The Montreal Workshop on Emotions and Normativity aims to discuss recent work on fundamental questions at the intersections of the philosophy of normativity, (meta-)ethics, and the philosophy of emotion.

Keynote speakers: Justin D’Arms (Ohio State University), Alexandra King (Simon Fraser University), Laura Silva (Université Laval), Christine Tappolet (Université de Montreal)

Additional speakers: Alex Carty (McGill University), Alejandro Macías Flores (Université de Montreal), Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien and Zoey Lavallee (McGill, CRÉ), Melissa Hernández Parra (Université de Montreal), Guillaume Soucy (Université du Québec à Montreal)

Registration required to attend in person via this link.
To attend online, register here.

Day 1 – Thursday October 10th
9h15: Opening remarks from Ryoa Chung (coffee/snacks provided)
9h30: Morning keynote – Justin D’Arms (Ohio State University), Title TBD
10h45: Alexander Carty (McGill), “Blame and Blameworthiness are Agent-Relative”
12h00: Lunch break
13h00: Anne-Marie Gagne-Julien and Zoey Lavallee (McGill, CRE), “Affective Injustice in Psychiatry: Emotion Hegemonizing and Psychiatric Drugs”
14h15: Melissa Hernandez Parra (Université de Montréal), “The Relativist Challenge to Moral Attributions: Addressing Variation in Responsibility Practices”
15h30: Coffee Break
15h45: Afternoon keynote: Laura Silva (Université Laval), “Feeling Reasons and Believing Feelings”
18h00: Dinner at Bistro Tendresse (1259 Rue Ste Catherine East)

Day 2 – Friday October 11th
10h00: Morning keynote: Christine Tappolet (Université de Montréal), Title TBD
11h15: Alejandro Macías Flores (Université de Montréal), “No Way José! A phenomenological analysis of incredulity”
12h30: Lunch Break
14h00: Guillaume Soucy (Université du Québec à Montréal), “Aesthetic constructivism: an attempt at a formal definition of the aesthetic standpoint”
15h15: Coffee break
15h45: Afternoon keynote: Alex King (Simon Fraser University), Title TBD
17h30: 5à7 at Ginkgo, UQAM, 308 Rue Ste Catherine East

For any inquiries and further information, please contact: Alex Carty (alexander.carty@mail.mcgill.ca)

Organization: Alex Carty (McGill), Melissa Hernandez (UdeM) and Guillaume Soucy (UQÀM), with the support of the Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ), the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur la normativité (GRIN) and the Canadian Journal of Philosophy.