{"id":248,"date":"2023-08-16T21:26:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T04:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T22:01:21","slug":"spacetime-metaphysics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/philosophy-conferences\/spacetime-metaphysics\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 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 8th annual California Metaphysics Conference, January 17-19, 2020. This year&#8217;s topic is the Metaphysics of Spacetime!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attendence is open (and free) to all who would like to come, but you\u00a0<em>must register<\/em> by emailing sjk [at] parthood [dot] com no later than December 30, 2019. \u00a0Please include your full name and university (or other) affiliation in the email. \u00a0You will not receive a confirmation email, but your name should appear on the list of participants within 14 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<p>*If you&#8217;re wondering about Jeremy Bearimy, you can watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RFm9ClqlGuo\">this<\/a>.\u00a0 But: spoiler alert for\u00a0<em>The Good Place<\/em>!<\/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 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Emery\u00a0\u2013 Mount Holyoke College<\/p>\n<p>Jen Foster\u00a0\u2013 University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Cody Gilmore &#8211; University of California, Davis<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Griffith &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Isaac Guarisco &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine Gunkel\u00a0\u2013 University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Hal Haller &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Annalise Harstine &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Hughes &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Huls &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Abigail Jackson &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Mahmoud Jalloh\u00a0&#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey Jones &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Shieva Kleinschmidt &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Krone &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Matt Leonard\u00a0\u2013 California Baptist University<\/p>\n<p>Philip Li\u00a0\u2013 University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Logan Lusk &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Chrissy MacQuilkan &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Ned Markosian\u00a0\u2013 University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/p>\n<p>Michaela McSweeney\u00a0\u2013 Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Metcalf &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Alyse Mgrdichian &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Miller\u00a0\u2013 Brown University<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Ney\u00a0\u2013 University of California, Davis<\/p>\n<p>Jill North\u00a0\u2013 Rutgers University<\/p>\n<p>Hyram Ortiz &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Adwait Parker &#8211; Stanford University<\/p>\n<p>Laurie Paul\u00a0\u2013 Yale University<\/p>\n<p>Brenton Polluck &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Tejas Ramdas &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Rita Randazzo &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Russell &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>David Sanson\u00a0\u2013 Illinois State University<\/p>\n<p>Mark Schroeder &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Mahlia St. Cyr &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Stewart\u00a0\u2013 University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Uzquiano &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>James Van Cleve\u00a0&#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Kadri Vihvelin &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Levy Wang\u00a0&#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Nehemiah Wood &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Yukihiro &#8211; Biola University<\/p>\n<p>Jin Zeng &#8211; University of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Eyob Zewdie \u2013\u00a0Biola 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-Yu8tn3eqHN\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-Yu8tn3eqHN\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Friday, January 17th<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-Yu8tn3eqHN\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-Yu8tn3eqHN\" 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>1:00 &#8211; 2:30pm:\u00a0 Elizabeth Miller, &#8220;Primitive Ontology in GRW&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0 Cody Gilmore<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2:45 &#8211; 4:15pm:\u00a0 Yuri Balashov, &#8220;Multiple Lives in Relativistic Spacetime?&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Debates about material coincidence start with very realistic assumptions and lead to highly counterintuitive conclusions. Indeed, worries about coincident material objects \u2013 Tibbles and Tib, Lump and Vase, Lumpl, and other familiar cases \u2013 have been used to adjudicate many rather abstract and technical proposals in the metaphysics of composition and persistence, ranging from natural (constitutionalism) to radical (nihilism). Thus, while the seeds of theoretical possibilities emerge initially from common sense, their development transgresses its boundaries quite early in the process.\n<p>I have no disagreement with this overall strategy: theories do need to turn abstract at some point, move beyond common sense, and eventually force upon us interesting, novel, and often counterintuitive revisions in our overall conceptual scheme. This applies to all theoretical areas, and contemporary metaphysics is no exception. But while the latter is widely regarded as being quite extreme in this respect, I want to argue that, in one sense, it is not extreme enough. I do it by developing a new hypothetical case of material coincidence that is initially motivated not by common sense but by physical considerations, and is not amenable to any of the standard solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0\u00a0Mahmoud Jalloh<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4:30 &#8211; 6:00pm:\u00a0 Laurie Paul, &#8220;Subjective Categories&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0 Matt Leonard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6:30pm:\u00a0 Dinner at Mercado La Paloma &#8211; 3665 S. Grand Ave, about a 10 minute walk from the conference<\/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-Yu8tn3eqHN\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-Yu8tn3eqHN\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Saturday, January 18th<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-Yu8tn3eqHN\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-Yu8tn3eqHN\" 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>9:00 &#8211; 10:30am:\u00a0 Jill North, &#8220;Metaphysics and Equivalence&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abstract: There has recently been increased attention paid by philosophers of physics to the notion of theoretical equivalence, of when two theories say the same things in different ways.\u00a0 I argue that there has been too much focus on the formal aspects of physical theories, at the expense of what I call their &#8220;metaphysical&#8221; aspects: what these theories say about what there is in the world, what it is like&#8212;including the nature of spacetime&#8212;and how and why things behave in the ways they do.\u00a0 Another way of putting the point:\u00a0 philosophers have unduly ignored the explanatory apparatus of a theory, which is essential to a theory and to questions of its equivalence with other theories.