Location (in person)
VU Amsterdam - De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam
Main Building, 3rd floor - Room Agora 3
DAY 1 - June 2nd, 09:00-18.30 (CET) - VU Amsterdam (& online)
09.00-09.30 Welcome
09.30-10.30 M R. X. Dentith (keynote)
Investigating conspiracy theories
10.30-10.55 Tyler A. Porter
If a conspiracy theory were true, what would it be rational to believe?
10.55-11.20 Daniel Barbarrusa & Lola M. Vizuete
‘Pastel QAnon’, vaccination regret and epistemic reparation. How some conspiracy theories exploit and produce
epistemic injustice
11.20-11.45 David Heering
Alethic and Narrative Models of Conspiracy Theories
11.45-12.00 Coffee
12.00-12.45 Alexios Stamatiadis-Brehier
The Power of Second-Order Conspiracies
12.45-13.30 Will Mittendorf
Racist and Anti-Racist Conspiracy Theories
13.30-14.15 Lunch
14.15-15.00 Rico Hauswald
Heterodox Conspiracy Theories and Evidence-Based Theories of Error
15.00-15.45 Melina Tsapos
Should We Worry about Conspiracy Theorists Rejecting Experts' Testimony?
15.45-16.45 Catarina Dutilh Novaes (keynote)
How conspiracy theories spread or hide: attention and trust in belief-forming processes
16.45-17.00 Break
17.00-18.30 Discussion panel
Interdisciplinarity in Conspiracy Theory Theory (chair: Julia Duetz)
Jan Willem van Prooijen (Psychology, VU Amsterdam)
Jaron Harambam (Sociology, University of Amsterdam)
M Dentith (Philosophy, Beijing Normal University)
David Robertson (Religious Studies, Open University)
19.00 Conference dinner
DAY 2 - June 3rd, 09:30-17:30 (CET) - VU Amsterdam (& online)
09.30-10.30 Discussion panel
Generalism/Particularism (chair: Melina Tsapos)
Brian Keeley (Philosophy, Pitzer College)
Maarten Boudry (Philosophy, Ghent University)
Keith Harris (Philosophy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Patrick Stokes (Philosophy, Deakin University)
M Dentith (Beijing Normal University)
10.30-11.15 Brian L. Keeley
Conspiracy theorists are not the problem; Conspiracy liars are
11.15-11.30 Break
11.30-11.55 Fred Matthews
On the Censorship of “Immoral” Conspiracy Theories
11.55-12.20 Chris Ranalli
Don’t Panic! Moral Panic Conspiracy Theories and Social Relevant Alternatives
12.20-13.05 Rory Aird
A new account of conspiracy theories
13.05-13.50 Patrick Brooks
On the Origin Of Conspiracy Theories
13.50-14.40 Lunch
14.40-15.25 Anne Meylan & Veli Mitova & Sebastian Schmidt
Conspiracy Theories, Marginalization, and Radical Epistemologies
15.25-16.05 Julia Duetz
Assertions About Conspiracy Theories and Polarization
16.05-16.20 Break
16.20-17.30 Steve Clarke (keynote)
When Conspiracy Theorists Win
DAY 3 - June 4th, 09:00-16:00 (CET) - Online
09.00-10.15 Charles Pigden (keynote)
Conspiracy Theory Research – How to make it intellectually respectable
10.15-11:00 Joonas Pennanen
The disagreement effects of a disagreement revealed to a conspiracy believer
11:00-11.45 Justas Patkauskas
From Conspiracy Theory to Conspiracy Epistemology
11:45-12.10 Attila Kustán Magyari & Robert Imre
Resisting the ‘Civilising Mission’. Analysing Hungarian Conspiracy Theories Through Standpoint Theory