Organized by USMB's Langages, Littératures, Sociétés Etudes Transfrontalières et Internationales (LLSETI) laboratory and the Association des professeurs de philosophie de l'enseignement public, the "Science, Opinion, Société" cycle of philosophical conferences closes this Thursday, May 11 at 6pm. The conference will take place at theuniversité Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB), in Chambéry. It is open to all without registration, and will be held in room 3 (27 rue Marcoz, Chambéry).
This fifth and final conference of the cycle and of the academic year will be devoted entirely to a general discussion of the issues addressed during the cycle, namely:
- Paul Feyerabend's epistemology
- The ability to judge
- For a new conflict of faculties?
- Opinion in a democracy: from mass to public
About the "Science, Opinion, Society" cycle
Our democracy, which should be a place for the assertive conflict of opinions, has instead become the site of agonistic clashes of sensibilities that seem to have disqualified reason and reasoning. Science, which cannot be dogmatic, is often repudiated as a power, no doubt because it is used by the powers that be. Does this mean that the struggle to understand and make others understand is in vain? If methodical and reasonable skepticism is a condition for enlightenment, it cannot degenerate into negationist relativism or open the door to a deleterious obscurantism. How, then, can we create genuine forums for discussion?
LEARN MORE
- Program for the 2022-2023 philosophy lecture series
- Conference summaries
- LLSETI laboratory website
- Contact: Pascal Bouvier, member of the LLSETI laboratory and organizer of this conference series