{"id":242,"date":"2023-08-16T21:23:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T04:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T22:00:02","slug":"parthood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>The University of Southern California will be hosting the 5th annual California Metaphysics Conference, January 15-17, 2016. This year&#8217;s topic is Parthood!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attendence is open (and free) to all who would like to come, but you\u00a0<em>must register<\/em>\u00a0by emailing kleinsch [at] usc [dot] edu no later than December 15th, 2015. \u00a0Please include your full name and university affiliation in the email. \u00a0You will not receive a confirmation email, but your name should appear on the list of participants within 30 days. \u00a0Also, let me know if you are a graduate student from outside CA and you are interested in being an assistant organiser!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n                \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Speakers\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/nikkeffingham.weebly.com\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Nikk Effingham\"  \n>\n    Nikk Effingham \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/philosophy.ucdavis.edu\/people\/cody-gilmore\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Cody Gilmore\"  \n>\n    Cody Gilmore \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/www.reed.edu\/philosophy\/hovda\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Paul Hovda\"  \n>\n    Paul Hovda \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk\/people\/dr-anna-marmodoro\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Anna Marmodoro\"  \n>\n    Anna Marmodoro \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                          <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= http:\/\/www.joshparsons.net\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Josh Parsons\"  \n>\n    Josh Parsons \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/petermsimons\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Peter Simons\"  \n>\n    Peter Simons \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/philosophy.nd.edu\/people\/emeritus\/peter-van-inwagen\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Peter van Inwagen\"  \n>\n    Peter van Inwagen \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                        <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/~av72\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Achille Varzi\"  \n>\n    Achille Varzi \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                          <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        \n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Participants\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-p1UIkvcLvK\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-p1UIkvcLvK\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">View the list<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-p1UIkvcLvK\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-p1UIkvcLvK\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Terfa Anjov &#8211; Benue State University<\/p>\n<p>James Arcadi &#8211; Fuller Theological Seminary<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Asselin &#8211; Ohio State University<\/p>\n<p>Robert Bassett &#8211; Stanford<\/p>\n<p>Mark Balaguer &#8211; California State University, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Steven Canet &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Casad &#8211; Azusa Pacific University<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cheng &#8211; Azusa Pacific University<\/p>\n<p>Ben Cleary &#8211; Ohio State University<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Cortens &#8211; Boise State University<\/p>\n<p>Nikk Effingham &#8211; University of Birmingham<\/p>\n<p>Maegan Fairchild &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Omar Fakhri &#8211; University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n<p>Vera Flocke &#8211; New York University<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Fusco &#8211; University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n<p>Cody Gilmore &#8211; University of California, Davis<\/p>\n<p>Martin Glazier &#8211; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Goodman &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Cherrish Hardy &#8211; Azusa Pacific University<\/p>\n<p>Paul Hovda &#8211; Reed College<\/p>\n<p>Chia-Hao Hsieh &#8211; Northern Illinois University<\/p>\n<p>Shieva Kleinschmidt &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Bernard Kobes &#8211; Arizona State University<\/p>\n<p>Matt Leonard &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Bihui Li &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Anna Marmodoro &#8211; Oxford<\/p>\n<p>David McElhoes &#8211; Arizona State University<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth McIntosh &#8211; Azusa Pacific University<\/p>\n<p>Michaela McSweeney &#8211; Princeton University<\/p>\n<p>Erin Mercurio &#8211; Ohio State University<\/p>\n<p>Sean Nalty &#8211; Western Washington University<\/p>\n<p>Matt Owen &#8211; University of Birmingham<\/p>\n<p>Josh Parsons &#8211; Oxford<\/p>\n<p>Tom Pashby &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Dee Payton &#8211; Western Washington University<\/p>\n<p>Zee Perry &#8211; New York University<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Rehfeld &#8211; Cerritos College<\/p>\n<p>Drake Rehfeld &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Rickabaugh &#8211; Baylor University<\/p>\n<p>Fabian Rodriguez &#8211; Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico \/ UC Davis<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Russell &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Eden Sayed &#8211; University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>Mark Schroeder &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Peter Simons &#8211; Trinity College Dublin<\/p>\n<p>Raymond Stewart &#8211; Cornell<\/p>\n<p>Tuomas Tahko &#8211; University of Helsinki<\/p>\n<p>Alberto Tassoni &#8211; University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n<p>Dom Turnipseed &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Uzquiano Cruz &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>James Van Cleve &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Peter van Inwagen &#8211; Notre Dame<\/p>\n<p>David Vander Laan &#8211; Westmont College<\/p>\n<p>Achille Varzi &#8211; Columbia University<\/p>\n<p>Evan Woods &#8211; Ohio State University<\/p>\n<p>John Woolard &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Schedule\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>All talks will be in Mudd Hall, room 101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-s2vH95BIEx\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-s2vH95BIEx\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Friday, January 15th<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-s2vH95BIEx\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-s2vH95BIEx\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>2:45 &#8211; 4:15pm: &#8220;Restricted Composition and Automereological Objects&#8221; &#8211; Nikk Effingham<\/p>\n<p>Chair: Ben Cleary<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: The conclusion of this paper is that perdurantism is true. I expand upon a line of argument that began in a paper co-authored with Jon Robson, wherein we argued that perdurantism is true because of considerations of \u2018automereological objects\u2019 i.e. weird objects (constructed via a process of time travel) which have a proper part that fails to be disjoint from any other proper part. But that argument requires the perdurantist to have a well-defined notion of \u2018instantaneous temporal part\u2019 and another temporal part of me has argued that, given the possibility of time travel, perdurantists can\u2019t give the appropriate definition of \u2018instantaneous temporal part\u2019. After recapping the details, this paper solves the latter problem by arguing that we should accept a restricted principle of composition that makes composition solely a matter of immanent causation. That in place we can define what an instantaneous temporal part is and recover the automereological argument for perdurantism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4:30 &#8211; 6:00pm: &#8220;Parthood, Plurality, and Sets&#8221; &#8211; Paul Hovda<\/p>\n<p>Chair: Jennifer Asselin<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: Under what conditions are some things (these) (collectively) part of some things (those)? Under what conditions is something part of a set? I will address some fundamental issues concerning the part-whole relation, focusing especially, but not exclusively, on these two questions. Though there may be more than one legitimate sense of &#8220;part,&#8221; I will argue that there is at least one on which, plausibly, the following claims hold: parthood is reflexive, transitive, and obeys strong supplementation; (in general) if these are among those, then these are part of those (but the generalized converse does not hold); (in general) a member of a set is part of it; parthood is not anti-symmetric; and (more tentatively) any things have a fusion. Yet one may still draw a distinction between the way a member is part of a set and the way a hand is part of a human, and I will consider how best to draw this and related distinctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-s2vH95BIEx\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-s2vH95BIEx\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Saturday, January 16th<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-s2vH95BIEx\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-s2vH95BIEx\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>10:00 &#8211; 11:30am: \u00a0&#8220;Parthood Revisited&#8221; &#8211; Peter Simons<\/p>\n<p>Chair: \u00a0Michaela McSweeney<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: \u00a0In this review I wish to encompass three goals: firstly, to outline and comment on some of the adventures of mereological theory and speculation since 1986; secondly, to indicate where my own views on mereology and related issues have and have not shifted over those three decades; and finally, to indicate how an essential but suitably modest role remains for mereology in a metaphysics that advertently strives to resemble its great 19th and 20th century forebears: Bolzano, Brentano, Husserl, Alexander, Whitehead, Ingarden and Williams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11:45 &#8211; 1:15pm: \u00a0&#8220;The Metaphysics of Stoic Blends&#8221; &#8211; Anna Marmodoro<\/p>\n<p>Chair: \u00a0Matthew Owen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>1:15 &#8211; 3:30pm: \u00a0Lunch<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>3:30 &#8211; 5:00pm: \u00a0&#8220;A Cartesian Argument Against Compositional Nihilism&#8221; &#8211; Cody Gilmore (<a href=\"http:\/\/www-bcf.usc.edu\/~kleinsch\/GilmoreCogito.pdf\">Paper<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Chair: \u00a0Matt Leonard<\/p>\n<p>Nihilism, i.e., compositional nihilism, is the thesis that there aren\u2019t any composite entities, entities that have proper parts.[1] I develop a new cogito-style argument against nihilism, one that is more detailed and, I hope, more persuasive than extant versions of the argument. My argument arises from The Cogito Question:\u00a0 What, in the vicinity of &lt;I am conscious&gt;, is certain via introspection when the cogito is carried out? I discuss the following candidates:<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0CF \u00a0 \u00a0If all the simples were just as they actually are but composition were universal, I would be conscious.