
FrankMeta Conference
What FrankMeta is
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FrankMeta is designed to bring together philosophers working on normativity and metanormativity, broadly construed. It features new work in the metaphysics, (meta)semantics, epistemology and psychology of normative discourse, as well as papers on reasons and rationality. The conference runs over two days and provides plenty of time for discussion and exchange. There is no conference fee.
Our speakers are
Sarah McGrath (Princeton)
Michael Ridge (Edinburgh)
Christine Tappolet (Montreal)
Mauro Rossi (Montreal)
Matthew Lutz (Wuhan)
Wentao Ding (Syracuse)
Jonathan Way (Southampton)
Eric Sampson (Purdue)
James Brown (UCL)
Please direct any inquiries about the conference to Sebastian Köhler
Our speakers are
Sarah McGrath (Princeton)
Michael Ridge (Edinburgh)
Christine Tappolet (Montreal)
Mauro Rossi (Montreal)
Matthew Lutz (Wuhan)
Wentao Ding (Syracuse)
Jonathan Way (Southampton)
Eric Sampson (Purdue)
James Brown (UCL)
Please direct any inquiries about the conference to Sebastian Köhler
Programme
09.30 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 – 11.30 Michael Ridge – Relaxed Realism Meets Another Moral Twin Earth
11.30 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 13.15 Eric Sampson – Ideally Coherent Plato: A New Challenge to Metaethical Constructivism
13.15 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Jonathan Way – Social Rules and Normative Attitudes
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.45 Mauro Rossi & Christine Tappolet – Sentiments as Valuings
19.00 – Conference Dinner
09.30 – 11.00 James Brown – Prudential Particularism
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.45 Wentao Ding – The Humean Account of Moral Laws
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Matt Lutz – What is Metaethical Naturalism?
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 – 17.15 Sarah McGrath – False Justified Moral Beliefs and the Problem of Over-Exoneration
Travel Directions
- Take the S-Bahn train (direction: “Frankfurt Innenstadt”) to Konstablerwache station
- Then take the U5 metro (direction: “Preungesheim”) to Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Cross Adickesallee directly at the traffic lights at the German National Library
- The Frankfurt School Campus is diagonally opposite the German National Library on the other side of Adickesallee Street
- Take the S-Bahn train (direction: “Frankfurt Innenstadt”) to Konstablerwache station
- Then take the U5 metro (direction: “Preungesheim”) to Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Cross Adickesallee directly at the traffic lights at the German National Library
- The Frankfurt School Campus is diagonally opposite the German National Library on the other side of Adickesallee Street
- From Konstablerwache station, take the U5 metro (direction: “Preungesheim”) to Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Cross Adickesallee directly at the traffic lights at the German National Library
- The Frankfurt School Campus is diagonally opposite the German National Library on the other side of Adickesallee Street
- From Hauptwache or Willy-Brandt Platz station, take the U1, U2, U3 or U8 metro heading north (direction: Oberursel, Bad Homburg, Riedberg, etc.) to Polizeipräsidium / Miquel-/Adickesallee station
- Walk east along Adickesallee for about five minutes; the campus is on the left
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
- Take the A5 to the Nordwestkreuz junction, then take the A66 heading towards Frankfurt
- 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 forward at the big crossing (traffic light)
- Just behind the crossing, it is possible to turn and drive back
- Then, the Frankfurt School campus is on the right
- 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
- 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) turn right into Adickesallee
- Drive another 150 metres or so; the Frankfurt School campus is on the right after the Adickasallee traffic light / Eckenheimer Landstraße
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