DM3—The Metaphysics of Sex and Love
Barcelona, May 31 & June 1 2018
Venue: Facultat de Filosofia, Universitat de Barcelona (c. Montalegre 6, 4th floor, Seminari de Filosofia, map).
Organized by Dan López de Sa (ICREA & Barcelona) under the auspices of “Law and Philosophy”
Sponsored by research project “Derivative Metaphysics” (FFI2015-66372-P MINECO/FEDER, UE) and Universitat de Barcelona.
Thursday, May 31
- 9:30-11:00 Mari Mikkola (Oxford): “The Nature of Sex in the PorNo-PorYes Debates”
chair: Giuliano Torrengo (Milano) - 11:30-13:00 Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Manchester): “Falling in Love”
chair: Genoveva Martí (ICREA & Barcelona) - 15:00-16:30 Dan López de Sa (ICREA & Barcelona): “Constructing Sexual Orientations: the Case of Kink”
chair: Pablo Rychter (València) - 17:00-18:30 Daniel Nolan (Notre Dame): “Marriage and its Limits”
chair: Serena Olsaretti (ICREA & UPF)
Friday, June 1
- 9:30-11:00 Natascha McKeever (Leeds): “Friends with Benefits or Romantic Partners: Where does the Difference Lie?”
chair: Iñigo González (Barcelona) - 11:30-13:00 Luke Brunning (Oxford): “Compersion: An Alternative to Jealousy?”
chair: Marta Jorba (UPV/EHU) - 15:00-16:30 Maren Behrensen (Münster): “Queer Bodies, Queer Desire, Queer Love?”
chair: Esa Díaz-León (Barcelona) - 17:00-18:30 Hans Maes (Kent): “The Aesthetics and Metaphysics of Sexiness”
chair: Miguel Hoeltje (Duisburg-Essen)