CFP: Truth and Politics: A Political Epistemology Conference

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

We invite submissions of abstracts (700-1000 words) on any topic on the theme of the conference.

Please anonymize your submission and upload it via this easychair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tap2022

The deadline for submissions is APRIL 30, 2022.

This will be an in-person event. We cannot accommodate virtual presentations. Please keep this in mind when decided whether to submit an abstract.

We expect to provide 3 nights accommodation and dinner for speakers selected through our open call. Speakers are responsible for making their own travel arrangements.

Potential topics include but are not limited to

• The role of truth in politics

• Democracy and collective intelligence

• Deliberative democracy and its challenges, both conceptual and empirical

• The problem of deep disagreement

• Epistemic paternalism

• The epistemology and politics of trust

• Epistemic injustice

• The epistemology of ignorance

• The epistemology of propaganda

• Cognitive biases and politics

• Formal models of democratic processes

• Epistemic Democracy and its flaws

We also invite submissions that address new or underexplored topics or bring together insights from different sub-topics, including interdisciplinary works.