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/2010/newsitem/3200/19- 20-August-2010-The-Epistemology-of-Liberal-Democra cy-2nd-Copenhagen-Epistemology-conference-Copenhag en-Denmark DTSTAMP:20100118T000000 SUMMARY:"The Epistemology of Liberal Democracy" (2 nd Copenhagen Epistemology conference), Copenhage n, Denmark DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100819 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100820 LOCATION:Copenhagen, Denmark DESCRIPTION:We tend to think of liberal democracy as providing the most ethically defensible way to set up a modern society. A separate yet highly rel evant issue is whether liberal democracies also ar e preferable from an epistemological perspective, i.e., from the point of view of promoting true ove r false belief, knowledge over ignorance, and so o n. The purpose of this conference-and of the resea rch project that it is part of-is to investigate t he norms, practices, and institutions that determi ne how belief and knowledge is acquired and transm itted in liberal democracies. For more informati on, see http://epistemology.ku.dk/ The Programme Committee cordially invite you to submit a 500 wor d abstract on any topic relevant to the conference theme. Abstracts should be submitted no later tha n April 1, 2010. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
We te nd to think of liberal democracy as providing the most\n ethically defensible way to set up a m odern society. A separate\n yet highly releva nt issue is whether liberal democracies also\n are preferable from an epistemological perspecti ve, i.e., from\n the point of view of promoti ng true over false belief, knowledge\n over i gnorance, and so on. The purpose of this conferenc e-and of\n the research project that it is pa rt of-is to investigate the\n norms, practice s, and institutions that determine how belief and\ n knowledge is acquired and transmitted in li beral democracies.\n
\n \n \nFor more information, see\n http:// epistemology.ku.dk/\n
The Programme Committee cordially invite yo u to submit a 500 word abstract on any topic \n relevant to the conference theme. Abstracts s hould be submitted no later than April 1, 2010.\n
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