\u00a0 Although my primary conclusion may be somewhat uncontroversial, it will lead to more controversial conclusions about the non-equivalence of theories ordinarily considered equivalent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0 Noah Gordon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10:45 &#8211; 12:15pm:\u00a0 Jeffrey Brower, &#8220;Thomistic Supersubstantivalism\u2014A Framework for Understanding Medieval Views of Place&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abstract: In this paper, I develop a new framework for thinking about medieval views about place\u2014one designed not only to resolve their apparent conceptual difficulties, but also to situate them vis-\u00e0-vis positions familiar from contemporary debates about space. In developing my framework, I focus on the views of just one important and influential medieval thinker\u2014namely, Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274). Moreover, my strategy is to show that, if we approach Aquinas\u2019s views about place from the perspective of what he says about spatial location, we can see that they presuppose distinctive type of supersubstantivalism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0 Jaime Castillo Gamboa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>12:15 &#8211; 1:45pm: Lunch<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1:45 &#8211; 3:15pm:\u00a0 Ned Markosian, &#8220;Three New Arguments for The Dynamic Theory of Time&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abstract: There are two main ways of thinking about time that have emerged in the metaphysics literature in recent years. According to The Static Theory of Time (which is the majority view), time is just like space \u2013 it is one of four similar dimensions that make up a single manifold that is appropriately called spacetime. On this view, there is nothing special about the present moment, and time&#8217;s apparent passage is merely a subjective feature of the way humans happen to perceive the world. The other view is The Dynamic Theory of Time, according to which time is very different from space, the present is special, and the passage of time is a genuine and objective feature of the world. This talk features three new arguments for The Dynamic Theory of Time: (1) an argument about personal identity and moral responsibility, (2) an argument concerning the aesthetic value of music, and (3) a sentimental argument that focuses on the correct way to appreciate certain important but poignant truths about the passage of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0 Jasmine Gunkel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3:30 &#8211; 5:00pm:\u00a0 Nina Emery, &#8220;What Was and What Could Be: What makes time different from modality?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0 Paul Garofalo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6:00pm: Dinner downtown, location TBA<\/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-Yu8tn3eqHN\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-Yu8tn3eqHN\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Sunday, January 19th<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-Yu8tn3eqHN\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-Yu8tn3eqHN\" 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>9:00 &#8211; 10:30am: Dave Baker, &#8220;Knox&#8217;s Inertial Spacetime Functionalism&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chair: Quyen Pham<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10:45 &#8211; 12:15pm: Tim Maudlin, &#8220;The Mathematics and Possible Physics of Discrete Spaces&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chair: Levy Wang<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>12:15 &#8211; 1:45pm: Lunch<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1:45 &#8211; 3:15pm: Alyssa Ney, &#8220;The Emergence of Spacetime in Quantum Theories of Gravity: Some Themes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chair: Irene Bosco<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3:30 &#8211; 5:00pm: David Sanson, &#8220;Potential Parts, Heterogeneity, and Cartesian Supersubatantivalsim&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chair: Stephanie Van Fossen<\/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-Yu8tn3eqHN\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-Yu8tn3eqHN\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Additional Information<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-Yu8tn3eqHN\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-Yu8tn3eqHN\" 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>Information about the talks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All talks will be in Mudd Hall, room 101. \u00a0(But check this page within a week of the conference to confirm.)<\/li>\n<li>Talks will be 90 minutes each, with the time divided between the presentation and the Q&amp;A however the speaker prefers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Information about Food and Recreation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday night we recommend getting dinner at Mercado La Paloma (3655 S. Grand Ave), followed by drinks at The Lab (3500 Figueroa St).<\/li>\n<li>Saturday night&#8217;s recommended dinner location is TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-FsolQPCclM\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-FsolQPCclM\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Lodging<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-FsolQPCclM\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-FsolQPCclM\" 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>The official conference hotel is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.millenniumhotels.com\/usa\/millenniumbiltmorelosangeles\/\">The Biltmore<\/a>, located in downtown Los Angeles. \u00a0(506 South Grand Avenue.\u00a0 Call rerservations directly at 213-612-1575.)\u00a0 The conference rate we&#8217;ve been given is $192\/night, excluding taxes; just mention code USC when you book your room.\u00a0\u00a0The Biltmore is within walking distance of several restaurants and public transit links, as well as the Saturday dinner location, but it is several miles from USC&#8217;s campus. \u00a0However, Los Angeles&#8217;s light rail (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildexpo.org\/\">the Expo Line<\/a>) 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>The hotel near USC (formerly the Radisson but now simply the <a href=\"https:\/\/uschotel.usc.edu\/\">USC Hotel<\/a>)\u00a0is within walking distance of the Philosophy department where the talks will be held, as well as near the Fiday dinner and drinks locations.\u00a0 However, it is remarkably expensive, at $287.10 a night.\u00a0 (Unfortunately they had no special rate available.)<\/p>\n<p>Because the hotels are so expensive, you might consider alternatives.\u00a0 AirBNB is always an option, and there are also other hotels 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 (or make sure you&#8217;re near a stop of the Expo line for easy travel to 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-FsolQPCclM\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-FsolQPCclM\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Transportation<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-FsolQPCclM\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-FsolQPCclM\" 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>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-FsolQPCclM\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-FsolQPCclM\" 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-FsolQPCclM\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-FsolQPCclM\" 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-FsolQPCclM\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-FsolQPCclM\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Other Attractions<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-FsolQPCclM\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-FsolQPCclM\" 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). 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