Episteme - the Epistemology
research group in Geneva
Knowledge, Safety and Virtue
Workshop and thesis viva
Geneva, June 22-23 2010
Programme FNS connaissance, raison et normes
Keynote speakers: Ernest Sosa (Rutgers), Timothy Williamson (Oxford).
Organised by Pascal Engel and the Episteme research group.
The viva and workshop take place at room A206, Uni Bastions, Aile Jura, Geneva. Attendance is free and everybody is welcome.
Programme
Tuesday, June 22nd
14h. Thesis viva: Julien Dutant, Knowledge, Methods and the Impossibility of Error. Jury:
- Kevin Mulligan (president),
- Pascal Engel (supervisor),
- Igor Douven (Leuven),
- Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh),
- François Récanati (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris and Arché, St Andrews),
- Ernest Sosa (Rutgers),
- Timothy Williamson (Oxford).
Wednesday, June 23rd
10h-11h30. Ernest Sosa (Rutgers), How Competence Matters in Epistemology.
11h30-12h30. Chris Kelp (Leuven), Extended Cognition, Safety and Virtue Epistemology.
14h30-15h30. J. Adam Carter (Geneva), A Problem for Pritchard's Anti-Luck Virtue Epistemology.
15h30-17h. Timothy Williamson (Oxford), Safety and Prototypes.
Directions
The thesis viva and workshop will both take place at Uni Bastions (map), Jura wing, room A206. The Jura wing is the one on your left when you come out of the Uni Bastions on the park side (photo).
To get there from the airport, the simplest and quickest way is to take a train (40 min). Just before going out of the arrival - luggage hall and moving towards exit, there is a machine which distributes free tickets to passengers arriving, for a one hour ride all over Geneva in all public transports. (Anyway, a single ticket for one hour costs CHF 3 or € 2.) 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.
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!).
Accomodation
Here is a list of nearby hotels that you might find useful.
Further information
For further information please contact Julien Dutant.