The Aim of Belief
Time and place: Jun 11, 2009 02:00 PM - Jun 13, 2009 05:30 PM, Oslo
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Each session consists of: 50 min talk, 10 min break, 10 min response and 40 min open discussion.
Thursday 11 June, 2009:
- 2:30 - 4:20
Pascal Engel (Geneva): Sticking to Normativism about the Aim of Belief
Respondent: Douglas Edwards (University College Dublin)
Chair: Olav Gjelsvik (Oslo)
- 4:40 - 6:30
Paul Horwich (NYU): Belief-Truth Norms
Respondent: Theodora Achourioti (Amsterdam)
Chair: Chiara Tabet (Oslo)
Friday 12 June, 2009:
- 9:30 - 11:20
David Papineau (King’s College, London): There are No Norms of Belief
Respondent: Heine Holmen (Oslo)
Chair: Jonathan Knowles (NTNU, Trondheim)
- 11:40 - 1:30
Kathrin Glüer-Pagin & Åsa Wikforss (Stockholm): What is Belief?
Respondent: Anders Nes (Oslo)
Chair: David Hunter (Ryerson University)
- 2:30 - 4:20
Nishi Shah (Amherst): Denying Doxastic Reasons
Respondent: J. Adam Carter (Edinburgh)
Chair: Nicholas Allott (Oslo)
- 4:40 - 6:30
Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen (Aarhus): Truth as the Aim of Epistemic Justification
Respondent: Timothy Williamson (Oxford)
Chair: Eline Busck Gundersen (Oslo)
Saturday 13 June, 2009:
- 10:30 - 12:20
Anandi Hattiangadi (Oxford): Doxastic Normativity
Respondent: Daniel Whiting (Southampton)
Chair: To be confirmed.
- 1:30 - 3:20
Ralph Wedgwood (Oxford): How Truth Guides Belief
Respondent: Davide Fassio (Geneva)
Chair: Jason D'Cruz (Harvard)
- 3:40 - 5:30
Timothy Chan (Oslo): The Structure of Constitutive Norms
Respondent: Jane Friedman (Oxford)
Chair: Christel Fricke (Oslo)
THEME OF CONFERENCE:
The theme of the conference will be to investigate the idea that truth provides a fundamental standard of correctness for belief. While it is generally accepted that belief aims at truth (if not the more demanding goal of knowledge), there are interesting ongoing debates about how this idea is to be fleshed out. Some philosophers, following Kripke’s discussion of Wittgenstein, argue that this observation identifies an irreducibly normative dimension in understanding the contents of beliefs. On the other hand, philosophical naturalists tend to favour a teleological account spelt out in causal terms; while a deflationary account would take the talk of correctness in this context to be simply another way of talking about truth, with no particular philosophical significance.
Another set of debates cluster around the question: Is the fact that belief aims at truth a direct consequence of the nature of belief, or is it merely a consequence of, for example, the more fundamental goal of knowledge, or the instrumental value of true beliefs? We shall bring together prominent exponents of these and other views to pursue the relevant debates in depth.
REGISTRATION:
The deadline for registration has now passed. If you are interested in attending but have not registered, please contact the organizer by email: t.h.w.chan@ifikk.uio.no
CALL FOR RESPONDENTS:
is now closed.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION for Participants from abroad
Locations of speakers' hotel and restaurants for conference dinner
General information on travelling to Oslo: http://www.visitoslo.com/en/
SAS and Norwegian Airlines (usually cheaper) fly to Oslo from many European cities.
Accommodation (Some useful links):
http://www.visitoslo.com/en/accommodation.49103.en.html
http://www.osloapartments.no/index.php?lang=en
http://cochspensjonat.no/englishindex.html
Please contact lina.tosterud@ifikk.uio.no
for further assistance in booking accommodation.
The conference will take place at Auditorium 3, Sophes Bugge
hus, Blindern campus of the university.
Blindern campus on googlemap
From city centre you can take the metro T-bahn), lines 3, 4 or 5
westbound and get off at Forskningsparken station.
Location of Sophes Bugge hus in Blindern campus: Building No. 5
on this map
Some suggestions for places to eat
For further information please contact:
Organizer
Timothy Chan
E-mail: t.h.w.chan@ifikk.uio.no
