Political Epistemology Workshop
Georgetown University, 25-26 October, 2018
We are organizing a workshop for 14 authors contributing to a volume titled Political Epistemology. This event will take place at Georgetown University on October 25-26, 2018. The event will center around three themes, listed below.
The Role of Truth and Knowledge in Politics
The Basis of Political Equality
Thomas Christiano
The Grounds of Political Legitimacy
Fabienne Peter
Weaponized Skepticism
Regina Rini
Why not to Base Immigration Policy on Attitudes about High-Quality Immigrants
Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij
The Epistemic Merits (and Limitations) of Democracy
Does Public Reason Liberalism Rest on a Mistake? Democracy's Doxastic and Epistemic Problems
Jason Brennan
The Epistemic Pathologies of Elections and the Sensibility of Lottocracy
Alexander Guerrero
On Democracy as Symmetrical Subjection
David Estlund
Truth, Understanding, and Epistemic Democracy
Michael Hannon
Disagreement and Polarization
Epistemic Arrogance in Public Discourse
Michael Lynch
The Real Problem with Polarization
Robert Talisse
Civic Disagreement & Epistemic Peers: Building Mutual Respect
Elizabeth Edenberg
Deep Disagreement and Political Polarization
Jeroen de Ridder
When Should We Disagree About Politics?
Jennifer Lackey
This event is generously supported by
