You are invited to a workshop entitled "Skepticism and Social
<br> Epistemology" that will take place at the Department of Philosophy
<br> at the University of Haifa on Monday, April 8, 2019.
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<br> Although skepticism is a central theme in epistemology, skepticism
<br> is rarely dealt with in social epistemology. A rarely challenged
<br> assumption in the epistemology of testimony is that subjects
<br> normally acquire knowledge and justified belief from the testimony
<br> of others. However, even if we can gain knowledge from
<br> non-testimonial sources, such as perception and inference, there
<br> might be special reasons why we cannot get knowledge or justified
<br> belief from testimony. Our increasing reliance on technologically
<br> and algorithmically mediated testimonies and phenomena such as fake
<br> news may also cast doubts on our possibility of getting testimonial
<br> knowledge in general or specific cases. The workshop talks address
<br> these issues.
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<br> The presenters in the workshop are Arnon Keren, Aviv Barnoy, Boaz
<br> Miller, Bryan Frances, Maya Roman, Ori Freiman, and Sandy Goldberg.
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<br> Attendance is is free of charge, but prior registration is required.
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<br> You may see the full program and register to the workshop at http://philevents.org/event/show/71482
<br> or you can register by sending an email to boaz.m@zefat.ac.il.
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<br> All Best,
<br> Boaz Miller
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<br> Boaz Miller PhD,
<br> MA, BSc
<br> Senior Lecturer
<br> Department of CIS
<br> Zefat Academic College
<br> http://boazmiller.com
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