3rd Annual Edinburgh Graduate Epistemology Conference

We are pleased to announce that registration for the University of Edinburgh’s 3rd Annual Graduate Epistemology Conference is now open. The conference will comprise presentations on a range of epistemological issues from eight graduate speakers as well as two keynote addresses:

Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern University)
Linda Zagzebski (University of Oklahoma)

There is a £5 registration fee, which includes lunch and refreshments on both days. There will also be a conference dinner on Friday 31st for an additional £20.

Please register online at the address below (and select the appropriate option if you would like to join us for dinner):

http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=1076&deptid=69&catid=10

For further details on the conference please visit our conference page:

http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/philosophy/events/view/graduate-epistemology-conference-1

For further information, including accessibility requirements, please email Lani Watson at [email protected]

This conference is generously sponsored by the Scots Philosophical Association, the Mind Association, the Analysis Trust and the Eidyn Research Centre and supported by the Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group.

Conference programme

Friday May 31st

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee and Registration

10:30 – 11:30 First Postgraduate Presentation

Andy Yu – Oxford University
‘Knowledge, Probability and Action’

11:30 – 12:30 Second Postgraduate Presentation

Michael Hannon – University of Cambridge
‘Is Knowledge True Belief Plus Adequate Information?’

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 Third Postgraduate Presentation

Andrew Peet – Arché, University of St. Andrews
‘Testimony in Context’

2:30 – 3:30 Fourth Postgraduate Presentation

Paul Poenicke – University at Buffalo, State University of New York
‘A Genealogical Resolution of the Swamping Problem’

3:30 – 4:00 Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:30 Keynote Address and Annual Nature of Knowledge Lecture

Linda Zagzebski - University of Oklahoma
‘A Defense of Epistemic Authority’

5:30 Drinks and Dinner

Saturday June 1st

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee and Registration

10:30 – 11:30 First Postgraduate Presentation

Nicholas Laskowski – University of Southern California
‘Practical and Evidential Epistemic Reasons’

11:30 – 12:30 Second Postgraduate Presentation

Daniel Fogal – New York University
‘Rational Requirements and the Primacy of Pressure’

12.30 – 1.30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 Third Postgraduate Presentation

Elena Derksen – Ryerson University
‘The Possibility of Believing at Will’

2:30 – 3:30 Fourth Postgraduate Presentation

Nick Hughes – Arché/CSMN
‘E=K? (How Williamson’s Arguments Fall Short)’

3:30 – 4:00 Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:30 Keynote Address

Jennifer Lackey - Northwestern University
‘What is Justified Group Belief?’

5.30 Drinks and Dinner

Organising committee: Lani Watson, Natalie Ashton, Alan Wilson, Lee Whittington, Alfred Archer, Tim Kunke