invitation to a philosophy talk (with corrections)

please disregard the previous message this is the correct one - sorry about the mix-up! ***************************************** The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk by Ruth Weintraub (Tel-Aviv University) What If Scepticism Is True? (An Exercise in Reliabilism) Friday, 17 October 2008, 3.30pm, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT The two prevalent responses to sceptical arguments are to brush them aside or to attempt to refute them. But there is another kind of response, the acquiescent, which I propose to consider. It allows that the sceptical conclusion may be true, and explores its implications, both practical and theoretical, and proceeds by diagnosing the rationale behind the assumptions pertaining to justification which the sceptic exploits to derive his (seemingly devastating) conclusion. My test-case is the reliabilist conception of justification (hence the sub-title), which jettisons an internalist assumption responsible for Hume’s sceptical conclusion vis-a-vis induction. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu