The Methodology of Epistemology

Workshop at Bristol University, Department of Philosophy.

13/14th May 2005

Overview

The workshop explores the methods epistemologists use in their investigations into the nature of knowledge and justification. Despite its importance to everyone working in epistemology (and, indeed, to all philosophers), such meta-philosophical issues have tended to be under explored. This is starting to change; recently there has begun a re-examination of the epistemological aspects of the philosophical method. In hosting both Hilary Kornblith and Timothy Williamson, this conference brings together two world-class philosophers who are leading this re-examination. In adding Jonathan Knowles, Patrick Greenough and Finn Spicer, it promises to be a lively gathering.

Program:

Friday 13th May*

2-3.30
Knowledge as a Natural Kind

Patrick Greenough (St. Andrews)

 

Saturday 14th May

9-10.30
Knowledge and the Heuristics of Folk Epistemology

Finn Spicer (Bristol)

 

11-12.30
Appeals to Intuition and the Ambitions of Epistemology

Hilary Kornblith (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst)

 

1.45-3.15
Reasoning Competence and Epistemic Norms

Jonathan Knowles (Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology)

 

3.45-5.15
title TBA

Timothy Williamson (Oxford)

 

*On Friday afternoon, all participants are invited to join the Philosophy Department’s Research Seminar Series meeting at 4pm. The speaker on the 13th of May is Prof Mark Sainsbury (King's College London and Austin, Texas).