The Royal Institute of Philosophy presents
RELIGIOUS EPISTEMOLOGY:
A CONFERENCE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT HEYTHROP
COLLEGE
19th and 20th June 2015
Heythrop College, University of London, Kensington
Square, London W8 5HN (very close to Kensington High St. tube)
Funds for video-recording talks have been provided by
The Templeton Foundation.
This is a free, two-day
conference aimed at the general public. It makes accessible some of the exciting,
cutting edge work recently done in religious epistemology. All speakers are
leading figures in the field (two are flying in specially from the States).
Talks will be jargon-light
and non-technical, presenting new ideas and insights to help inform and
illuminate on-going public debate.
This event will appeal to
anyone with an interest in continuing public debates about the rationality of
religious belief (particularly post The
God Delusion). A-Level students are very welcome to attend. The talks will
be of particular interest to teachers, journalists, and other writers with an
interest in religion.
This conference is free to
attend, but it is likely to be very popular. We recommend you book your place
in advance. To book a place on either one or both days contact: email: campus-services@heythrop.ac.uk tel:
020 7795 4194/4163. Some single B&B accommodation is available £60 plus
VAT.
Timetable
Friday 19th June
10.30-11.00 Registration etc.
11.00-11.10 Welcome
11.10-12.10 John Cottingham: Detachment, Rationality, and
Evidence
12.15-1.10 Lunch break
1.10-2.10 Trent Dougherty: Divine Hiddenness and The
Problem of Evil
2.30-3.30 Duncan Pritchard: Wittgenstein on Faith and
Reason
3.50-4.50 Stephen Law: How Might Religious Belief be
'Defeated'?
Saturday 20th June
10.15-10.30 Registration
10.30-11.30 Justin McBrayer: The Problem of Evil and
Skeptical Theism
11.40-12.40 Charity Anderson: Divine Hiddenness: Are
Glimpses Enough?
12.40-1.30 Lunch break
1.30-2.30 John Hawthorne: TBA
2.30-2.40 Farewell
(meals are not provided)
The conference will be of
particular interest to those interested in the following questions:
·
Should a religious belief be rejected if there is little
evidence in its support?
·
Can we just know God exists, or that a particular religion is true, by direct revelation?
·
If God exists, why doesn't he reveal himself more
clearly?
·
Is religious language used in such a way that questions about truths, evidence, and so on, are inappropriate?
·
Does the problem of evil pose a significant threat to
theism?
·
Might science refute theism?
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