Epistemic Value

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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

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