 Episteme - the Epistemology
research group in Geneva
Young European Epistemologists Workshop
Geneva, fri-sat 20-21 march 2009.
Programme
FNS connaissance, raison et normes
Invited speakers: Adam
Carter (Edinburgh), Julien Dutant (Geneva), Davide Fassio
(Geneva), Mikkel
Gerken (Copenhagen), Jan Heylen
(Leuven), Chris
Kelp (Leuven), Conor
McHugh (Edinburgh), Rik Peels
(Utrecht), Stefan
Schubert (Lund).
Note: the workshop takes place right after the eidos
epistemology workshop (Geneva, 18-19th march). Participants of
either are welcome to join both.
You can download the conference
poster.
Venue
All talks will take place room SO19, rue
Saint-Ours 5. [ map
]
Programme
Thursday: dinner after Josh
Schechter's talk. Meeting at 8 in front of the main university
building (Uni
Bastions).
Each slot of 1h30 includes a 10 min break. Talks should be about
45-50 mins to leave about 30 mins discussion.
Friday 20th, 9h-12h and 13h30-18h30
- 9h-10h30 Chris Kelp
(Leuven), Against Skepticism about the Value of
Knowledge.
- 10h30-12h Adam
Carter (Edinburgh), Pointless truths.
lunch at Le Marché, 19 rue Henri Dunant
0041+223208546.
- 13h30-15h Stefan
Schubert (Lund), Coherence and Reliability
Conduciveness.
- 15h-16h30 Rik Peels
(Utrecht), The Nature and Conditions of Belief.
- 17h-18h30 Davide
Fassio (Geneva), Belief, Correctness and
Normativity. [ abstract
]
dinner, place to be specified.
Saturday 21th
- 10h-11h30 Julien
Dutant (Geneva), Knowledge, Methods and the Avoidance of
Error. [ short
version ]
- 11h30-13h Jan
Heylen (Leuven), The Description Argument Concerning the
Unknowable.
lunch at Restaurant du Rond Point, Rond-Point de Plainpalais,
0041+223204795.
- 14h30-16h Conor
McHugh (Edinburgh), Is Knowledge Question-Relative when
in the Image of Assertion? [ extended
abstract ]
- 16h-17h30 Mikkel
Gerken (Copenhagen), If the word 'knowledge' did not
exist, would it be necessary to invent it?
dinner at Café Gallay, 42 bvd Saint-Geroges,
0041+223210035. [ map
]
Accomodation
Most speakers are accomdated at Hotel Aïda, 6 rue Henri Dunant,
within walking distance of the University and conference building.
A map of the Uni Bastions area, including streets "Saint-Ours" and
"Henri Dunant" can be downloaded
here (pdf).
Directions
The hotel and conference are in the area of the Humanities
university building, Uni Bastions. There is a photo of the building
here.
View Larger Map
To get there from the airport, the simplest and
quickest way is to take a train. Follow the sign "Geneve - Centre" at
the airport train station and take any train, they all trains stop at
the main train station (first stop). Then take the tram as indicated
below. (40 min, ticket 3 CHF or 2eur to be bought at the airport
train station. The ticket covers the tram journey as well.)
To get there from the train station, take trams
13 or 15 direction Palettes to Plainpalais. (10 mins, ticket 3 CHF or
2eur to be bought at the tram stop.)
To move around in Geneva, the simplest way by far
is to use public transportation - and if you have booked an
hotel in Geneva, they have to provide you with a free day
pass for all public transportation, do not forget to ask for
it. The public transport company (TPG) have a useful route planner.The
locations of the bus and tramway stops around the department and the
main university building (Bastions) are indicated on the following
plan, which is downloadable as gif, pdf and jpg
(courtesy eidos!).
Further Information
For further information please contact Julien Dutant.
Organisation: Julien Dutant, Davide Fassio, Ariel
Cecchi, Pascal Engel.
Episteme
is an epistemology research group at the University of Geneva led by
Pascal
Engel.
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