About the seminar
“Epistemic trespassing” is a recently proposed term to describe experts who make pronouncements outside their domain of expertise. Such trespassing can be productive, but caution is required: trespassers should substantially reduce the confidence of their assertions in the new domain until they acquire cross-field expertise. How does epistemic trespassing apply to mathematics? In this seminar, professor Andrew Aberdein will distinguish three cases: internal (or intramathematical) trespassing between subfields of mathematics; inbound extramathematical trespassing from other disciplines into mathematics; and outbound extramathematical trespassing from mathematics into other disciplines. In each case, he will identify both benign and malign examples of trespassing. These examples help clarify some features of epistemic trespassing in general.
About the speaker
Dr. Aberdein has taught at Florida Tech University since 2003. He has also held visiting research positions at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the University of Windsor in Ontario. Prior to his appointment at Florida Tech he was a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Logic & Metaphysics from the University of St. Andrews in 2001.
More info: https://www.fit.edu/faculty-profiles/a/aberdein-andrew/
Practical
This CLEA-CLPS seminar is taking place at the VUB campus (not online) and is open to everyone interested.
When. Wednesday September 18, 2024 from 14:00 until 16:00h
Where. VUB campus Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Elsene. Building C, 4th floor, room C4.09
