The Southern Journal of Philosophy, together with the Department ofPhilosophy at the University of Memphis, and Wiley Publishing, is proud to present:
The 2024 Workshop: Early Modern Social Epistemology
Featuring:
"Shepherd's Social Epistemology: A Non-reductive Theory of Testimony and the Question of Epistemic Autonomy"
Dávid Bartha
"Hume on Structural Prejudices (Including His Own)"
Ruben Noorloos
Also featured in the final versions of the workshop issue:
Aditi Chaturvedi | "Pascal’s Epistemic Method"
Mogens Laerke | "'The First Worke of Schollers, is to Learne of the People': Social Epistemology and Common Notions in Kenelm Digby"
Martin Lenz | "Taking the Cartesian Myth Seriously: Rethinking Ryle's Historiography"
Sean Maroney | "Shaftesbury’s Conciliationism: Friendship and Disagreement in The Moralists"
Jennifer Marusic | "Epistemic Individualism in Locke and Leibniz"
Dan O'Brien | "Hume on Testimony"
Dagmar Pichova | "The Role of Epistemic Authority in Du Châtelet´s Debate with Mairan"
Amy Schmitter | TBD
Eric Sheng | "Locke on the Possibility, Functions and Importance of Moral Testimony"
Oliver Toth | "Spinoza’s Notion of Adequacy as a Social Practice"
Early Modern Social Epistemology– Program of Events (All Times Central Standard)
All Events to be held in the UC Iris Room
Friday, April 19
1:00 | Opening Remarks and Coffee (Iris Room, University Center)
1:30 | Session 1: "Hume on Structural Prejudices (Including His Own)" | Ruben Noorloos (ICUB, Bucharest)
3PM | Coffee
3:30 | Session 2: "Shepherd's Social Epistemology: A Non-reductive Theory of Testimony and the Question of Epistemic Autonomy" | Dávid Bartha (Edinburgh)
4:30 | Reception