Philosophy SMP Presentations, Spring 2026

Join us for a day of academic excellence as our students present their St. Mary's Projects (SMP). 

Department of Philosophy 2026 SMP Day 

Monday, May 4th

Montgomery Hall, RM151

10:30-11:00 – Mason Lipczenko - "Can a Stone Feel Pain? Wittgenstein, Language, and Artificial Intelligence" 

11:10-11:40 – John Crook – “Identity and Digital Being: Gender and Power in Online Spaces”

11:50-12:20 – Eve Douglas – “Growing Through Darkness: Tree Burial as a Modern Death Practice”

***12:20-1:00 - Lunch***

1:00-1:30 – Argyrios Tasikas – “The Transcendental Argument for God's Existence and Orthodox Christianity” 

1:40-2:10 – Lainey Shankle - “The Personal is Philosophical: How Consciousness-Raising Groups Constructed a Feminist Epistemology”

2:20-2:50 – Madolyn Mandeville – “Can Albert Camus’ Absurdist Philosophy Treat Depression?”