18th Midwest Epistemology Workshop

Fri, September 11 - Sat, September 12, 2026
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Ohio Union, 1739 N High St.

Registration

Registration for this event is now closed. If you have any questions, please email Declan Smithies at smithies.2@osu.edu

Friday 11 September

Location: The Senate Chamber (Ohio Union, 2nd floor)

8:00-9:00 Coffee and light breakfast

9:00-10:30 Wes Siscoe (The Ohio State University)
"Can Voting Make You Intellectually Vicious?"

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Nicholas Silins (Cornell University)
"The Lamp that Illuminates Itself: Consciousness and Inner Awareness"

12:30-2:00 Lunch break

2:00-3:30 Jane Friedman (New York University)
"The Examined Life"

3:30-4:00 Coffee break

4:00-6:00 Keynote address: John Hawthorne (University of Southern California)
"Indifference and Bias in Self-Locating Probability"

6:00-7:00 Drinks reception in Ohio Staters, Inc. Traditions Room

7:30PM Conference dinner at The Rossi, 895 N High St

Saturday 12 September

Location: Student-Alumni Council Room (Ohio Union, 2nd floor)

8:00-9:00 Coffee and light breakfast

9:00-10:30 Bob Beddor (University of Florida)
"The Reliabilist and the Bayesian"

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Elizabeth Jackson (St Louis University)
"The Case for Epistemic Options"

12:30-2:00 Lunch break

2:00-3:30 Sinan Dogramaci (University of Texas at Austin)
"Boltzmannian Skepticism about the Past and the Future"

3:30-4:00 Coffee break

4:00-5:30 Sophie Horowitz (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
"Guesswork"

6:30 Conference dinner at Plas, 21 E5th Ave #101

Hotel

Graduate by Hilton Columbus (750 North High Street) 

This hotel is located in the Short North Arts District about 2 miles south of main campus. Rooms are available at a discounted rate of $122 per night plus tax until August 28th. Reservation link.

The Blackwell Inn (2110 Tuttle Park Place) is another option located on campus a short walk from the philosophy department.   

Transportation

The closest airport is John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH), which is 15 minutes by taxi or rideshare to the Short North. There are direct flights from many airports around the United States.

The Short North is about 2 miles south of the main campus. It is less than 10 minutes by taxi or rideshare and not much longer by bus. COTA Bus Line 1 & 2 runs north and south along High Street between the Short North and the main campus.

Our Sponsors

This conference is funded by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Philosophy, and the MME Graduate Student Group.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact the organizer, Declan Smithies, at smithies.2@osu.edu


Ohio Union