Responsible Disagreement
The workshop aims to explore the nature of political disagreement and the epistemic, moral, and political norms that govern such disagreement.
Main content
Disagreement among citizens in the political sphere is a persistent feature of democratic societies. The relevance and implications of this disagreement for theories of justice, political legitimacy, and democracy is a central occupation of contemporary political philosophers. However, disagreement is also an important topic in contemporary epistemology, with a focus on how it is rational to revise one’s beliefs in response to disagreement. The workshop will bring together these different perspectives in order to provide a more comprehensive picture of the norms that govern political disagreement.
Preliminary Program
Thursday the 22nd of August
09:15-09:30 Coffee
09:30-10:45 Jesse Tomalty (University of Bergen) and Torfinn Huvenes (University of Bergen): From Reasonable Disagreement to Responsible Disagreement
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:15 Jesse Tomalty (University of Bergen) and Torfinn Huvenes (University of Bergen): Varieties of Political Disagreement
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:30 Paul Billingham (Oxford University): The Place of Epistemology in Public Reason
14:30-14:45 Break
14:45-16:00 Hugo Ribeiro Mota (University of Oslo): Deep Disagreements and Power: Communication Under Oppression
Workshop Dinner: Time and Place TBD
Friday the 23rd of August
09:15-09:30 Coffee
09:30-10:45 Jaakko Hirvelä (University of Helsinki): Disagreement and Inquiry
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:15 Han van Wietmarschen (University College London): On Deference
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:30 Alex Worsnip (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill): In Defense of Psychologizing
