Invited Speakers
Maria Alvarez (KCL)
Clayton Littlejohn (KCL)
Aidan McGlynn (Edinburgh)
Timothy Williamson (Oxford)
Maria Alvarez (KCL)
Clayton Littlejohn (KCL)
Aidan McGlynn (Edinburgh)
Timothy Williamson (Oxford)
Further Speakers
Jonathan Drake (Texas at Austin)
Claire Field (KCL)
Daniel Fogal (NYU)
Rachel Fraser (Oxford)
Mikkel Gerken (Edinburgh)
Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa (British Columbia)
Robin McKenna (Vienna)
Veli Mitova (Vienna)
Andreas Müller (Goethe Uni Frankfurt)
Michael Schmitz (Vienna)
Ian Schnee (Western Kentucky)
Michael Wilde (Kent)
Topic
Good reasons for belief used to be one a penny. Even brains in vats had them. But recently epistemologists have become pickier, and are beginning to think that only facts, true propositions, or factive mental states can be good reasons for belief. This Factive Turn has been variously motivated by considerations from philosophy of mind (e.g., Williamson), practical reason (e.g., Littlejohn), metaethics (e.g., Alvarez, Dancy), and philosophy of perception (e.g., Pritchard). Naturally, the Turn - like any other flourishing research programme - has attracted plenty of critical attention (e.g., McGlynn). This workshop brings together philosophers working on the factivity of epistemic reasons.
Good reasons for belief used to be one a penny. Even brains in vats had them. But recently epistemologists have become pickier, and are beginning to think that only facts, true propositions, or factive mental states can be good reasons for belief. This Factive Turn has been variously motivated by considerations from philosophy of mind (e.g., Williamson), practical reason (e.g., Littlejohn), metaethics (e.g., Alvarez, Dancy), and philosophy of perception (e.g., Pritchard). Naturally, the Turn - like any other flourishing research programme - has attracted plenty of critical attention (e.g., McGlynn). This workshop brings together philosophers working on the factivity of epistemic reasons.
Enquiries?
Email Veli at factiveturn@gmail.com
Email Veli at factiveturn@gmail.com
Funding
Institute for Philosophy, Vienna University
Organiser
Veli Mitova, Unit for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
Institute for Philosophy, Vienna University
Organiser
Veli Mitova, Unit for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
