BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T163326Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20170720T050000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20170721T170000 SUMMARY:Experience & Updating UID:20260615T075347Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Beckmanns Hof (Shanghai Room)\, Bochum\, Germany DESCRIPTION:

WORKSHOP THEME:It is a longstanding philosophical idea that we obtain our evidence \;(observational data\, perceptual beliefs) on the basis of experiences\, and that accepting this evidence is often \;justified/rational in light of \;the respective \;experience. This procedure corresponds to the first step of rational\, or justified\, belief acquisition. In a second step\, we use this evidence to justify other\, non-perceptual beliefs and to update our belief system.

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Concerning the second step\, formal epistemology and philosophy of science have already made considerable progress in explaining how we should proceed rationally from evidence \;to hypotheses \;about the world\, even if many further questions and problems remain. However\, very little progress has been made \;concerning the first step.

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The purpose of this workshop is to bring together formal \;epistemologists\, philosophers of science and philosophers of mind working at the intersection of both \;topics and \;to answer \;questions regarding experience and its relation to rational updating. We are especially interested in debates concerning:

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ORGANIZERS: The workshop is organized by members of the research group \;From Perception To Belief and Back Again. \; (Peter Brö\;ssel \;(Pittsburgh &\; Bochum)\, \;Finnur Dellsé\;n \;(Dublin)\, \;Anna-Maria A. Eder \;(Northeastern)\, and \;Thomas Raleigh \;(Vienna))

ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Brössel";CN="Finnur Dellsén";CN=Anna-Maria A. Eder;CN=Thomas Raleigh: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR