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Speaker: Paul Conlan (¾«¶«´«Ã½) Entitlement of Cognitive Project and The Adoption Problem Keywords: Epistemology of Logic, Entitlement Epistemology, Adoption Problem Wright (2004) argues that we are warranted in the belief that modus ponens (MPP) is valid via an entitlement of cognitive project. Wright’s entitlement epistemology extends further, however: Wright (2014), suggests that the warrant for ‘cornerstone’…

Cancelled due to conflicting event – Workshop: Proofs, Rules, and Meanings

Discussion session on “Inquiring Minds Want to Improve” by Arianna Falbo Abstract: Much of the recent work on epistemology of inquiry defends two related theses. First, inquiry into a question rationally prohibits believing an answer to that question. Second, knowledge is the aim of inquiry. I develop a series of cases which indicate that inquiry…

Speaker: Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam & ¾«¶«´«Ã½) A Foucauldian critique of the epistemic injustice research program  Catarina Dutilh Novaes (joint work with Merel Talbi and Solmu Anttila) Since the publication of Fricker’s groundbreaking Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing (2007), vibrant debates on the complex relations between knowledge, ethics and power have ensued, arguably…

Speaker: Carlotta Pavese (Cornell University) Are there essentially intentional actions? A long tradition in action theory holds that there are such things as essentially intentional actions—actions that are intentional whenever performed (Anscombe, Davidson, Bennett, Turri, etc). In my talk, I argue that the existence of essentially intentional action is a philosophical myth and that this…

Speaker: Jade Fletcher (¾«¶«´«Ã½) Practices, Normativity, and Ideological Construction: Conceptualizing Epistemic (In)Justice The aim of this exploratory paper is to put into dialogue two different threads in contemporary social philosophy. Charles Mills made a helpful interjection into the epistemic injustice literature when he suggested that the concept of ideology is valuable for analytic epistemologists.…

Speaker: Roy Sorensen (UT Austin & ¾«¶«´«Ã½) Modesty is a Contagious Blindspot I am modest about my spelling accuracy. Oops, I cannot consistently believe that! Modesty about my spelling entails I underestimate my spelling. If I indeed underestimate my spelling accuracy, then my ignorance about spelling accuracy is contagious. For if I believe you…

Regular meeting is cancelled. Instead, the stream will host a workshop: The Epistemology of Inquiry

Cancelled due to conflicting event Symposium on Jessia Brown’s Groups as Epistemic and Moral Agents (OUP) Cogito Research Centre, University of Glasgow, May 27-28th. All ECT members are welcome to attend, but will need to cover expenses (i.e., food and travel) themselves.

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