2nd Scottish Graduate Conference in Applied Epistemology

Conference Programme

9-10 September 2024, Reid Room, 67 Oakfield Avenue, University of Glasgow 

Monday 9th September 

11.00-11:30 Welcome + coffee 

11:30-12:30 Frances Darling (Glasgow) 

‘Epistemic Reparations and Insights from Disability’ 

12:30-13:30 Lunch 

13:30-14:30 Lou Thomine (Cologne) 

‘Why testimonial injustice is not epistemically distinct’ 

14:35-15:35 Evie Moss (Oxford) 

‘Certain beyond (contextually relevant) doubt’ 

15:35-16:00 Coffee break 

16:00-17:30 Keynote: Dr. Elise Woodard (KCL) 

19:00 Conference Dinner 

Tuesday 10th September 

11.00-11:30 Welcome + coffee 

11:30-12:30 Hanika Froneman (LSE) 

‘Balancing a Critical Attitude and Trust in Social Media Environments’ 

12:30-13:30 Lunch 

13:30-14:30 Natalia Brigagão (Oxford) 

‘The Epistemology of Human Rights’ 

14:35-15:35 Han Edgoose (Glasgow) 

‘Responding to Ideological True Beliefs’ 

15:35-16:00 Coffee break 

16:00-17:30 Keynote: Dr. Robin McKenna (Liverpool)

Conference Theme

In recent years, there has been an emerging interest in applied epistemology, and tools drawn from epistemology are increasingly applied to urgent issues of social concern. This conference aims at bringing together graduate students to examine how theories of knowledge, justification, and evidence may be applied to concrete questions of legal, ethical and political significance. The goal is to stimulate fruitful and inspiring discussions on how contemporary epistemology can illuminate and inform solutions to real-world issues.

Potential topics of submissions include (but are not limited to) legal epistemology, political epistemology, medical epistemology, epistemology of the internet, epistemology of conspiracy theories, epistemology of science communication, feminist epistemology and applied social epistemology.

This conference is organised by the Scottish Epistemology Early Career Researchers (SEECRs), a network of early career and postgraduate epistemologists based in, or with research links to, Scotland. Our aims are to support the development of a community of early career epistemologists across Scotland; to foster collaboration between researchers at different universities, as well as researchers who are not currently affiliated with any university; and to create opportunities for early career epistemologists to share and receive feedback on their work.

Logistics

Dates: 9th and 10th of September

Venue: University of Glasgow Philosophy Department

Keynote speakers: Dr Elise Woodard and Dr Robin McKenna

Acknowledgement

This conference is generously supported by the Society for Applied Philosophy, the Scots Philosophical Association, and COGITO (Glasgow) Epistemology Research Centre.