75th Annual Meeting

Reality: Actual, Possible, and Virtual

Marriott Conference Center Atlanta/Decatur Downtown/Emory
Atlanta, Georgia
March 20-22, 2025

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A Note From the Conference President:
Dear Metaphysical Society of America 2025 Conference Participants and Friends:

Below are two important documents:

In the first you will find time-sensitive information about:

1. Conference registration;
   
2. Hotel reservations
   
3. Program schedule
   

The second is a copy of the program itself (with some session moderator slots and conference center meeting room assignments still to be determined).

Please pay special attention to the conference registration information/instructions/link and to the hotel reservation link (and advice to reserve sooner rather than later).

Best wishes to you all for holidays, academic break, recreation, winter solstice (or summer solstice as the case may be), time with friends and family, or just a good end to one year and an even better beginning to the next.

John Stuhr, MSA President

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• 2025 Hotel/Resevervation Information AVAILABLE HERE.
  
• 2025 Conference Program AVAILABLE HERE.
  

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Conference Details:

Plenary Address: The Poetry of Physics: What Literature Can Teach Us About the Ultimate Nature of Reality, Professor William Egginton.

Presidential Address: Radical Empiricism and Animal Farm Naturalism, Professor John Stuhr.

Call For Abstracts CLOSED but viewable HERE.

The MSA would like to publicly acknowledge generous donations from the following organizations:

• Emory University Philosophy Department

• Hocking Cabot Fund for Systematic Philosophy

Registration Will Increase to $120 For Regular Members and $80 For Student Members After 1 March


NOTE: All presenters must be up to date on Annual Dues.

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Related Information

• Travel:
  Regional airport: Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
  From Hartsfield Jackson International Airport to Marriott Conference Center Atlanta/Decatur Downtown/Emory:
  1) MARTA subway system: take Red or Gold line from the "Airport" stop to "Five Points," change to Blue line getting off at "Decatur" stop which is approximately two blocks from the conference hotel. 
  2) Taxis take about 35 minutes and will cost about $50.
  3) Uber, Lyft, and similar rideshare services have a designated pick-up location at Atlanta’s airport. 
  4) Rental cars from almost all companies are available at the airport; there is on-site parking for $10/day.
  
• Hotel:
  Map to Hotel: Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory.
  Hotel Reservations Link: Marriott MSA Group Rate