The Roles of Knowledge

The word ‘know’ finds a comfortable and colloquial equivalent in every human language, which suggests that the concept of knowledge plays important roles in human life and thought. In recent years, a number of philosophers have investigated the various roles or purposes of knowledge attributions in epistemic evaluation. This workshop seeks to advance the debate by bringing together scholars working in epistemology and related areas. We are interested in exploring any topics that are concerned with the roles of knowledge (or the word ‘knowledge’) in human life.

Friday June 28   

2:00 - 3.30: Paulina Sliwa (Cambridge)  Knowing and Understanding

Commentator: Emil Moeller (Oxford)

3:30 - 5.00: Mikkel Gerken (Copenhagen) If the Word ‘Knowledge’ Did Not Exist, Would it be Necessary to Invent it?

Commentator: Natalie Ashton (Edinburgh)

30 minute break 

5:30 - 7:00: Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh) The Genealogy of the Concept of Knowledge and Anti-Luck Virtue Epistemology

Commentator: Nick Hughes (St Andrews/CSMN)

7:30: Workshop Dinner

Saturday June 29

9:30 - 11:00: Michael Hannon (Cambridge) Stabilizing ‘Knowledge’

Commentator: Robin McKenna (Edinburgh)

11:00 - 12:30: Jessica Brown (Arché, St Andrews) Impurism and the Social Role of Knowledge

Commentator: Sebastian Nye (Cambridge) 

1.5 hour lunch

2:00 - 3.30: Clayton Littlejohn (King's College London)  Knowledge, Reasons, and Causes

Commentator: Chris Cowie (Cambridge)