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Department of Philosophy

Conferences

Social Epistemology

August 31st-September 2nd, 2007

Stirling Management Centre

University of Stirling

 

Speakers

Elizabeth Fricker (Oxford)

Miranda Fricker (Birkbeck)(pdf)*

Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern) (pdf)*

Alvin Goldman (Rutgers)(pdf)*

Peter Graham (UC, Riverside)

Jonathan Kvanvig (Baylor)(pdf)*

Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern)(pdf)*

Peter Lipton (Cambridge)(pdf)*

Alan Millar (Stirling)(pdf)*

Ernest Sosa (Rutgers)

Commentators

Peter Baumann (Aberdeen) (response to Alan Millar, pdf)

Igor Douven (Leuven)

Lars Gundersen (Aarhus)

Jesper Kallestrup (Edinburgh) (response to Sandy Goldberg, pdf)

Klemens Kappell (Copenhagen) (response to Jonathan Kvanvig, pdf)

Kathleen Lennon (Hull) (response to Miranda Fricker, pdf)

Nenad Miscevic (Budapest)

Erik Olsson (Lund) (response to Alvin Goldman, pdf)

Nikolaj Pedersen (UCLA) (response to Jennifer Lackey, pdf)

Finn Spicer (Bristol)

Discussants-at-Large

Martijn Blaauw (Aberdeen)

Michael Brady (Glasgow)

Stefaan Cuypers (Leuven)

Philip Ebert (Stirling)

Adrian Haddock (Stirling)

Markus Lammenranta (Helsinki)

Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh)

Alessandra Tanesini (Cardiff)

 

*NB. All papers posted above are drafts, and so are not for citation.

Provisional Programme

A provisional conference programme is available here. This programme includes provisional titles and abstracts for (nearly) all the papers, along with travel information and a list of useful contacts.

**Last revised 24/08/2007.

Getting Here

You can find lots of useful information to help you get to the University of Stirling, and find your way around once you're here, here.

 

Conference Overview

This conference is part of the Knowledge, Mind and Value project on The Value of Knowledge that is based in the Department of Philosophy at Stirling, and which is run by Adrian Haddock, Alan Millar, and Duncan Pritchard. Further research events on this general theme have already been hosted, including the following:

Watch out for details of further events, such as the workshop on Perceptual Knowledge: Themes from McDowell to be held in November 2007. See also the project weblog, Epistemic Value, and the Research Resources webpage.

This event is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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Registration

The cost of registration for the event is £60 for those not joining us for the conference dinner on the Saturday night, and £80 for those who do join us for dinner. Please note that these places are subsidized, and hence there can only be a restricted number of delegates. It is thus advisable to register early. The deadline for registration is July 1st, 2007.

To register, send a cheque made out to 'The University of Stirling' for the appropriate amount and send it to:

Social Epistemology Conference,

Department of Philosophy,

University of Stirling,

Stirling, FK9 4LA

Scotland, UK

Please also give us your full contact address, including e-mail address, and let us know of any special dietary requirements you have.

If you have any inquiries about registration, then please direct them to the Department of Philosophy . Aside from e-mail, you can also reach the department by phone on (+44) (0) (1786) 467555. If you are unable to send a cheque in pounds Sterling (this will almost certainly be the case for those resident outside the UK), then please contact the Department of Philosophy directly to make alternative arrangements.

For any general inquiries about the conference, please contact Duncan Pritchard.

Last Updated: 6th July, 2007 by Duncan Pritchard.