Events

Zurich Epistemology Group on Rationality

Oct, 2024 2

Benoit Gaultier – Blame, Underperformance, and Personal Weakness

Emir Gicic Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Research Colloquium

Benoit Gaultier will present “Blame, Underperformance, and Personal Weakness” at the third session of this semester’s research colloquium, followed by a Q&A session.

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Oct, 2024 1

Neutrality, Inquiry and Reasons for Belief

Dear colleagues and friends, This is to announce the closing colloquium of our 4-years research project on suspension of judgement that will take place on Tuesday the 1st of October at the university of Zürich (room: KOL-N-1). The colloquium is intended to cover a variety of topics in epistemology that we had the…

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Sep, 2024 25

Emir Gicic – Epistemology and the fictionalist account of virtual reality (postponed to 09.10.2024)

Emir Gicic Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Research Colloquium

(Session has been postponed to Wednesday, 09.10.2024) The fictionalist account of virtual reality (VR) is an anti-realist position, asserting that the things we perceive in VR are not real but fictional. While metaphysically parsimonious, this view raises questions about whether the beliefs of those engaging in VR are coherent and…

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Sep, 2024 18

Claire Field – Evaluative Injustice?

Emir Gicic Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Research Colloquium

The opening session of this semester’s research colloquium will feature a presentation by Claire Field titled “Evaluative Injustice?” followed by a Q&A.

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May, 2024 29

Thomas Schmidt – Paradoxes of Supererogation

Emir Gicic Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Research Colloquium

The penultimate session of this semesters research colloquium will feature a talk and Q&A by Thomas Schmidt on the topic “Paradoxes of Supererogation”. 

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May, 2024 22

Glenn Anderau – The Importance of Narratives for Inquiry, Laura Ponti – What is Understanding?

Emir Gicic Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Research Colloquium

This week’s session will feature a presentation and Q&A by Glenn Anderau, topic TBA. 

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May, 2024 15

Léna Mudry – On the role of moral considerations on our epistemic lives, Benoit Guilielmo – The Value of Suspension of Judgment (Preread)

Emir Gicic Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Research Colloquium

This week’s session will feature two preread presentations again. Benoit Guilielmo will be discussing comments on his project titled “The Value of Suspension of Judgment”, followed by a discussion on a project by Léna Mudry, topic TBA. 

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Apr, 2024 17

Xian He – When to Believe Against the Evidence, Atay Kozlovski – Alignment and Explainability in Meaningful Human Control (Preread)

Emir Gicic Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Research Colloquium

This week’s research colloquium will feature two preread presentations. First, Xian will be discussing comments on his project titled “When to Believe Against the Evidence”, followed by Atay Kozlovski’s discussion on “Alignment and Explainability in Meaningful Human Control”. 

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Apr, 2024 15

Decolonial Epistemic-Authority Reparations (Online-Talk by Veli Mitova)

 The African Philosophy Reading Group is pleased to announce a guest talk by Veli Mitova from the University of Johannesburg, who will present a short paper on “Decolonial Epistemic-Authority Reparations” Everyone is invited! The meeting takes place on Zoom on Monday, 15th April, 5-6.30pm.  I will distribute the paper (10…

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Apr, 2024 10

Tony Booth – The Duty to Understand Others

Emir Gicic Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Research Colloquium

In this week’s session, Tony Booth will be giving a presentation followed by a Q&A on the topic “The Duty to Understand Others”. 

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