AI Epistemics: Knowing in the Age of AI

Name: AI Epistemics: Knowing in the Age of AI
Start: 2026-03-30T12:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-04-01T07:30:00+03:00
Location: Ωνάσειος Βιβλιοθήκη / Onassis Library

Schedule

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 am

UTC+03:00

Location

Ωνάσειος Βιβλιοθήκη / Onassis Library | Athens, AT

AI Epistemics explores the epistemological challenges raised by the increasingly pervasive integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into knowledge acquisition and decision-making. It focuses on issues such as the reliability and trustworthiness of generative AI, the nature of artificial testimony, the justification of AI-assisted decisions, and the distribution of epistemic responsibility between humans and intelligent systems whose operation is often opaque. The conference’s overarching aim is to foster dialogue between contemporary epistemology, philosophy of technology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science, and to establish a much-needed international network of experts specialising in the analysis of the epistemic risks and opportunities posed by AI.
Attendance to the event is free for all, but seats are limited. To register, please use the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN_xmsR0sgpkyK-bVkNEC1a9dO51Q6qYs_wMpifUDBCwRDSA/viewform?usp=publish-editor
Speakers:
Adam Carter (Cogito/Glasgow)
Emma Gordon (Cogito/Glasgow)
John Greco (Georgetown)
Jesper Kallestrup (Aberdeen)
Christoph Kelp (Cogito/Glasgow)
Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern)
Orestis Palermos (Ioannina)
Duncan Pritchard (Irvine)
Mona Simion (Oxford)
Deborah Tollefsen (Memphis)
Vangelis Triantafyllou (Ioannina)
Conference Schedule:
Day 1
12:00pm - 1:30pm | Mona Simion (Oxford): AI: Trustworthiness vs Explainability
1:30pm - 2:30pm | Lunch Break
2:30pm – 4:00pm | J Adam Carter (Cogito, Glasgow): From Epistemic Growth to Epistemic Pollution
4:00pm - 4:15pm | Coffee Break
4:15pm - 5:45pm | Jesper Kallestrup (Aberdeen): From Epistemic Pollution to Epistemic Sustainability
5:45pm – 6:00pm | Coffee Break
6:00pm - 7:30pm | Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern): TBA
Day 2
12:00pm - 1:30pm | Vangelis Triantafyllou (Ioannina): Emergent Structures in Foundation Models: From statistics to Understanding
1:30pm - 2:30pm | Lunch Break
2:30pm – 4:00pm | Emma Gordon (Cogito, Glasgow): TBA
4:00pm - 4:15pm | Coffee Break
4:15pm - 5:45pm | Christoph Kelp (Cogito, Glasgow): Artificial Epistemic Agency
5:45pm – 6:00pm | Coffee Break
6:00pm - 7:30pm | John Greco (Georgetown): The Transmission of Knowledge via AI Technologies
Day 3
2:30pm – 4:00pm | Deborah Tollefsen (Memphis): Mixtures of Agents" and Objectivity
4:00pm - 4:15pm | Coffee Break
4:15pm - 5:45pm Orestis Palermos (Ioannina): Artificial Knowing: AI as Socio-Technical Epistemic Collaboration
5:45pm – 6:30pm | Coffee Break
6:30pm - 8:00pm Duncan Pritchard (UC-Irvine): The AI Revolution in Education

Contact: [email protected]
Hosted by the Philosophy Research Laboratory on Sciences, Technology, and Culture, University of Ioannina. Organised in collaboration with the Cogito Epistemology Research Centre, University of Glasgow; the Philosophy Department, University of Aberdeen; and the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Forth Hellas