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0GP \u00a0 \u00a0There are some things that are [collectively] conscious.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0R \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0There is an experience.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0C \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This is an experience.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0PP \u00a0 \u00a0These are [collectively] conscious.<br \/>\nFor each candidate, I argue that nihilists, at least, should deny that it captures the relevant certainty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>6:00pm: \u00a0Dinner at Pitfire Pizza &#8211; 108 West 2nd Street, downtown Los Angeles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-s2vH95BIEx\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-s2vH95BIEx\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Sunday, January 17th<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-s2vH95BIEx\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-s2vH95BIEx\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>10:00 &#8211; 11:30am: \u00a0&#8220;Composite Persons&#8221; &#8211; Peter van Inwagen (<a href=\"http:\/\/www-bcf.usc.edu\/~kleinsch\/PvIComposPers.pdf\">Paper<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www-bcf.usc.edu\/~kleinsch\/PvIHandout.pdf\">Handout<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Chair: \u00a0Sean Nalty<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: \u00a0Nihilism is becoming an increasingly popular answer to the Special CompositionQuestion. It has recently been defended by Gideon Rosen and Cian Dorr, and by TedSider. One argument against Nihilism is that there are composite objects because thereare human persons and human persons are composite objects. And it is argued thathuman persons are composite objects because human persons are material objects, humanpersons think and feel, and it is not possible that \u201cparticles-arranged-human-person-wise\u201dshould think or feel. Rosen, Dorr, and Sider have dismissed almost without argument thethesis that it is not possible that \u201cparticles-arranged-human-person-wise\u201d should think orfeel. The purpose of this paper is to defend that thesis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11:45 &#8211; 1:15pm: \u00a0&#8220;On Counterexamples in Mereology&#8221; &#8211; Achille Varzi<\/p>\n<p>Chair: \u00a0Dee Payton<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>2:00 &#8211; 4:30pm: \u00a0Picnic in Barnsdall Art Park<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Travel and Lodging\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-R_P8qCBM2j\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-R_P8qCBM2j\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Lodging<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-R_P8qCBM2j\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-R_P8qCBM2j\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>This year we don&#8217;t have an official conference hotel, but I recommend staying at either <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radisson.com\/los-angeles-hotel-ca-90007\/cafiguer\">the Radisson near USC<\/a>, or at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.millenniumhotels.com\/usa\/millenniumbiltmorelosangeles\/\">The Biltmore<\/a>, located in downtown Los Angeles. \u00a0I also recommend looking into AirBNB.<\/p>\n<p>The Radisson is within walking distance of the Philosophy Department, where the talks will be held. \u00a0The Biltmore is within walking distance of several restaurants and public transit links, but it is several miles from USC&#8217;s campus. \u00a0However, Los Angeles&#8217;s new light rail (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildexpo.org\/\">the Expo Line<\/a>) is up and running, and it provides easy and fast transportation from downtown Los Angeles (at 7th and Figueroa, just a short walk from the Biltmore) to a stop right next to the Philosophy department at USC.<\/p>\n<p>There are also other hotels in the area with good public transit access, ranging from fancy boutiques like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/standardhotels.com\/los-angeles\/\">The Standard Hotel Downtown<\/a>, to some cheaper places in Little Tokyo or Chinatown. If you find an incredibly cheap hotel in Downtown though, be sure to check the location \u2013 if it&#8217;s farther east than Main St, and not in Little Tokyo, then it may be in Skid Row.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s of course also possible to stay in other areas of town. \u00a0In that case, you will probably want to rent a car and park on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-R_P8qCBM2j\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-R_P8qCBM2j\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Transportation<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-R_P8qCBM2j\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-R_P8qCBM2j\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Getting to Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Burbank Airport is closer to Downtown and to campus, and often has cheaper flights on Southwest, but it has poor public transit links, apart from being across the street from the Amtrak station. \u00a0Depending on your schedule, you might get lucky and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrolinktrains.com\/schedules\/line\/name\/Burbank-Bob%20Hope%20Airport\/service_id\/1145.html\">catch a commuter train directly from the airport into Union Station<\/a>. \u00a0However, you&#8217;re probably better off taking a taxi or an airport shuttle, which will be cheaper and more convenient from BUR than from LAX, unless you&#8217;ve decided to stay on the beach.