Epistemic Vices: Individual and Collective
Interest in these vices has grown over the last decade, with the recognition that they play an important role in understanding major social and political developments. Quassim Cassam’s 2019 book, Vices of the Mind, shows how the epistemic vices of major political actors played a decisive in the 2004 Iraq War and the Brexit referendum, to take just two examples. Since epistemic vices affect individual and collective deliberation and decision-making for the worse, it’s crucial to study them. Traditionally, however, philosophers have focused on the epistemic virtues (e.g. open-mindedness, humility) rather than the vices, so the time is ripe for systematic study of the epistemic vices. This event does that. It will feature a mix of senior and early career researchers from several leading UK universities. The aim is not only to represent the best current work on epistemic vices, but also to explore avenues for future research, and to bring early career researchers into the conversation.
This event will be taking place at the University of Liverpool.
Schedule
9:30-10:30 Lani Watson (Edinburgh): “Vicious questioning: What it is and why it matters”
10:30-11:00 Tea & Coffee
11:00-12:00 Henry Roe (Sheffield): “The Met police, institutional racism, and communal epistemic vice”
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Alice Monypenny (Nottingham): “Epistemic vice and characterological harm”
14:30-15:30 Daniella Meehan (Glasgow): “Epistemic blame and vice epistemology”
15:30-16:00 Tea & Coffee
16:00-17:00 Quassim Cassam (Warwick): “The vices of vice epistemology”
17:30 Drinks & Dinner
For further details please email Robin McKenna and Ian James Kidd.
Attendance is free.