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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Call for Papers for Topical Collection of
<i>Synthese</i> on <b>Responsible Beliefs: Accountability Practices in Epistemology</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Guest Editors: Tim Smartt and Adam Piovarchy (The University of Notre Dame Australia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The ‘social turn’ in epistemology has seen a recent explosion of work from philosophers investigating epistemic analogues of what we might call our ‘accountability practices’: holding responsible,
blaming, praising, excusing, exempting, forgiving, reconciling, and atoning, among other things, which have traditionally been thought of in primarily moral terms. This
<i>Synthese</i> Topical Collection aims to publish new research at the intersection of ethics and epistemology that investigates the nature, foundations, and normative significance of such practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Appropriate topics for submission include, among others:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When are people, group agents, or collectives responsible, blameworthy, praiseworthy, or excused for their epistemic conduct? What kinds of responses to epistemic
conduct are warranted? How can this be done well or poorly?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Is ‘epistemic accountability’ ultimately reducible to moral accountability?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How are epistemic norms similar to, different from, or related to, moral norms? Does epistemic normativity have a social basis?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Is the notion of ‘epistemic [x]’ confused? Should we be sceptical of such proposals?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How should we theorise about epistemic agents, networks, groups, or epistemology more broadly when asking such questions?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submissions to this Topical Collection will undergo the standard
<i>Synthese</i> review process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For further information, please contact the guest editors Tim Smartt (<a href="mailto:timothy.smartt@nd.edu.au">timothy.smartt@nd.edu.au</a>) or Adam Piovarchy (<a href="mailto:adam.piovarchy@nd.edu.au">adam.piovarchy@nd.edu.au</a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The deadline for submissions is 1 December 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submissions via:
<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/RXW9CQnMBZfN0Nl2PFxf3UG7Lp7?domain=editorialmanager.com">https://www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topical collection website:
<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/2XZCCROND2ug2g0MWhNhNU12q_O?domain=link.springer.com">https://link.springer.com/collections/gggibfidhe</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Tim Smartt</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Research Fellow</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Institute for Ethics & Society</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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