The Philosophy Department of UQAM invites us, on the 12th and 13th of October, to attend the Hugues-Leblanc Conferences 2023, during which Professor Stéphanie Ruphy (École normale supérieure / Université Paris Sciences & Lettres) will give a presentation on the theme “Science and Democracy.”

Program:

Thursday, October 12th

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Stéphanie Ruphy (ENS/PSL)

Scientific Research and Political Commitment: Must One Choose?

Commentary by Amandine Catala (Department of Philosophy, UQAM & Canada Research Chair on Injustice and Epistemic Agency) 

Friday, October 13th

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Stéphanie Ruphy (ENS/PSL)

The Unpredictability of Scientific Inquiry: What Are the Implications for Research Governance?

Commentary by Julien Prud’homme (Department of Humanities, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières & CIRST) 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch 

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Stéphanie Ruphy (ENS/PSL)

Are the Merits (and Limits) of Participatory Democracy Transposable to Scientific Research?

Commentary by Jocelyn Maclure (Department of Philosophy, McGill University & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology)

3:45 PM – 4:30 PM: General Discussion

All activities will take place at W-5215 (UQAM, Department of Philosophy, 455 René-Lévesque Blvd East, Montreal, H2L 4Y2).

The conferences will also be broadcast live online.

Registration is mandatory at this address.

For any additional information, please consult the conference page.

Organized by Vincent Guillin with the generous support of the Department of Philosophy of UQAM; the Vice-Deanship for Research of the FSH (UQAM), CIRST, the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Life Sciences (UQAM), and the Canada Research Chair on Injustice and Epistemic Agency (UQAM).