The Value of Knowledge
August 27-29, 2007
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Conference Theme
After decades of discussion about the proper analysis of knowledge, epistemologists have started working on questions concerning the value of what they so eagerly have analyzed: knowledge. The rubric of "The Value of Knowledge", covers such questions and topics as:- Why is knowledge supposed to be more valuable than true belief (the 'Meno problem')?
- What sorts of values accrue to knowledge?
- Is there any value to ignorance?
- What, if anything, accounts for forbidden knowledge?
Keynote speakers
Alvin Goldman (Rutgers University)"Two Conceptions of Justification Value"
Ernest Sosa (Rutgers University)
"Knowing Full Well: The Normativity of Beliefs as Performances"
Jonathan Kvanvig (Baylor University)
"Further Thoughts on the Swamping Problem"
Duncan Pritchard (University of Edinburgh)
"Understanding and Epistemic Value"
Background
This is the first event in a series to be organized in the Knowledge, Belief, and Normativity project run by René van Woudenberg, Duncan Pritchard, and Igor Douven. The conference is held directly prior to the Social Epistemology Conference in Stirling. It is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.Contact Details
The conference organizers can be reached at the following e-mail address:g.de_ridder@ph.vu.nl
Or by regular mail:
Jeroen de Ridder
Department of Philosophy
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
Netherlands