Conference Schedule

Friday, October 20, 2006

2:00-2:30 Registration

2:30-2:35 Welcoming  

2:35-3:50
"Testimony Reductionism and the Condorcet Jury Theorem"
by Kelly Trogden (University of Massachusetts)
Commentator: Greg Fowler (University of Rochester)

 

4:00-5:15
"The Virtues of Epistemic Conservatism"
by Kevin McCain (University of Missouri)
Commentator: Shawn Graves (University of Rochester)  

Saturday October 21, 2006  

9:30-9:55 Continental Breakfast/Coffee

 

9:55-10:00 Welcoming  

10:00-11:15
"An Argument Against Swamping"
by Kristoffer Ahlstrom (University of Massachusetts/Gothenburg University)
Commentator: Trent Dougherty (University of Rochester)

11:25-12:40
"Is a Real Ethics of Belief Possible?"
by Jeff Sebo (New York University)
Commentator: Jon Matheson (University of Rochester)

 

12:45-2:00 Catered Lunch  

2:05-3:15
"Why Basic Knowledge isn't too Easy"
by Kenneth Boyce (University of Missouri)
Commentator: Jason Rogers (University of Rochester)  

3:25-4:40
"The A Priori Defended: A Defense of the Generality Argument"
by Joshua Thurow (University of Wisconsin)
Commentator: John Shoemaker (University of Rochester)  

4:40-5:00 Break w/Refreshments  

5:00-7:30

“Transmission"

By James Pryor
Commentator: Earl Conee