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!
Description of the presentation
Room
To what extent are the natural sciences influenced by the
human sciences with respect to medicine?
AUD C
How do we know whether or not to participate in
elections, and if yes, how do we know who to vote for?
AUD B
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?
AUD A
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?
Room
AUD A
AUD B
AUDC
Room
AUD B
AUD A
Bathish
AUD C
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
Room
Is one way of knowing more reliable in finding a defendant
innocent or guilty?
AUD C
Get the Dollar
Through the Color
How does color affect the behavior and decision of people
through its indirect messages?
AUD B
The Perfect
Woman?
How does the perception of beauty differ across cultures
and over time?
AUD A
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?
Room
AUD C
AUD A
AUD B
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
Description of the presentation
PARALLEL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS 5
Presenters
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
Room
Is it ethically sound to create a definition of "good" and
"bad" based on consensus in the Human Sciences?
AUD A
To what extent is our sensory perception and emotion
influenced by mass media?
AUD C
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?
AUD B
Bathish
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?
Room
AUD C
AUD A
AUD B
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
Description of the presentation
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”
Description of the presentation
Room
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
AUD A
AUD B
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
Title of the
Presentation
Description of the presentation
Room
Reasonable Gay
Rights In Russia
How can reason be used to resolve issues in ethics,
history, and the human sciences?
AUD C
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)
Room
AUD B
Bathish
AUD A
AUD C