FUNCTION-FIRST EPISTEMOLOGY

WORKSHOP

CO-SPONSORED BY FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

MAY 27-28, 2022

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: LINCOLN CENTER CAMPUS

This workshop will explore how considering the role or purpose of our epistemic evaluations might shed light on their nature.

May 27, 2022

1:30- 2:40: Sinan Dogramaci (Texas), “How Is Conceptual Engineering Rational?” [Chair: John Greco]

2:50-4:00: Stephen R. Grimm (Fordham), “Understanding, Know-How, Knowledge, and Wisdom: An Epistemic Guide” [Chair: David Henderson]

4:10-5:20: Amy Flowerree (Texas Tech), "Knowledge Through Narrative" [Chair: Sinan Dogramaci]

5:30-6:45: Gathering/Drinks

7:00+: Dinner

May 28

9:30-10:40: John Greco (Georgetown), “Knowledge-Relevant Ability and the Generality Problem: A Function-First Approach” [Chair: Kate Nolfi]

10:50-12:20: Christoph Kelp (Glasgow) & Mona Simion (Glasgow) book symposium on Sharing Knowledge: a Functionalist Account of Assertion. Comments by David Henderson (Nebraska) [Chair: Keshav Singh]

12:30-2:00: Lunch & free time

2:00-3:10: Keshav Singh (Alabama), "How Accuracy Unifies Normativity" [Chair: Michael Hannon]

3:20-4:30: Kate Nolfi (Vermont), “Philosophy of Mind to Epistemology: A Normativist Account of the Nature of Belief” [Chair: Amy Flowerree]

4:40-5:50: Michael Hannon (Nottingham), “Does Knowledge Require Collective Amnesia? Does Justice?” [Chair: Stephen R. Grimm]

6:00-7:30: Gathering/Drinks

7:45+: Dinner

Commentators at Large: Marshawn Brewer (Fordham), Nick Norita (Fordham), Elisa Reverman (Georgetown), Megan Ritz (Georgetown), Elise Woodward (Michigan)