A multidisciplinary conference investigating questions of trust in and thetrustworthiness of expert opinion O’Brien Science Centre University College Dublin August 31-September 2, 2017 The conference is generously supported by
Programme Day 1: Monday July 3 9.30-10.20 Paul Boghossian (New York University) Normative relativism and disagreement 10.20-11.10 Adam Carter (University of Glasgow) Archimedean Metanorms 11.10-11.30 Coffee Break 11.30-12.20 Nick Hughes (UCD School of Philosophy, IRC Postdoctoral Fellow) A Dilemmic Approach to the Epistemology of Disagreement 12.20-1.10 Huw Price (University of Cambridge and CSER) My Dinner with Andrea –... Read More
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Artists as Experts
“It takes a lifetime to know a field” — Patrick Kavanagh The social role of artists, now as in the past, entrusts them with tasks which involve a large measure of discretion. In other words, their role requires judgement and discernment, and they are granted a measure of liberty and license to carry out the... Read More
A workshop hosted by “The Trinity of Policy-Making” and “When Experts Disagree” Research Projects May 29 and 30, 2017 University College Dublin Venue: UCD Sutherland School of Law, Room L143 Programme Day 1: May 29 9.00-9.30 Registration 9.30 Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern University) “Experts and Peer Disagreement” 10.15 Martin Hinton (University of Łódź) “Why the Fence... Read More
Risk & The Culture of Science Friday the 28th – Sunday the 30th of April 2017 The Junior Parlour & OCR Trinity College Many scientists have expressed concern about potential catastrophic risks associated with powerful new technologies. But expressing concern is one thing, identifying serious candidates another. By definition, such risks will be novel, rare... Read More
On Testimony: A Workshop with Professor Elizabeth Fricker Organised by When Experts Disagree Research Project and UCD School of Philosophy March 31, 2017 10.00am –6.15pm UCD Humanities Institute, Belfield, Dublin 4 Directions Programme 10. 00-11.15 Elizabeth Fricker (Magdalen College, Oxford) “Norms, Constitutive and Social, and Assertion” 11.15.11.30 Coffee Break 11.30- 12.30 Edward Nettel (UCD School of... Read More
Call for Abstracts Trust, Expert Opinion and Policy: A multidisciplinary conference investigating questions of trust in and the trustworthiness of expert opinion University College Dublin August 31-September 2, 2017 The conference is organised by Professor Maria Baghramian (School of Philosophy, University College Dublin) and Professor Luke Drury (School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced... Read More
Professor Onora O’Neill, keynote speaker at the forthcoming conference on Trust, discuses the low standard of public debate on both sides of the European Union decision and asks how this democratic deficit can be repaired. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07l24cr#play
A multidisciplinary conference investigating questions of trust in and the trustworthiness of expert opinion University College Dublin August 31-September 2, 2017 The conference is organised by Professor Maria Baghramian (School of Philosophy, University College Dublin) and Professor Luke Drury (School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) as part of their Irish Research Council... Read More