We owe a significant portion of our knowledge about the world&mdash\;whether in history\, science\, or our understanding of divinity and one another&mdash\;to the testimony of others. Some testimonies are readily accepted\, while others are subjected to intense scrutiny. Drawing the line between a reliable testimony and a questionable one is among the many challenges we aim to address. This conference is a transdisciplinary endeavor that explores the act of testifying and examines how it is conceptualized across various fields. The aim of our gathering is to investigate\, in a dynamic manner\, different perspectives and approaches within the domains of history\, law\, philosophy\, sociology\, psychology\, and beyond.
\nSchedule:
\nThursday\, May 29th (hybrid)\, Titu Maiorescu Hall
\n\n10:00 am &ndash\; 10:10 am Opening remarks
\n\n10: 10 &ndash\; 10:50 Carlotta Gallani\, Upsalla University\, Testimonial knowledge through unsafe testimony. Notes on Lackey&rsquo\;s reply to Goldberg
\n10:50-11:05 Coffee Break
\n\n11:05 &ndash\; 12:05 Constantin Stoenescu\, University of Bucharest\, Testimony and Nonpropositional Knowledge (keynote lecture)
\n\n12:05 -14 Lunch Break
\n\n14:05- 14:45 Rashad Rehman\, Center for Bioethics\, Franciscan University of Steubenville\, OH\, The Problem of Intertestimonial Disagreement: A Case Study
\n14:45 &ndash\; 15:25 James Gillard\, University of Texas at Austin\, A Testimonial Theory of When To Believe LLM Outputs (online)
\n\n15:25 &ndash\; 16:05 Aisha Qadoos\, University of Birmingham\, Bearing Witness (online)
\n\n16:05 &ndash\; 16:30 Coffee Break
\n\n16:30 &ndash\; 17:10 Ileana Dascălu\, University of Bucharest\, Digital storytelling and the experiential turn in understanding cultural heritage
\n\n17: 10 -17 50 \; Ionuț Tudor\, University of Bucharest\, The Testimony of human rights
\nFriday\, May 30th (online)
\n16:30 &ndash\; 17:10 Sandra Brâ\;nzaru\, University of Bucharest\, Testimony and knowing what it&rsquo\;s like &ndash\;VR and bots
\n\n17:20- 18:00 Iulia- Mihaela Gheorghe\, West University of Timișoara\, Testimonial Narratives in the Digital Age: Exploring the Impact of Digital Addiction and Digital Abilities on Student Performance
\n\n18:10 &ndash\; 18:50 Laida Arbizu Aguirre\, University of the Basque Country\, Trauma\, Power\, and the Epistemic Double Bind: Resisting Credibility Reconfigurations in GBV Testimony \;
\n\n19:00- 20:00 Duncan Pritchard\, University of California\, Irvine\, Understanding Fake News\, Keynote lecture
\n\n20:00- 20:10 Concluding remarks
\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Bianca Alexandra Savu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR