ZEGRA and the Explaining Human Nature Research group are pleased to announce an upcoming workshop that will center on various topics in applied epistemology. This workshop is scheduled to take place on February 16th and 17th in Zurich. Further information regarding the speakers and the covered subjects can be found in the program below. We welcome everyone to attend, and if you intend to participate, please send a brief email to basil.mueller@unibe.ch. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Workshop Schedule 

Friday, 16.02.2024

09:15 Opening remarks
09:30 – 11:00 Eva Schmidt, Stakes and Understanding the Decisions of Artificial Intelligent Systems
11:00 – 11:15 coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 Michel Croce, TBA
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Antti Kauppinen, Spontaneous Echo Chambers: Epistemic Accountability Without Moral Accountability
15:30 – 15:45 coffee break
15:45 – 16:45 Basil Müller, Large Language Model Testimony and Social Non-Reductionism
Conference Dinner at TBA

Saturday, 17.02.2024

09:30 – 11:00 Nadja El Kassar, Recognition and Intellectual Self-Trust
11:00 – 11:15 coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 Thomas Grundmann, The Truth about Fake News: A Purely Consumer-Oriented Approach
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Giulia Napolitano, The epistemology of stereotypes: the causal account
15:30 – 15:45 coffee break
15:45 – 16:45 Glenn Anderau, The Function of Memes in Political Discourse