2nd Scottish Graduate Conference in Applied Epistemology

SEECRs (Scottish Epistemology Early Career Researchers) is pleased to announce a call for abstracts for our 2nd annual graduate conference in applied epistemology.

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

Submissions Guidelines

Talks should be suitable for a 25-30 minute presentation. Submissions should be an abstract suitable for blind review and be no longer than 1000 words. Selected abstracts will receive a response from a member of SEECRs. We aim to notify selected speakers by the end of July.

Submission deadline: 12th of July 2024

Funding

We expect to secure funding for childcare.

Acknowledgement

This conference is generously supported by the Scots Philosophical Association and COGITO (Glasgow) Epistemology Research Centre.