ECOM is delighted to host Prof. Matthew Christman! He will present a talk titled &ldquo\;Transparency and Sociality of Belief&rdquo\;. \;
(The talk will be in hybrid format\, the Zoom link will be shared a day before the talk.)
&ldquo\;Transparency and Sociality of Belief&rdquo\;
\nAbstract: A prominent view holds that our beliefs are transparent\, in the sense that one should\, and normally will\, answer the question &ldquo\;Do you believe \;p?&rdquo\; by seeking to settle the corresponding question about whether \;p. Transparency is held to be a normative requirement and also crucial to understanding the distinctively authoritative and secure nature of knowledge of one&rsquo\;s own beliefs. In this paper\, we argue that the transparency requirement\, as well as our authoritative and secure self-knowledge of our beliefs\, should be explained by something else: the social role belief. We hold that to believe \;p \;transparently is to be prepared to contribute \;p \;to shared reasoning with others\, and to self-ascribe the belief that \;p \;transparently is to make explicit that one would contribute \;p \;to shared reasoning. We conclude that understanding our normative epistemic relationships to other people is fundamental to explaining distinctive features of knowledge of our own beliefs.
ORGANIZER;CN=Utku Sonsayar;CN=Dorit Bar-On: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR