Jason Breen
    Philosophy of Law
    Abstract
    11:00 – 12:30
    McCain 2102
    11:30
    Trying and Acting Intentionally: On the Failure of a Trying-First Approach to Intentional Action
    Michael Kirley
    Mind, Cognition & AI
    Abstract
    12:00
    The Eloquent Downvote
    Dakota Champagne
    Social & Political Philosophy
    Abstract
    14:00
    14:00 – 17:30
    Scotiabank Theatre
    Awards / AGM
    Closing Session—
    14:00Student & Faculty Essay Prizes
    14:15CPA Book Prize Announcements
    14:30CPA President's Address
    15:30CPA Annual General Meeting
    17:30Closing
    14:00 – 18:00
    McCain 2198
    Partner Association
    Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (CSSPE)