FEW 2011 Schedule
Note: all sessions will be plenary, and will take place at Mudd Hall of Philosophy. Click here for a campus map.
And see our local info page for directions to (LA and) the USC campus.
 
 

 

  Thursday, May 19 Friday, May 20 Saturday, May 21
9-9:15 coffee, etc. coffee, etc. coffee, etc.
9:15-10:45

Jon Williamson

“From Bayesian Epistemology
to Inductive Logic”

paper | slides

Commentator: Patrick Epley

Hanti Lin & Kevin Kelly

“Propositional Reasoning that
Tracks Probabilistic Reasoning”

paper | slides

Commentator: David Etlin

Kristina Liefke &
Stephan Hartmann

“Integrative Reduction, Confirmation, and the Syntax-Semantics Map”

paper | slides

Commentator: Greg Novack

10:45-11 break break break
11-12:30

Eleonora Cresto

“A Defense of Temperate Epistemic Transparency”

paper | slides

Commentator: Eric Pacuit

Katie Steele

“Testimony as Evidence”

paper | slides

Commentator: Julia Staffel

handout

Jason Alexander, Brian Skyrms,
and Sandy Zabell

“Inventing New Signals”

Commentator: Peter Vanderschraaf

slides

 

12:30-2 lunch lunch lunch
2-3:30

Michael Caie

“Belief and Indeterminacy”

paper | handout

Commentator: Hartry Field

comments | slides

 

Peter Epstein

“Rethinking Decision
Theory’s Foundation”



Commentator: Ben Levinstein

handout

Robbie Williams

“Decision-Making
Under Indeterminacy”

paper | slides

Commentator: Adam Elga

3:30-3:45 break break break
3:45-5:15

Sarah Moss

“Epistemology Formalized”

paper | handout

Commentator: Seth Yalcin

handout

 

Fabrizio Cariani

“Collective Reasons via
Judgment Aggregation”

paper | slides

Commentator: Shyam Nair

Jacob Ross & Mark Schroeder

“Belief, Credence, and
Pragmatic Encroachment”

paper | handout

Commentator: Lara Buchak

handout

 

5:15-5:30 break break break
5:30-7

Keynote

"A Generalised Sorites"

abstract | slides

Mark Colyvan

Keynote

"Is the (Error) Statistical Philosopher a Formal Epistemologist?"

slides

Deborah Mayo

Keynote

"Cause and Chance"

paper | slides

Christopher Hitchcock