[SydPhil] CFA: Workshop on Epistemic Virtue from the Ancient to Early Modern Period

[Laura Kotevska]

CFA: Workshop on Epistemic Virtue from the Ancient to Early Modern Period



April 20-21, 2022

The University of Sydney



The desire to satisfy our curiosity, engage in inquiry and acquire understanding are remarkable features of a human life. An individual in pursuit of moral and epistemic (intellectual) excellence seeks the truth above all else and avoids error at all costs. Such an individual is obliged to cultivate character traits and skills that help them to achieve the goal of acquiring knowledge and avoiding errors in their judgement and reasoning. What these character traits were and how they participated in the acquisition of knowledge was a widely discussed topic in early modern philosophy. Alongside these discussions, philosophers asked whether intellectual excellence was a reasonable goal for a postlapsarian individual and prescribed practices as wide-ranging as logic, mathematics, natural history, philosophy and rhetoric for their role in cultivating epistemic virtues. This conference brings together historians of ancient and early modern philosophy to examine the role of virtue in the acquisition of epistemic goods.



Confirmed Speakers

Jacqueline Broad (Monash University)

Stephen Gaukroger (University of Sydney)

Daniel Hutto (University of Wollongong)



Submission Guidelines

We invite abstracts of 250 words for papers that address the topic of epistemic virtue from the ancient to early modern period. We are especially interested in papers that address the following themes:

  *   Epistemic virtues as character traits or faculties, including a focus on particular virtues
  *   The role of virtue in acquiring epistemic goods such as knowledge, justification and understanding
  *   The relationship between moral and epistemic virtues
  *   Epistemic virtue and vice
  *   The role of the emotions in acquiring epistemic goods
  *   The influence of social, political and theological commitments on accounts of epistemic virtue
  *   Education and proposals for acquiring epistemic virtues, including logic, mathematics and natural philosophy



However, we welcome submissions that address topics on epistemic virtue that are not listed here. Sessions will be 45mins in length with work in progress papers welcome. Submissions from PhD students or early-career researchers are especially encouraged. Please send your abstract as a PDF or word document to <mailto:laura.kotevska at sydney.edu.au> laura.kotevska at sydney.edu.au<mailto:laura.kotevska at sydney.edu.au> no later than February 05, 2022.



This is an in-person event held at The University of Sydney. In order to make the conference accessible to scholars who are not able to travel to Sydney, a couple of slots will be reserved for online presentations. If you would like your abstract to be considered for an online slot, please indicate this in your email.



Further Inquiries

Please direct any questions about this call to laura.kotevska at sydney.edu.au



Organizers

Laura Kotevska – University of Sydney

Anik Waldow – University of Sydney

Elena Gordon – University of Sydney

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