Conference Schedule

ACS Fifth Annual Theory of Knowledge Conference 2014

“Imagination as a Way of Knowledge” THURSDAY, 20 FEBRUARY: 4:30-6:00 OPENING CEREMONY- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS- Ms. Anne Barnard and Mr. Thanassis Cambanis (Bathish Auditorium – AUB West Hall) FRIDAY, 21 FEBRUARY: 8:30-9:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Dr. Imad Saoud 9:30-10:00

BREAKFAST

10:10-10:40

PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 1

Presenters Ramy Hneidi Simon Dib Nayla Tohme Lillinaz Rouhani Jida Jaffan Tania Koumbarji Leah Abou Jaoude Ali Maktabi Michelle Bassil Lynn Ezzeddine Omar Al Khoja Ghassan Abou Fakher 10:50-11:20

Don’t Bomb My Streets!

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To what extent are the natural sciences influenced by the human sciences with respect to medicine?

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How do we know whether or not to participate in elections, and if yes, how do we know who to vote for?

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What ways of knowing do doctors and family members use to decide to save one person at the risk of killing another in situations where the life of one is dependent on the second? To what extent does our emotional attachment to our religious, political, and cultural beliefs hinder our ability to reason and make ethical judgment?

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Bathish

PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 2

Presenters Karim Boustany Ihssan Tinawi Bassam Nahas Nathaniel Armstrong Cyril Zakka Malek Shatila Yasmine Atallah Ruwan Teodros Sandra El Saoud 11:30-12:00

Title of the Presentation Contemporary Medicine Vs. Alternative Medicine To Vote or Not to Vote? Is That Really a Question? Kill One Save One

Title of the Presentation Giving Money To Beggars

Description of the presentation To what extent do reason and emotion inform acts of goodness?

How can ethics and human sciences help determine how surveillance by government agencies benefits a community? harms it? Happy Hour: How do we know what the right legal drinking age is? 6-9 :) How do we know that the statistics given to us about teen deaths and car crashes, teen pregnancy are directly related to the drinking age? PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 3

Presenters Adnan Jalloul Rami Banna Mohammad Afsh Yousef Safadi Danny Fatte Sam Karam Samer Dalal Tarek Sebai

You Are Being Watched

Title of the Presentation Reform or Punish? Reefer Madness Sexing The Music The Globalization of Education

Description of the presentation Which is the better system for the general population and which is better for the victims? How has the media’s depiction of marijuana contributed to people’s understanding of it? To what extent is it ethical to exploit the female body for artistic and commercial purposes? How can one’s emotional attachment to their culture influence their educational experience?

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12:00-1:00

LUNCH

1:00-1:30

PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 4

Presenters Alex El Khoury Nicolas Helou Khaled Assaf Farah Khashfe Nazih Bizri Leila Charafedine Ibrahim Yamouf Omar Rizkalla Hassan Ismail 1:40-2:10

Abdul Babgi Jed Kechechian Daniel Messara Ayah Fadlallah Nazek Dalloul Sarah Ibrahim Rawan Farage Donna Barakeh Zalfa Stevenson

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Is one way of knowing more reliable in finding a defendant innocent or guilty?

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Get the Dollar Through the Color

How does color affect the behavior and decision of people through its indirect messages?

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The Perfect Woman?

How does the perception of beauty differ across cultures and over time?

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Title of the Presentation The Long Arm of Justice

Description of the presentation To what extent do reason and emotion play a role in the judicial system?

You're fat, ugly, and uncool. Deal with it.

This presentation will examine media's and brands' influence on the common perception of what "sexy" really is, and the consequences of attempting to attain it.

Ethics and the Retelling of History

To what extent do ethical issues incite discrepancies in the retelling of historical events?

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PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 6

Presenters Basma Jaber Jad El Tal Maher Koussa Tarek Tawil Bahjat Ghazal Malika Hage Hassan Alex Badaoui Imad Rizkalla Jad Zbib 2:45-3:00

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PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 5

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2:20-2:40

Title of the Presentation Me Against the World

Title of the Presentation What’s Your Life Worth? Snowdon Right or Wrong How Judgment Makes Us Knowers The “Fight Or Write” Response

Description of the presentation To what extent can emotion affect the way we ethically react to situations? How could morals and ethics have influenced Edward Snowden even if his actions were condemned by the US government? To what extent is our knowledge shaped around personal judgment? Do informed individuals have an ethical obligation to assist the perceived “righteous” side in a conflict?