<\/p>\n<p>LAX is the best option if you&#8217;d rather not take taxi or rental car, and also has by far the most flights on most airlines other than Southwest. \u00a0From LAX, you can take\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawa.org\/flyaway\/\">the FlyAway bus<\/a>\u00a0to Union Station, where you can connect to the Metro rail lines. \u00a0When you arrive, you pay $7 at the kiosk. \u00a0Taxis may take slightly longer and be slightly more expensive than from the Burbank Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach airport is quite isolated, and probably isn&#8217;t worth it unless you&#8217;re getting an extremely good deal on your flight on jetBlue. \u00a0Definitely don&#8217;t use the Ontario or Orange County (John Wayne) airport unless you really know what you&#8217;re getting yourself into.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting to Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All CMC sessions will take place in on USC&#8217;s campus. \u00a0Check the schedule for updates on the rooms the sessions will be held in.\u00a0\u00a0Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fitelson.org\/few\/few_11\/usc_map.pdf\">here<\/a>\u00a0for a campus map.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some general notes about using public transportation between downtown Los Angeles and USC:<\/p>\n<p>We suggest you use the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro.net\/projects\/exposition\/\">Expo Line light rail<\/a>. \u00a0If you are staying downtown, you&#8217;ll want to travel between the 7th street\/Metro Center stop and the Expo Park\/USC stop. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro.net\/projects_studies\/exposition\/images\/expo_ph1_overview_map.pdf\">Here is a map<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro.net\/riding_metro\/bus_overview\/images\/806.pdf\">here is a schedule<\/a>. \u00a0There&#8217;s a train roughly every 15 minutes every day (weekends and holidays included), from just before 5:00am until after midnight. \u00a0Further, the trip is just over 10 minutes long, which is faster than driving. \u00a0And the Expo Park\/USC stop is just across the street from the USC Philosophy department.<\/p>\n<p>Some tips: \u00a0when entering the station downtown, enter it at 7th and Figueroa or at 7th and Flower. \u00a0(The entrance at 7th and Hope takes you to the wrong tracks.) \u00a0Look for trains saying &#8220;Expo Line&#8221; with &#8220;Culver City&#8221; as the destination. \u00a0Metro TAP cards can be bought at any rail station for $1, and then loaded with cash to pay fares. \u00a0The fare is $1.50 per ride, and can also be used on buses (though buses will also take cash).<\/p>\n<p>For any of you who are stubbornly opposed to using the light rail, here are some alternatives:<\/p>\n<p>Real-time arrival information for most buses can be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextbus.com\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0(if accessed from a GPS-enabled smartphone it will find the closest bus stops to you and arrival times for each bus). The most relevant buses will probably be the 81 and 910 (aka the Silver Line). From other parts of town, you&#8217;ll probably have to drive (see parking info below), but ask a local (or try the transit search on Google Maps).<\/p>\n<p>On Fridays, the best bus transit between Downtown and USC is the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladottransit.com\/dash\/routes\/downtown\/downtown.php\">F Dash.<\/a>\u00a0It&#8217;s $0.35 a ride, comes once every 10 minutes, and it has a stop immediately at the philosophy department (Exposition and Trousdale). The closest stop to the Millenium Biltmore is at 5th and Flower, across the street from the public library. Unfortunately, it only runs from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm, Monday to Friday, and 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro.net\/around\/maps\/\">the 81 bus<\/a>, which costs $1.50 and runs every 15 minutes on Saturdays and every 20 on Sundays. The USC stop is at the southeast corner of campus, at Figueroa and Exposition, which is about a 7 minute walk across campus from the philosophy department.<\/p>\n<p>The southbound stop closest to the Millenium Biltmore is at 5th and Hill. You can also catch the 81 along Hill St. north of 8th (even as far north as Chinatown), or at 8th and Flower, 11th and Flower, or Figueroa south of 11th. Northbound, it may drop you off a block or two away, because of one\u2013way streets.<\/p>\n<p>If you drive to campus, the best place to park is Parking Structure A \u2013 enter campus at Vermont and 36th, buy a parking permit at the kiosk for $8, and follow the directions to parking. It&#8217;s also possible to park all day for free in the neighborhoods west of Vermont, though it can be a bit of a hike. The neighborhood is not the nicest, but it&#8217;s generally safe. Before driving, check Google Maps for traffic information \u2013 it can easily take two or three times as long to do the same drive at different times of day, especially if your trip involves the 110 by Downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-R_P8qCBM2j\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-R_P8qCBM2j\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Restaurants and Bars in Downtown L.A.<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-R_P8qCBM2j\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-R_P8qCBM2j\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/life\/travel\/201401\/downtown-los-angeles-restaurants-food-art?printable=true\">here<\/a>\u00a0for a useful guide to LA restaurants and bars (it includes a small map).