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SUMMARY:Ignorance and Irrationality in Politics
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LOCATION:Nottingham\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>The workshop will explore two issues: the extent and causes of citizen ignorance\, and whether (and in what ways) belief formation in politics is epistemically irrational\, even if it may reflect instrumental rationality on the part of citizens.</p>\n\n<p>MONDAY JUNE 10<br><br>1:00pm - 2:30pm:&nbsp\;PUBLIC IRRATIONALITY AND EPISTEMIC PATERNALISM<br>Robin McKenna&nbsp\;<br><em>Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool</em></p>\n<p>2:45pm - 4:15pm:&nbsp\;DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL IGNORANCE<br>Ilya Somin<br><em>Professor of Law at George Mason University</em></p>\n<p>4:30pm - 6:00pm:&nbsp\;SCIENCE FUNDING AND THE MAKING OF IGNORANCE<br>Zeynep Pamuk<br><em>Supernumerary Fellow in Politics at St. John&rsquo\;s\, Oxford<br><br></em></p>\n<p>TUESDAY JUNE 11<br><br>10am - 11:30am:&nbsp\;FEELING DISCOMFORT: ACTIVE IGNORANCE AND ANGER<br>Alessandra Tanesini<br><em>Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cardiff</em></p>\n<p>11:45am - 1:15pm:&nbsp\;EVIDENTIALISM AND POLITICAL POLARIZATION<br>Emily Colleen McWilliams<br><em>Assistant Professor of Philosophy\, Duke Kunshan</em></p>\n<p>Lunch</p>\n<p>2:30pm - 4pm:&nbsp\;EMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING AND DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY&nbsp\;<br>Michael Hannon<br><em>Assistant Professor of Philosophy\, University of Nottingham</em></p>\n<p>4:15pm - 5:45pm:&nbsp\;THE PERILS OF PERCEPTION: SYSTEMIC DRIVERS OF MISPERCEPTIONS<br>Bobby Duffy<br><em>Director of the Policy Institute\, King&rsquo\;s College London</em></p>
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