Mariangela Cocchiaro MA
March 1st - August 27th 2020
Research for a study about
Modest or sceptical? A rational dilemma for the conciliationist
Report to appear:
Jitsi Online Talk
Title
"Generalized Conciliationism"
Date: 23/04/2020
Time: 14h00
Venue: Jitsi online Talk
Abstract:
The significance of (the dynamic version of) Aumann's agreement theorem for the epistemology of peer disagreement
For over a decade now epistemologists have been thinking about the peer disagreement problem of whether a person is reasonable in not lowering her confidence in her belief P when she comes to accept that she has an epistemic peer on P who disbelieves P. However, epistemologists have overlooked a key realistic way how epistemic peers can, or even have to, differ epistemically—a way that reveals the inadequacy of both conformist and non-conformist views on peer disagreement by uncovering how the causes of peer disagreement bear on the debate’s core philosophical issue.
Part of my argument for this thesis will involve giving a thorough yet entirely informal presentation of mathematical theorems in economics by Robert Aumann (1976) and Polemarchakis & Geneakoplos (1982) which represent a formally precise description of how two rational agents must deal with disagreement under certain epistemically interesting circumstances.''
Podcast Lecture at Logic Café
Title
"The significance of Aumann's agreement theorem for the epistemology of peer disagreement"
Discussion of Podcast:
Date: 22/06/2020
Time: 17h15-18h00 Uhr
Venue: Logic Café on Zoom