Conspiracy Theory and Hinge Epistemology

This workshop is part of the research project "The Ethics of Doubt: Kierkegaard, Scepticism, and Conspiracy Theory" funded by an ERC Advanced grant awarded to Professor Genia Schönbaumsfeld, University of Southampton. 

The project explores Søren Kierkegaard’s existential conception of doubt and brings it into dialogue with broader philosophical concerns, focusing on the relation between the intellectual vices, such as a lack of intellectual courage, and various forms of scepticism, both inside and outside of academia. The project also examines the current epistemic authority crisis, and philosophical approaches to the problem of conspiracy theory.

The project's third workshop focuses on hinge epistemology and research on conspiracy theory.

www.ethicsofdoubt.org  

Confirmed speakers include:

Giulia Napolitano (University of Rottedam): "Group Dogmatism and Conspiracy Theory"

Nuno Venturinha (University of Lisbon): "Hinges and Flat Earth Beliefs"

Anna Boncompagni (University of California Irivine): "Conspiracy theories, persuasion, and non-ideal hinge epistemology"

Thomas Spiegel (Miyazaki International University): "Are There Genuinely Political Hinges?"

Christopher Ranalli (University of Amsterdam): "Conspiracy and Anti-Conspiracy Hinges"

If you would like to attend, please let us know beforehand at [email protected]

Papers can be shared upon request a couple of weeks before the conference.