4th Frankfurt Metaethics Conference (FrankMeta.4)

The Annual Frankfurt Metaethics Conference (FrankMeta) aims to offer a forum for current research in metaethics, broadly construed, including research on topics in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology of normativity, as well as papers on the nature of rationality, reasons, and similar topics.

The conference run over two days and provided plenty of time for discussion. It was free and open to all.

Conference Programme

Friday, 3 June 2022 Room: S3.05
9:45 - 11:15	Eline Gerritsen – Ought Simpliciter and Authoritative Normativity
11:15 - 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00	Geoffrey Sayre-McCord - On Theory of a Better Moral Theory and a Better Theory of Morality
13:00 - 14:15	Lunch
14:15 - 15:45	Richard Rowland – The Normativity of Gender
15:45 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30	Paulina Sliwa – Moral Inquiry
18:00 -	Conference Dinner
Saturday, 4 June 2022 Room: S3.05
9:15 - 10:45	Stephen Finlay – Beyond Normativity: Can Metaethics Escape Samsara’s Wheel?
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30	Irina Schumski – The Semantic View of Thick Terms: Inferentialism to the Rescue
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Will Gamester – Expressivism and Indeterminate Normativity
15:00 - 15:15	Coffee break
15:15 - 16:45	Peter Railton – Evaluative Learning and the Problem of Motivation

Travel Directions

Using Public Transport

From Frankfurt Airport:

Take any S-Bahn train 8 or 9 (direction: “Frankfurt Innenstadt / City”) to Konstablerwache station
Change to the U5 metro (direction: “Preungesheim”) to Nibelungenallee / Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Cross Adickesallee at the traffic lights immediately opposite the Total service station and turn left
The Frankfurt School campus is next to the service station

From Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (Central Station):

Take the U5 metro (direction: “Preungesheim”) to Nibelungenallee / Deutsche Nationalbibliothek station
Cross Adickesallee at the traffic lights immediately opposite the Total service station and turn left
The Frankfurt School campus is next to the service station

RMV ticket machines

Local public transport tickets are available from ticket machines, situated at the local railway stations. Remember that you will need to purchase a ticket before boarding the train. By touching the screen, you can set the operating instructions to various languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish and Turkish). Then follow the instructions on the user screen and select the type of ticket required (single adult ticket, day ticket, short hop ticket). The ticket machines accept payment in coins and banknotes and usually also allow for cashless payment.

Travelling by Car

From the South (Airport) or North:

Take the A5 heading Kassel/Hannover to the Nordwestkreuz junction, then take the A66 heading towards Frankfurt/Miquelallee
Drive to the end of the motorway, then continue to follow the road (now called Miquelallee)
Miquelallee joins Adickesallee; the Frankfurt School campus is on the left
To turn left, one needs to drive straight across the big junction (traffic light)
Just behind the crossing, it is possible to turn and drive back
Then, the Frankfurt School campus is on the right

From the West:

Take the A66 heading towards Frankfurt/Miquelallee until you reach the end of the motorway, then continue to follow the road (now called Miquelallee)
Miquelallee joins Adickesallee; the Frankfurt School campus is on the left
To turn left, one needs to drive straight across the big junction (traffic light)
Just behind the crossing, it is possible to turn and drive back
Then, Frankfurt School campus is on the right

From the East:

Take the A661 until you reach Exit 7 signposted “Frankfurt-Eckenheim’, then head in the direction of Frankfurt-Innenstadt
After about 4 km (2.5 miles), you will reach a major junction with traffic lights and a Total service station (on the right); turn right into Adickesallee
Drive another 150 metres or so; the Frankfurt School campus is on the right, after the service station