BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2008/newsitem/2223/26- 27-April-2008-Epistemic-Agency-Conference-Geneva-S witzerland DTSTAMP:20080131T000000 SUMMARY:Epistemic Agency Conference, Geneva, Switz erland DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080427 LOCATION:Geneva, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:Recent work in the philosophy of knowl edge has lead to a rediscovery -or a rethinking--- of the relationships between knowledge and action . What is the role of knowledge in the explanation of action and in practical reasoning? To what ext ent do knowers have to be agents and can knowledge be defined in relation to what the knower does? A re beliefs and judgements in some sense actions? A re there connexions between epistemic reasons and practical reasons, and if there are, what are they ? Is there a difference between knowledge and the activity of inquiry? These are, in a sense, tradit ional questions, which have also a long record wit hin the pragmatist tradition, from Peirce and Rams ey to Isaac Levi, and which can be examined from m any angles, from epistemology to philosophy of min d and issues about practical reasoning or meta-eth ics. The aim of this conference, which is to exami ne these issues from a number of aspects, starting from the question: can there be epistemic agency ? More details at: http://www.unige.ch/lettres/p hilo/evenements/2008/EpistemicAgency.html. Paper s are invited on any of the topics of the conferen ce, as well as on the epistemology of John Greco. Submission deadline is March 1st, 2008. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Recen t work in the philosophy of knowledge has lead to a rediscovery -or a rethinking--- of the relations hips between knowledge and action. What is the rol e of knowledge in the explanation of action and in practical \n reasoning? To what extent do knowers have to be agents and can knowledge \n be defined in relation to what the knower does ? Are beliefs and judgements in some sense actions ? Are there connexions between epistemic reasons a nd practical reasons, and if there are, what are t hey? Is there a difference between knowledge and t he activity of inquiry? These are, in a sense, \n traditional questions, which have also a lo ng record within the pragmatist tradition, from Pe irce and Ramsey to Isaac Levi, and which can be ex amined from many angles, from epistemology to phil osophy of mind and issues about practical reasonin g or meta-ethics. The aim of this conference, whic h is \n to examine these issues from a numb er of aspects, starting from the \n questio n: can there be epistemic agency ?\n
\n \n \nMore details at: http://www.unig e.ch/lettres/philo/evenements/2008/EpistemicAgency .html.\n
Papers are invited on any of the topics of the conferenc e, as well as on the epistemology of John\n Greco.\n Submission deadline is March 1st , 2008.\n
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