Generously funded by the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN) at the University of Oslo.
Organisers: Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern), Andrew Peet (Oslo) and Mona Simion (Cardiff).
1st SENE
Oslo 2018
Programme
(talks, coffee breaks and lunches take place in the Georg Morgenstiernes building of the University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31. unless otherwise specified)
Tuesday, May 22
8.45-9.15 Coffee
9.15- 9.30 Opening: Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern University)
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
9.30-10.50: Keynote Talk: Katherine Hawley (University of St Andrews): The Social Epistemology of Imposter Syndrome;
Response: Natalia Waights-Hickman (University of Oxford).
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
10.50-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.20: Parallel Sessions
Session 1:
Axel Gelfert (Technical University of Berlin): What Is Fake News?
Response: Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt University).
(Room GM 206)
Session 2:
Jesper Kallestrup (University of Edinburgh): The Epistemology of Testimonial Trust;
Response: Tim Kenyon (University of Waterloo).
(Room GM 652)
12.20-2.00: Lunch, Georg Morgenstiernes Cafe
2.00-3.20: Parallel Sessions
Session 1:
Katherine Dormandy (Innsbruck University): Types of Belief on Authority.
Response: Olav Gjelsvik (University of Oslo)
(Room GM 206)
Session 2:
Mihaela Popa-Wyatt (University of Birmingham): How Speech Alters Norms;
Response: Rachel Sterken (University of Oslo)
(Room GM 652)
3.20-3.30 Coffee
3.30-4.50: Early Career Talk:
Adina Covaci (University of Leeds): Against Moral Deference Again;
Response: Paulina Sliwa (University of Cambridge)
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
4.50-5.00 Coffee
5.00-6.20 Keynote Talk:
Alvin Goldman (Rutgers University): Social Epistemology and Epistemic Normativity
Response: Christoph Kelp (University of Glasgow).
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
7.00 Conference Dinner at Café Love, De Norske Teatret
Wednesday, May 23
9.00-9.30 Coffee
9.30-10.50 Parallel Sessions:
Session 1:
Paul Faulkner (University of Sheffield): On Conversion;
Response: Christoph Jaeger (Innsbruck University)
(Room GM 206)
Session 2:
Carrie Figdor (University of Iowa): Trust Me - News, Credibility Deficits and Balance;
Response: Gloria Origgi (Institut Jean Nicod).
(Room GM 652)
10.50-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.20 Keynote Talk:
Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern University): The Speaker’s Expectation of Trust;
Response: Andrew Peet (University of Oslo)
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
12.20-2.00 Lunch at Georg Morgenstiernes Cafe
2.00-3.20 Parallel Sessions:
Session 1:
Mikkel Gerken (University of Southern Denmark): Epistemic Diversity and Epistemic Injustice;
Response: Lizzie Fricker (University of Oxford/Notre Dame).
(Room GM 206)
Session 2:
Mark Alfano (Delft University of Technology): Virtues for Agents in Directed Social Networks;
Response: Orestis Palermos (Cardiff University).
(Room GM 652)
3.20-3.30 Coffee
3.30-4.50 Early Career Talk
Lewis Ross (University of St Andrews): How Disciplines Progress;
Response: Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern University)
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
4.50-5.00 Coffee
5.00-6.20: Keynote Talk:
Paulina Sliwa (University of Cambridge): Trying to Make Sense of It: Varieties of Moral Advice.
Response: Mona Simion (Cardiff University)
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
7.00 Dinner at the Georg Morgenstiernes Cafe
Thursday, May 24
8.30-9. 00 Coffee
9.00-10.20 Keynote Talk:
Cristina Bicchieri (University of Pennsylvania): TBA.
Response: Peter Graham (UC Riverside).
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
10.20-10.30 Coffee
10.30-11.50 Parallel Sessions:
Session 1:
Lani Watson (University of Edinburgh): What Are Epistemic Rights?
Response: Emily McWilliams (Harvard University).
(Room GM 206)
Session 2:
Stephen Wright (University of Oxford): Testimony, Knowledge, and Reliability;
Response: Boaz Miller (Zefat Academic College).
(Room GM 652)
11.50-1.00 Lunch at the Georg Morgenstiernes Cafe
1.00-2.20 Early Career Talk:
Eric Sampson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill): Can We Rationally Believe Conciliationism?;
Response: Herman Cappelen (University of Oslo).
(Arne Næss Auditorium)
2.20-2.30 Coffee
2.30-3.50: Parallel Sessions
Session 1:
Robin McKenna (University of Vienna): Is Knowledge Socially Constructed?
Response: Klemens Kappel (University of Copenhagen).
(Room GM 206)
Session 2:
Joey Pollock (University of Edinburgh): Linguistic Understanding and Testimonial Warrant;
Response: Nikolaj Nottlemann (University of Southern Denmark).
(Room GM 652)
3.50-4.00 Coffee
4.00-5.20 Early Career Talk:
Haixin Dang (Univerrsity of Pittsburgh): Epistemic Responsibility in Science;
Response: Jack Lyons (University of Arkansas)
Georg Sverdrups hus (University Library Building)
5.20-5.30 Coffee
5.30-6.30 Round Table: Future Directions of Research in Social Epistemology.
Georg Sverdrups hus (University Library building)
7.00 Dinner at the Georg Morgenstiernes Cafe
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Registration for attending SENE is mandatory. Registration for attending talks at SENE is free.
Info about pricing for meals and other activities is forthcoming.
Info about pricing for meals and other activities is forthcoming.
May 22-24, 2018 at the University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
The 1st Social Epistemology Network Event
(SENE)
