CFP: Deep Disagreements. Philosophical and Legal Perspectives
Submission deadline: February 28, 2015
Conference date(s):
June 11, 2015 - June 12, 2015
Conference Venue:
Humboldt-University, Berlin
Berlin,
Germany
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*Deep Disagreements. Philosophical and Legal Perspectives*
International Conference
Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin
June 11-12, 2015
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Many disagreements that are central to political, social, ideological or
religious conflicts can neither be resolved through a compelling
argument nor by gathering further information. If these disagreements do
not arise from readily discernible misunderstandings and are yet of
considerable importance and in need of regulation, we call them /deep
disagreements/.
The phenomenon of deep disagreement raises issues for many areas,
especially within philosophy (e.g. epistemology, metaphilosophy,
metaethics) and law (e.g. legal theory). Deep Disagreements have already
been tackled in philosophical debates surrounding /peer disagreement/.
Epistemic peers are persons who share the same level of information on
the given subject and are equipped with similar intellectual capacities,
and the debated question is how they should rationally react to
disagreements.
In legal theory, the debate about the /right answer thesis/ centers
around the question whether all legal disputes have a single right
answer. If we do not presuppose a right answer, Dworkin’s famous
argument of the /semantic sting/ seems to force us into an implausible
conclusion: that disagreements in law are merely based on linguistic
misunderstandings. In philosophy, there is a related debate about the
possibility of /faultless disagreements/, i.e. cases of disagreement in
which no participant makes a mistake. The relationship between these
debates has not been explored yet.
This conference aims to bring together researchers across disciplines to
discuss philosophical and legal debates, to systematically apply them to
the case of deep disagreements, and to test the theories in socially and
politically relevant fields of application. The conference marks the
launch of the DEEP DISAGREEMENTS project, directed by Geert Keil
(Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin, Department of Philosophy) and Ralf
Poscher (Universitaet Freiburg, Faculty of Law). The project is
sponsored by the /Volkswagen Foundation/.
*Keynote Speakers:*
* Samantha Besson (Université de Fribourg)
* Brian Leiter (University of Chicago Law School)
* Ernest Sosa (Rutgers University)
* Folke Tersman (Uppsala University)
*Submission Details: *We invite submissions of long abstracts (up to
1000 words including footnotes and references) relevant to the
conference topic. Abstracts must be written in English and be prepared
for blind review. The body of the email should include your abstract
title as well as your name and affiliation. Please submit your abstract
in Word or PDF format to /[email protected]/
Accommodation costs will be covered. Some travel support is also available.
*Deadline for Submissions: *February 28, 2015
*Notification of Acceptance:* March 31, 2015
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