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-R_P8qCBM2j\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-R_P8qCBM2j\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Other Attractions<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-R_P8qCBM2j\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-R_P8qCBM2j\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Note than in Los Angeles, unlike most other major American cities, it is impossible to just hail a taxi on the street. If you want to take a taxi somewhere, you&#8217;ll have to call for one in advance (though you can often find them immediately outside bars at closing time).<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Exposition Park<\/strong>, across the street from USC:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.la.ca.us\/RAP\/exporosegarden\/rosegarden.htm\">A free rose garden<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhm.org\/site\/plan-your-visit\">The Natural History Museum of LA County<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 it doesn&#8217;t compare to the ones in New York or Washington, but has some very interesting collections (especially from the California gold rush, and a rare Megamouth shark).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiasciencecenter.org\/\">The California Science Center<\/a>\u2013 this is fairly disappointing for a science museum, but has a good IMAX theater. I haven&#8217;t checked out the Aerospace Museum, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caamuseum.org\/\">California African American Museum<\/a>, or the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacoliseumlive.com\/joomla\/\">Los Angeles Coliseum<\/a>\u00a0(where the USC football team plays, and site of the 1984 Olympics, and the former home of NFL football in LA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Downtown<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staplescenter.com\/\">The Staples Center<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 home of the Lakers and Clippers (NBA), and Kings (NHL).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laphil.com\/philpedia\/wdch-overview.cfm\">Disney Concert Hall<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 home of the LA Philharmonic.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapl.org\/central\/art_architecture.html\">LA Public Library<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the front entrance of this building is a great public work of art, covered in examples of historical writing and ideas, ranging from aboriginal art of Australia and Cassini&#8217;s observation of the rings of Saturn to texts in Esperanto and Morse code.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Along the Red Line subway<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_Station_(Los_Angeles)\">Union Station<\/a>\u00a0\u2013the connection to the FlyAway bus to the airport, as well as Amtrak, and the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro.net\/around\/rail\/gold-line\/\">Gold Line<\/a>\u00a0to Chinatown, Pasadena, and East LA. Note that cell phone reception in the waiting area is quite poor. There are also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com\/la\/ballpark\/transportation\/index.jsp?content=express\">shuttles<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com\/index.jsp?c_id=la\">Dodger Stadium<\/a>\u00a0before and after baseball games.<\/li>\n<li>Civic Center \u2013 the stop for Walt Disney Concert Hall, and also the opera, city hall, and courthouse<\/li>\n<li>Pershing Square, 7th Street\/Metro Center \u2013 these two stops serve central Downtown. 7th street is the transfer point to the Blue Line, which you can take all the way to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wattstowers.us\/\">Watts Towers<\/a>\u00a0or Long Beach.<\/li>\n<li>Westlake\/Macarthur \u2013 not much of tourist significance<\/li>\n<li>Vermont\/Wilshire \u2013 Koreatown (or take the Purple Line rather than the Red Line, and it continues a little farther into Koreatown along Wilshire)<\/li>\n<li>Vermont\/Beverly, Vermont\/Santa Monica \u2013 not much of tourist significance.<\/li>\n<li>Vermont\/Sunset \u2013 on weekends there is a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladottransit.com\/other\/observatoryshuttle\/observatoryshuttle.php\">shuttle<\/a>\u00a0from this station to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffithobservatory.org\/\">Griffith Observatory<\/a>in the hills, which has great views of LA, is a good base for hikes, and also has interesting exhibits, including live views of the surface of the sun; there is also a major Scientology building near this stop<\/li>\n<li>Hollywood\/Western \u2013 Thai Town. A particularly good (and very spicy!) restaurant is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jitladala.wordpress.com\/\">Jitlada<\/a>, at the corner of Harvard and Sunset, three blocks east and one block south of the Hollywood and Western station. \u00a0And three blocks north of the station, there are trailheads for hikes up to the Griffith Observatory.<\/li>\n<li>Hollywood\/Vine, Hollywood\/Highland \u2013 the Hollywood Walk of Fame stretches between these two stops. Famous Hollywood landmarks like Grauman&#8217;s Chinese Theater, the Kodak Theater (home of the Oscars), Capitol Records, and the Hollywood Bowl, are near Hollywood and Highland, as well as more generic tourist traps like Ripley&#8217;s Believe It or Not museum, and Madame Tussaud&#8217;s wax museum. Various museums, offices, and other sites of Scientology are located throughout Hollywood. