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Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:07:44 +0100
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From: Duncan Pritchard <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Conference Announcement - Virtues: Moral and Epistemic
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Apologies for Cross Posting

Virtues: Moral and Epistemic

University of Stirling
March 2-3 2002


One of the dominant movements in post-war ethical philosophy has been that of
virtue ethics, which takes its cue from the writings of Aristotle. Until
recently, however, this virtue-theoretic approach had stayed largely confined
within this ethical setting, despite the fact that Aristotle himself accorded
a significant role to the kind of intellectual virtues - such as
conscientiousness and open-mindedness - that also enable us to gain
knowledge. What has been significant about recent discussion in epistemology
is that it has started to draw on virtue-theoretic approaches in ethics to
offer analogous virtue-theoretic accounts of knowledge. Indeed, there have
even been some notable attempts to integrate the two areas of philosophy
under a general virtue theoretic approach. Moreover, this cross-fertilisation
of ideas between those working in ethics and epistemology has been extremely
fruitful, producing some of the most interesting work in these areas in
recent years.
  This international conference aims to bring together some of the leading
figures working on virtue-theoretic accounts in ethics and epistemology.
Confirmed speakers include Miranda Fricker (Birkbeck College, University of
London), Christopher Hookway (University of Sheffield), Michael Slote
(University of Maryland), and Linda Zagzebski (University of Oklahoma), with
commentaries by Sarah Broadie (University of St. Andrews and Princeton
University), Antony Duff (University of Stirling), Marie McGinn (University
of York), and John Skorupski (University of St. Andrews).

Call for papers
In addition to invited papers, there will be a session for postgraduate
presentations. Papers are invited on a topic related to the theme of the
conference, and should be suitable for presentation in 30 minutes.
Submissions should be sent to Michael Brady or Duncan Pritchard at the
address below, and should arrive no later than October 1st, 2001 (submission
by email attachment is acceptable.) There are a number of bursaries to assist
with travel and accommodation costs for postgraduate students; these are not
limited to postgraduate speakers.

Registration
The fee for the two-day conference is £50, and those wishing to attend should
register by December 1st, 2001.

For further details please contact either Michael Brady or Duncan Pritchard
at the Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA,
Scotland. (E-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]).

The organisers of this conference are grateful for the financial support
provided by the following organisations:

The Analysis Trust
Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling
Faculty of Arts, University of Stirling
Scots Philosophical Club
Mind

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