CLOSURE OF THE FIRST DAY (Bathish Auditorium)

Room AUD B Bathish AUD A AUD C

SATURDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 9:00-10:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Ms. Tracie Landry

10:00-10:30

BREAKFAST

10:30-11:00

PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 7

Presenters Tamara Dalloul Marya Al-Hindi Lamis Awdi Rhawann El-Hakim Madeleine Grissom Sara Qarizada Iva Dim Hiromu Otsuka Rasheed Mounla Ranwa Dbaibo 11:10-11:40

Micaela Assaad Pinar Mansour Andy Rahi Lea Maria Nahhas Lucy Gavin Dana Qadda Yara Trabousli Nora Darwish Kevin Bosnoyan Faysal Shair

Endorsed by Fame

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Is it ethically sound to create a definition of "good" and "bad" based on consensus in the Human Sciences?

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To what extent is our sensory perception and emotion influenced by mass media?

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How are knowledge claims justified? Are the following types of justification all equally reliable: sense perception, evidence, emotion and reasoning? What are the implications of including the entertainment business in campaigning program in the American elections?

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Title of the Presentation Black, White and the Media Die Skinny Artists To The Rescue Same Age, Same Classroom

Description of the presentation Why does race play such a significant role in our perception of ethical issues? How do the eating disorders in the fashion industry influence our perception of beauty? How do the arts impact reason and emotion?

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WHY? To what extent do the human sciences determine educational practices in a given society?

Bathish

PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 9

Presenters Rayan Yamout Riwa Hafez Sarah Cupler Nathalie El-Khoury Rasha Fawaz Diala Husseini Natalie Nasr Dalal Itani Ramsey Fahed

Is The Trauma Worth The Knowledge? Urban Myths

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PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 8

Presenters

11:50- 12:20

Title of the Presentation The Lucifer Effect

Title of the Presentation What’s the Point? Meaning, language and IB Art? Ban-Ksy: Criminal Art? Can we market ethics? Popularity of the “Cronut”

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How does language influence our understanding of art? AUD C How do reason and sense perception affect our understanding of the ethics of street art? To what extent does social media determine the significance of an event? How can social media trigger certain emotional response thus altering our perception of an event? How are trends affected by the consumer’s perception of the product, and how does the “hype” and effect of social media and social pressure alter the way one views the product?

Bathish

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12:20-1:20

LUNCH

1:20-1:50 PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 10 Presenters Leyth Makdessi Hanna Hawa Aia Sakr Ranan Fattal Leah Mansour Fatima Makhzoum Maya Masri Karla Machlab Sara Hatoum Marouf Alarnaout

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Reasonable Gay Rights In Russia

How can reason be used to resolve issues in ethics, history, and the human sciences?

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Keep Me Safe from Psychopaths Gender Identity: The Third Gender Sex, Drugs, and Violence

To what extent does the diathesis stress model help determine the punishment of a psychopath? Should our biological category determine our social roles? To what extent do the human sciences and the natural sciences influence laws and policies designed to protect youth?

Bathish AUD B AUD A

2:00-2:20 PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 11 Presenters Adriana Smith

Rapahael Yeretzian Alex Feia

Mark Deroca

Title of the Presentation Are you Actually “More Beautiful Than you Think”? Tribes Hearing Their Dead Ancestors Artificial Intelligence and the Nature of Civil Rights Monkey See, Monkey Do?

Description of the presentation How, and to what extent, might expectations, assumptions and beliefs affect sense perceptions? How, if at all, can factors that bias our views of the world be identified? To what extent do the human sciences influence religious beliefs? In what ways will advances in the natural sciences alter our knowledge in ethics? In what way does our language define the way we view ethics? To what extent does what we perceive determine the actions of a younger population?

2:20 CLOSING CEREMONY (Bathish Auditorium)

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