UT Austin Methodology Conference Photos
The photographs I took throughout the conference are at my Flickr set, here. I took sparingly few, compared to most events I photograph, in part because I was giving my attention to the content rather than framing it aesthetically. Further, my Alpha 100 has a very loud shutter click, and I really didn’t want to distract others (as it was, I got a few curious looks when I started snapping pics of Ernest Sosa–no, I wasn’t that star struck–I volunteered to do this!)
Anyway, the conference was good, although tiring. I don’t have background in all of the topics covered, and certainly not in the depth that a few sessions required. I didn’t go to all of them, either, because injured muscles from the move were giving me some trouble by the end of the week. However, I felt like it was a good overview of some methodological issues I’ll want to keep an eye on, and also an introduction to the sociology of doing philosophy, e.g., certain standard forms of interaction, terminology and manners of presentation.
Image: E Sosa outlining his theory of how we are justified in using intuition in philosophy. He’s explaining the difference between experiences and seemings, the latter which involve an attraction to assent.
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