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SUMMARY:Early Modern Social Epistemology
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LOCATION:Quellenstraße 51\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1100
DESCRIPTION:<p>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.</p>\n<p>We welcome papers on the following questions and topics:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Is early modern epistemology inherently or especially individualist?</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Are canonical early modern thinkers surprisingly social in their thinking about epistemology?</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Are there non-canonical early modern thinkers whose epistemologies are surprisingly social?</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Elements of social epistemology itself in early modern thinkers\, including but not limited to:</p>\n</li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Testimony</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Disagreement\, consensus and its epistemological implications</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Expertise and trust in epistemic authorities</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Prejudice and superstition</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Intersubjectivity</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>The role of the passions/affects for knowledge</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>The social constitution of scientific knowledge (through e.g. the Royal Society)</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Submission guidelines:</strong></p>\n<p>Please prepare a <strong>500-word abstract</strong> 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.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Presentations will be given 45-minute slots (30 mins. talk + 15 mins. Q&amp\;A). There will be no parallel sessions.</p>\n<p>The submission deadline is <strong>February 15\, 2023</strong> at 23:59 CET.</p>\n<p>We expect to make our decisions by the end of February.</p>\n<p>We 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.</p>\n<p>In case of any questions\, please contact the organizers at earlymodernceu@gmail.com.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Organizers:</strong></p>\n<p>D&aacute\;vid Bartha\, Ruben Noorloos &amp\; Mike Griffin</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Ruben Noorloos;CN=Michael V. Griffin:
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