CFP: The Value of Truth

Approximate length for submitted abstracts: 500 - 1500 words (20 min presentation)

Confirmed speakers include: Andrew Chignell (Princeton University), Alessia Marabini (University of Bologna), Stewart Cohen (University of Arizona), Jeffrey Dunn (DePauw University), Anna-Marie Eder (University of Cologne), Filippo Ferrari (University of Bonn), Clayton Littlejohn (Kings College of London), Michael P. Lynch (University of Connecticut), Miriam McCormick (University of Richmond), Luca Moretti (University of Aberdeen), Kate Nolfi (University of Vermont), Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij (Birkbeck College).

Topic of the conference

Our conference focuses on two major questions: 1) is truth the sole and most fundamental epistemic value and 2) is the value of truth exclusively or fundamentally epistemic? While the focus of our conference is epistemology, we also welcome submissions on broadly related subjects such as philosophy of science, education or social philosophy.

Certain topics of interest, related to the problem of the value of truth, include:

• Epistemological consequentialism
• Virtue epistemology
• The nature of epistemic norms
• The axiology of doxastic states
• Veritism
• Group knowledge and social epistemology
• Epistemic rationality

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Please also note that travel and accommodation costs are not covered