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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&rsquo\;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)

www.DeepDisagreements.de

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