SIUCC XXXI: The Argumentative Theory of Reason – From the Social to the Cognitive

Wednesday 10th April

17.30 Pre-conference Coffee & Pastries

17.45 Welcome Address
Marga Vázquez (SEFA) + Inmaculada Murcia (Dean Faculty of Philosophy)

18.00-19.15 Hugo Mercier (CNRS-IJN-ENS): “The Weirdness of Science”

Thursday 11th April

9.30-10.45 Dan Williams (University of Sussex): “The Marketplace of Misleading Ideas” - Discussant Jesús Zamora Bonilla (UNED & Institute Vienna Circle, Uni Wien)

10.45-12.00 Matteo Michelini (Technical University of Eindhoven and Ruhr University of Bochum): “The Effect of Myside Bias in deliberative settings: a perspective from computational models” - Discussant Nino Guallart (U. Sevilla)

12.00-12.30 Coffee & Pastries Break

12.30-13.45 Thomas Castelain (University of Girona): “Dissociation Between What Convinces Children, and the Reasons They Use to Convince Others” - Discussant Neftalí Villanueva (UGR, Filolab)

13.45-16.00 Lunch + Coffee

16.00-17.15 Nick Byrd (Stevens Institute of Technology): “Socratic Reflection Online 2.0” - Discussant Aida Roige (U. Barcelona)

17.15-18.30 Hugo Mercier (CNRS-IJN-ENS): “Making Science Work”

Friday 12th April

9.30 – 10.45 Maarten Van Dorn (Radboud Universiteit/Central European University): “Is Confirmation Bias a Double-Edged Sword? Reevaluating its Role in the Argumentative Theory of Reason” - Discussant: Manuel Padilla Cruz (U. Sevilla)

10.45-11.15 Coffee & Pastries Break

11.15. 12.30. María Jiménez-Buedo (UNED) & Saúl Pérez-Gonzaléz (University of Valencia): “Evidence for Policy and the Scaffolding of Epistemic Vigilance” - Discussant Julia Sánchez-Dorado (U. Sevilla)

12-30-13.45 Javier Anta (University of Seville): “An Informational Semantics for the Argumentative Theory of Reasoning” - Discussant Lilian Bermejo Luque (UGR, Filolab)

13.45-16.00 Lunch + Coffee

16.00-17.15 Constant Bonard (U. of Bern), Filippo Contesi (U. of Milan) & Teresa Marques (U. of Barcelona): “The Effectiveness of Propaganda” - Discussant Gonzalo Velasco (UC3M)

17.15-18.30 Eric Funkhouser (University of Arkansas): “Belief Signaling, Persuasion, and Manipulation” - Discussant Gloria Andrada (U. NOVA Lisboa)

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About the Inter-University Workshop in Philosophy and Cognitive Science (SIUCC)

The SIUCC annual conference has been organized under the auspices of the SEFA (www.sefaweb.es) since the creation of the society in 1994. Invited speakers are asked to present their papers, which can be new material or a revision of former work. The conference intends to trigger exchange of ideas and scholarly debate through the presentation of about 8 contributions related to any of the philosophical topics of the invited speakers’ work.

This year the workshop will be focused on the work of Hugo Mercier (CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod, Paris).

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:

Recent workshops and keynote speakers have been: XXX, Valencia: José Luis Bermudez; XXIX; Barcelona: Susanna Siegel XXVIII, Granada: Amie Thomasson; XXVII, Vitoria: Elisabeth Camp; XXVI, Madrid: David Velleman; XXV, Valencia: Tim Williamson; XXIV, Valladolid: Jason Stanley; XXIII, Sevilla: Jennifer Hornsby; XXII, San Sebastián: Jesse Prinz; XXI, Granada: Jaakko Hintikka; XX, Barcelona: Crispin Wright; XIX, Zaragoza: Ernest Sosa; XVIII, Madrid: John Perry.

This XXXI edition will take place at the Universidad de Sevilla, hosted by the Faculty of Philosophy (Faculty of Philosophy/Faculty of Psychology building), in April 10th-12th, 2024.