North American Kant Society Southern Study Group
April 25-26, 2025
Louisiana State University at Alexandria
Alexandria, LA
Organizer: Holly L Wilson, Louisiana State University at Alexandria (hwilson@lsua.edu)
April 25, 2025
9 am - Keynote Speaker: Oliver Sensen, Tulane University – “"Human Nature and the Categorical Imperative" (will be Zoomed)
10:30 am - Robert English (University of Mississippi) “A Cancer on Practical Reason: Kant on the Passion for Freedom and the Mania for Domination”
Lunch 12-1 pm
1 pm - Matthew Koshak (Georgetown University) “On the Use and Abuse of Reason: The Logic of Kant’s Anti-Judaism”
2:30 pm - Connor Tannas (travel stipend award*) (Princeton University) “Kant on Slavery and the Scope of Moral Personhood”
3:45 pm - Karl von der Luft (University of Chicago) “Evil and the Unity of Practical Reason: Back to Kant (from Schelling)”
5 pm – Dinner
April 26
9 am - Keynote Speaker: Robert Louden, University of Southern Maine - "'One Could Reckon All of This as Anthropology': Further Reflections on the Relationship Between Kant's Anthropology and Critical Philosophy"
10: 30 am - Blake Perry (Villanova University) “Tragic and Transcendental Anthropology”
12 – 1 pm - Lunch
1 pm - Joseph Hamilton (Columbia University) “Kant’s Concept of Weakness of the Will”
2:30 pm - Liam Allore (University of Western Ontario) “The Morally Justifiable and the Morally Good in Kant”
*finalist for the Markus Herz prize
The conference will take place on the Louisiana State University at Alexandria campus which is approximately 7.5 miles from the majority of hotels in Alexandria.
Airport: Alexandria International Airport (AEX)
Hotels (recommended since they are in the same general location of the circle on MacArthur Dr):
Courtyard Alexandria (Marriott) 3-star hotel
Home2 Suites by Hilton Alexandria 3-star hotel
TownePlace Suites Alexandria 3-star hotel
We do have limited Uber transportation in Alexandria, but I will be happy to pick you up from the airport and bring you to the hotel and then pick everyone up from the hotel to bring you to campus. There is no public transportation from the hotel to campus. 318-614-6516; hwilson@lsua.edu (please give me some notice about when your flight comes in)
Breakfast and lunch will be provided on campus April 25
Breakfast will be provided on Campus April 26.
We will plan on going out to dinner on Friday (April 25) night at a restaurant that seems acceptable to everyone. We have great Cajun food!
