Copenhagen Social Epistemology Conference

The Social Epistemology Research Group (SERG) at the University of Copenhagen is hosting a one-day epistemology workshop on Thursday September 17th. The workshop is part of a series of workshops and conferences to be held in connection with the research project The Epistemology of Liberal Democracy, funded by the Velux Foundation.

Venue: Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (Amager), Room 14.2.50

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee and tea

10.30 – 12.00 Nikolaj Nottelmann (University of Southern Denmark): A Defense of modest a priori infallibilism

12.00 – 13.15 Lunch

13.15 – 14.45 Klemens Kappel (SERG, University of Copenhagen): The truth-conduciveness of free speech: How should we assess the arguments?

14.45 – 15.00 Break

15.00 – 16.30 Chris Kelp (K. U. Leuven): On the possibility of reasonable disagreement: a virtue-theoretic approach

16.30 – 16.45 Break

16.45 – 18.15 Patrick Greenough (University of St. Andrews): What is disagreement?

Registration and enquiries: There is no registration fee. However, if you would like to attend the workshop—or have any enquiries concerning the event—please contact Nikolaj Jang Lee Linding Pedersen (nikolaj@ucla.edu).

SERG webpage: http://epistemology.ku.dk

Epistemic Normativity Workshop: Fordham University, April 2010

Fordham University will be hosting a two-day workshop on Epistemic Normativity, on April 16th-17th, 2010. The keynote speakers will be John Greco, Tom Kelly, and Linda Martin-Alcoff, and the workshop will be held at Fordham’s Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan. Here is a full list of speakers and chairs:

Speakers:

Jeremy Fantl (Calgary) & Matt McGrath (Missouri)
Richard Foley (NYU)
John Greco (St. Louis)
Thomas Kelly (Princeton)
Michael Lynch (Connecticut)
Linda Martin-Alcoff (CUNY)
Wayne Riggs (Oklahoma)
Dennis Whitcomb (Western Washington)

Chairs:

Joe Cruz (Williams)
Michael DePaul (Notre Dame)
Catherine Elgin (Harvard)
Miguel Angel Fernandez (UNAM)
Nishi Shah (Amherst)
Declan Smithies (Ohio State)
Asbjørn Steglich-Peterson (Aarhus)
Matt Weiner (Vermont)

Visitors to the workshop are welcome, and attendance is free. If you are interested in attending, please contact Stephen Grimm at sgrimm@fordham.edu. The website for the conference can be found here.