Edinburgh Epistemology Graduate Conference

June 8, 2012 - June 9, 2012
University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh
United Kingdom

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Sponsor(s):

  • Scots Philosophical Association
  • Mind Association
  • School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Speakers:

John Greco
Saint Louis University
Crispin Wright
New York University

Organisers:

Robin McKenna
University of Edinburgh

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A distinguishing feature of this graduate conference is that all graduate presentations will have respondents from the faculty at Edinburgh and other neighbouring universities.

Programme

Friday June 8th

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee and Registration

10:30 – 11:30 First Postgraduate Presentation
Joe Cunningham (UCL)
“Perceptual Knowledge: Access Without Evidence”

11:30 – 12:30 Second Postgraduate Presentation
Josh Thorpe (St Andrews)
“Discontent and the Vat Argument’

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 Third Postgraduate Presentation
Spyros-Orestis Palermos (Edinburgh)
“Could Reliability Imply Safety?”

2:30 – 3:30 Fourth Postgraduate Presentation
Alex Worsnip (Yale)
“Two Kinds of Stakes”

3.30 – 3.45 Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:15 Keynote Address
Crispin Wright (NYU/Northern Institute of Philosophy)

5:30 Drinks and Dinner
 
Saturday June 9th

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee and Registration

10:30 – 11:30 First Postgraduate Presentation
Jeremy Goodman (Oxford)
“Introspection and Inference”

11:30 – 12:30 Second Postgraduate Presentation
Fatema Amijee (UT Austin)
“Understanding-Assent Links”

12.30 – 1.30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 Third Postgraduate Presentation
Stephanie Leary (Rutgers)
“A Role for Reasons in Epistemology”

2:30 – 3:30 Fourth Postgraduate Presentation
Sander Verhaegh (Groningen)
“Holism and the Epistemology of Disagreement”

3:30 – 3:45 Coffee Break

4:00 – 5.15 Keynote Address
John Greco (Saint Louis)

5.30 Drinks and (unofficial) Dinner

Registration cost is £5. The conference dinner is on Friday 8th and will cost £20. If you want to attend the dinner, choose that option when registering.

To register go here: http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=755&deptid=69&catid=10

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