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchr.org\/museum.html#\/museum\/intro#\/museum\/intro\">Psychiatry: An Industry of Death, the Museum<\/a>\u00a0may be an entertaining or scary visit) Also, Runyon Canyon is a good hike site, and the entrance is about six blocks west and two blocks north of Hollywood\/Highland<\/li>\n<li>Universal City \u2013 this is where Universal Studios is located, if you feel like going to an amusement park without needing a designated driver<\/li>\n<li>North Hollywood \u2013 there is a little bit of a theater district around this station<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other locations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarpits.org\/\">The La Brea Tar Pits<\/a>\u00a0are the world&#8217;s largest collection of Ice Age fossils. They are also a former petroleum extraction site, and the tar is still bubbling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacma.org\/\">The LA County Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0is immediately next door. They are about 45 minutes away on the 720 bus (catch it along 5th street in Downtown, and take it west to Fairfax Blvd). The trip is somewhat faster by car, going straight down Wilshire.<\/p>\n<p>West Hollywood is the center of LA&#8217;s nightlife, both gay (along Santa Monica Blvd) and straight (the Sunset Strip, along Sunset Blvd). Unfortunately, it&#8217;s basically impossible to get there on public transit. There are also many bars, restaurants, and clubs in Downtown, though they are not quite as densely packed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/disneyland.disney.go.com\/\">Disneyland<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 most likely you&#8217;ll need to drive (anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on traffic), but you can apparently take Amtrak to Anaheim and catch a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/disneyland.disney.go.com\/plan\/guest-services\/transportation\/\">shuttle<\/a>\u00a0(or catch an Anaheim Angels baseball game).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beaches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The beaches are lovely and have many different attractions, from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.santamonicapier.org\/\">Santa Monica Pier<\/a>\u00a0to the more &#8217;60s\u2013era feel of Venice Beach, to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muscle_Beach\">Muscle Beach<\/a>, and the extremely fancy houses on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venice_Canal_Historic_District\">Venice Canals<\/a>. Driving is the most reliable way to get there, but from Downtown one can take the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigbluebus.com\/busroutes\/schedule.asp?bus_route=10&amp;dayofweek=weekdays\">Big Blue Bus<\/a>, which takes about an hour to get to Santa Monica Beach (longer during rush hour). Just north of Santa Monica is Malibu \u2013 it&#8217;s very difficult to get on and off the road though.<\/p>\n<p>There are other beaches south of the airport, but it takes longer to get there and I don&#8217;t know of any particular attractions that make them better than Santa Monica or Venice.<\/p>\n<p>(Note: \u00a0Much of the content of this page was contributed by Kenny Easwaran.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":330,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-242","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2016 Conference - California Metaphysics Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2016 Conference - California Metaphysics Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"California Metaphysics Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T22:00:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/08\/Parthood-Banner-2000x1150-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/\",\"name\":\"2016 Conference - California Metaphysics Conference\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/08\/Parthood-Banner-2000x1150-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-17T04:23:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-18T22:00:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/08\/Parthood-Banner-2000x1150-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/08\/Parthood-Banner-2000x1150-1.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1150,\"caption\":\"Light blue banner with sky and grass. Text says Parthood.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2016 Conference\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/\",\"name\":\"California Metaphysics Conference\",\"description\":\"California Metaphysics Conference at USC Dornsife\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2016 Conference - California Metaphysics Conference","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2016 Conference - California Metaphysics Conference","og_url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/","og_site_name":"California Metaphysics Conference","article_modified_time":"2023-08-18T22:00:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1150,"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/08\/Parthood-Banner-2000x1150-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/","name":"2016 Conference - California Metaphysics Conference","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/08\/Parthood-Banner-2000x1150-1.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-17T04:23:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-18T22:00:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/08\/Parthood-Banner-2000x1150-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/08\/Parthood-Banner-2000x1150-1.jpg","width":2000,"height":1150,"caption":"Light blue banner with sky and grass. Text says Parthood."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/parthood\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2016 Conference"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/","name":"California Metaphysics Conference","description":"California Metaphysics Conference at USC Dornsife","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}