Democracy and Political Epistemology (2022)

11^th Annual Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy

Theme: Democracy and Political Epistemology

Location:       

Friday: till 11.30AM at Olscamp Hall 221

Friday: 11.30AM onwards at Olscamp 223

Saturday: Olscamp 221

Campus map here.

Breakfast will be available at 9am on both days.

Friday, April 1^st

9.30 AM: Eduardo Martinez (Cincinnati) “Civic Education for Epistemic Civic Virtue”

Chair: Brandon Warmke (BGSU)

10.30 AM: Marilie Coetsee (Richmond) “The Political Duty Against Dogmatism”

Chair: David Baker (Michigan)

LUNCH BREAK

1 PM: Eric Sampson (Rhodes College) “Are Political Partisans as Irrational as They Appear?”

Chair: Oliver Traldi (Notre Dame)

2 PM: Daniel Greco (Yale) “Is Partisanship a Formal Vice?”

Chair: Michael Veber (East Carolina)

COFFEE BREAK

3.30PM: Keynote Address

Fabienne Peter (Warwick) “On trusting your own political judgment”

Chair: Jeff Carroll (BGSU)

7 PM: Conference dinner at Clay Pot Bistro, Bowling Green OH

Saturday, April 2^nd

Breakfast

9.30 AM: Devesh Narayanan (NUS) “On the Necessity and Failures of Experts to Learn from Novices”

Chair: Jeff Carroll (BGSU)

10.30 AM: Keith Hankins (Chapman) “When are cycles meaningful? Political realignment, social choice, and the tradeoff between utilizing and imputing information”

Chair: Brandon Warmke (BGSU)

LUNCH BREAK

1 PM: Joseph Porter (UNC-Chapel Hill) “Two Arguments Against Democracy from Political Responsibility”

Chair: David Baker (Michigan)

2 PM: Alexandra Oprea (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Daniel J. Stephens (Duke Kunshan) “The Risks of Being a Voter”

Chair: Oliver Traldi (Notre Dame)

COFFEE BREAK

3.30PM: Keynote Address

Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt) “Depolarization Without Reconciliation”

Chair: Michael Veber (East Carolina)

7 PM Informal Dinner TBD

All sessions will be 50 minutes total, including Q&A. The keynote addresses will be 1 hour 50 minutes, including Q&A.

For more information please contact Hrishikesh Joshi: joshih@bgsu.edu