Social and Epistemic Norms

At this mini-conference, seven internationally known philosophers will discuss the nature and function of social and epistemic norms, especially in relation to issues in social epistemology and the epistemology of testimony. For example, to what extent can epistemic norms be understood as social norms? Can a better understanding of social norms help us to understand the social dimensions of knowledge, including the ways in which our knowledge depends on aspects of the social environment? Speakers for the conference are Julia Driver (Washington University), Elizabeth Fricker (Oxford), Sanford Goldberg (Northwestern), Peter Graham (UC, Riverside), David Henderson (Nebraska), Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern), and Deborah Tollefsen (Memphis). This mini-conference is free and open to the public. It will be held March 18-19, 2015 at Saint Louis University.