BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T103219Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20230215T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20230215T000000 SUMMARY:Early Modern Social Epistemology UID:20240329T103233Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Quellenstraße 51\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1100 DESCRIPTION:
Traditionally\, early modern epistemology is seen as strikingly individualist. It is epitomized by the Cartesian meditator&rsquo\;s attempt to find a foundation for the sciences on the basis of her individual reason alone. Recently\, however\, this picture has begun to be challenged. Concurrent with a shift in contemporary analytic epistemology towards a more practical and embodied view of knowledge\, historians have begun to draw attention to the role of social features in early modern epistemologies in both canonical and non-canonical authors. This conference aims to both reflect on this shift and to further it.
\nWe welcome papers on the following questions and topics:
\nIs early modern epistemology inherently or especially individualist?
\nAre canonical early modern thinkers surprisingly social in their thinking about epistemology?
\nAre there non-canonical early modern thinkers whose epistemologies are surprisingly social?
\nElements of social epistemology itself in early modern thinkers\, including but not limited to:
\nTestimony
\nDisagreement\, consensus and its epistemological implications
\nExpertise and trust in epistemic authorities
\nPrejudice and superstition
\nIntersubjectivity
\nThe role of the passions/affects for knowledge
\nThe social constitution of scientific knowledge (through e.g. the Royal Society)
\nSubmission guidelines:
\nPlease prepare a 500-word abstract for blind review\, together with a separate document containing the title of your talk and your name and institutional affiliation. Submissions (in docx or pdf format) can be sent to earlymodernceu@gmail.com. \;
\nPresentations will be given 45-minute slots (30 mins. talk + 15 mins. Q&\;A). There will be no parallel sessions.
\nThe submission deadline is February 15\, 2023 at 23:59 CET.
\nWe expect to make our decisions by the end of February.
\nWe will aim for gender equity in accepted presentations. Members of underrepresented groups are especially welcome to apply. We hope to be able to support accepted speakers with a travel bursary of up to 200 euros.
\nIn case of any questions\, please contact the organizers at earlymodernceu@gmail.com. \;
\nOrganizers:
\nDá\;vid Bartha\, Ruben Noorloos &\; Mike Griffin
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