Responsible Disagreement Master Class
The master class aims to provide an introduction to philosophical questions about the nature and significance of political disagreement.
Main content
Disagreement among citizens in the political sphere is a persistent feature of democratic societies. This disagreement has both moral, political, and epistemic dimensions. The master class will serve as an introduction to some of these issues.
The master class will be followed by a two-day workshop. More information about the workshop is available here (internal link).
Programme:
09:15-09:30 Coffee
09:30-10:45 Session 1: The epistemology of disagreement, Torfinn Huvenes (University of Bergen)
Recommended reading:
- Christensen, D. (2009). Disagreement as Evidence: The Epistemology of Controversy. Philosophy Compass, 4, 756-767.
- Cosker-Rowland, R. (2017). The Epistemology of Moral Disagreement. Philosophy Compass, 12, 1-16.
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:15 Session 2: Political epistemology, Michael Hannon (Nottingham University)
Recommended reading:
- De Ritter, Jeroen. (2021). Deep Disagreement and Political Polarization. In Edenberg, Elizabeth & Hannon, Michael (eds.) (2021). Political Epistemology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Hannon, Michael (2024). Disagreement and Contemporary Political Philosophy. In Maria Baghramian, J. Adam Carter & Rach Cosker-Rowland, Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement. New York, NY: Routledge.
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:30 Session 3: Legitimacy, Elizabeth Edenberg (Baruch College, CUNY)
Recommended reading:
- Estlund, D. M. (2008). Democratic authority : a philosophical framework. Princeton University Press, Chapter 1.
14:30-14:45 Break
14:15-16:00 Session 4: Public reason, Anthony Taylor (University of Fribourg)
Recommended reading:
- Billingham, P., & Taylor, A. (2022). A framework for analyzing public reason theories. European Journal of Political Theory, 21(4), 671–691.
- Enoch, David. (2015). Against Public Reason. In Sobel, David ; Vallentyne, Peter & Wall, Steven (eds.) (2015). Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Volume 1. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press UK.
Registration:
Anyone who is interested in attending should register here (internal link) by Wednesday the 21st of May.