Events
Friday, June 08, 2012
Epistemological Problems of Privacy and Secrecy Conference
The purpose of the 2012 Episteme conference is to take some first steps towards establishing ‘the epistemology of privacy’ as an important new area of epistemological investigation. In particular, this conference aims to elucidate the role knowledge plays in the privacy debate. Furthermore, given the relation between privacy and secrecy, this conference also aims to investigate the notion of secrecy as an epistemological notion. The theme of the conference thus is ‘Epistemological Issues of Privacy and Secrecy’.
Place: NH Hotel The Hague
Date: June 8, 9 and 10 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Values and Norms in Modeling - VaNiM 2012
We invite submissions for the upcoming conference Values and Norms in Modeling (VaNiM 2012) which will be held at Eindhoven University of Technology in cooperation with Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, June 25-27, 2012.
It is widely acknowledged that a large variety of values and norms (including epistemic, moral, and political values and norms) play an important role in modeling. Although the literature about value-free science is huge, the specific theme of values and norms exclusively focusing on modeling has not yet received the attention it should. Models are often conceived of as being approximate representations with epistemic or even non-epistemic purposes, which makes them subject to a plethora of normative influences. We are interested in questions such as: How do epistemic and non-epistemic values affect the production and assessment of models? What is the moral significance of these values and norms? To what extent, if any, does the allowance of value assessments threaten the objectivity of models? Would it be desirable, and possible, to eliminate epistemic or non-epistemic values and norms from models? We invite papers addressing these and related issues from a foundational as well as an applied perspective. We especially welcome contributions on non-epistemic values in engineering modeling, climate modeling and modeling in operations research.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Well-being in Contemporary Society-Conference 2012
International Conference on the Philosophy and Science of Well-being and their Practical Importance
Location: University of Twente Enschede, Netherlands
Date: July 26-27, 2012
Program Chair: Philip Brey (University of Twente)
Organising committee: Johnny Hartz Søraker (University of Twente) Pak-Hang Wong (University of Twente) Jan-Willem van der Rijt (University of Amsterdam) Jelle de Boer (University of Amsterdam)
Monday, August 20, 2012
Moral Emotions and Risk Politics Conference
20-22 augustus 2012
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Keynote speakers:
Marjolein van Asselt (Maastricht University, WRR)
Sven Ove Hansson (KTH Stockholm)
Rebecca Kukla (Georgetown University)
George Marcus (Williams College)
Jesse Prinz (City University of New York)
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