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Speaker: Carlotta Pavese (Cornell University) Are there essentially intentional actions? A long tradition in action theory holds that there are such things as essentially intentional actions鈥攁ctions that are intentional whenever performed (Anscombe, Davidson, Bennett, Turri, etc). In my talk, I argue that the existence of essentially intentional action is a philosophical myth and that this…

Speaker: Jade Fletcher (58吃瓜) Practices, Normativity, and Ideological Construction: Conceptualizing Epistemic (In)Justice The aim of this exploratory paper is to put into dialogue two different threads in contemporary social philosophy. Charles Mills made a helpful interjection into the epistemic injustice literature when he suggested that the concept of ideology is valuable for analytic epistemologists.…

Speaker: Roy Sorensen (UT Austin & 58吃瓜) Modesty is a Contagious Blindspot I am modest about my spelling accuracy. Oops, I cannot consistently believe that! Modesty about my spelling entails I underestimate my spelling. If I indeed underestimate my spelling accuracy, then my ignorance about spelling accuracy is contagious. For if I believe you…

Regular meeting is cancelled. Instead, the stream will host a workshop: The Epistemology of Inquiry

Cancelled due to conflicting event Symposium on Jessia Brown’s聽Groups as Epistemic and Moral Agents (OUP) Cogito Research Centre, University of Glasgow, May 27-28th. All ECT members are welcome to attend, but will need to cover expenses聽(i.e., food and travel)聽themselves.