23-24 April 2026
Salón de Grados, Faculty of Philosophy and Education, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Workshop’s description
Twenty years after Russo and Williamson’s initial proposal, evidential pluralism has undergone numerous developments. Its scope of application has expanded to new fields and activities. The aim of this workshop is to explore, address, and discuss contemporary debates and proposals surrounding evidential pluralism.
Speakers
Till Grüne-Yanoff (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
María Jiménez-Buedo (UNED)
Guillermo Marín Penella (University of Balearic Islands)
Saúl Pérez-González (University of Valencia)
Aida Roige (University Carlos III of Madrid)
Federica Russo (Utrecht University)
Alexandra Trofimov (University of Manchester)
Jon Williamson (University of Manchester)
Jesús Zamora-Bonilla (UNED)
Program
| Thursday, 23.04.2026 | |
| 09:30-10.30 | Federica Russo Evidential Pluralism as an Evidence Regime |
| 10.30-11:30 | Saúl Pérez-González Evaluating evidence of mechanisms in the social sciences |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffe break |
| 12:00-13:00 | Jon Williamson A flexible approach to mechanism-informed evidence review |
| 13.00-15.00 | Lunch |
| 15:00-16:00 | Jesús Zamora-Bonilla Looking for evidence in the persuasion game |
| 16.00-17:00 | NATE research meeting |
| Friday, 24.04.2026 | |
| 09:00-10.00 | Till Grüne-Yanoff Rational Evidence Disregard – A Guide to Policymakers |
| 10.00-11:00 | María Jiménez-Buedo & Saúl Pérez-González The Catalogue of Mechanisms in Analytical Sociology |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffe break |
| 11:30-13:00 | [Valencia Colloquium in Philosophy] Alexandra Trofimov Artificial Intelligence, Evidential Pluralism, and Law |
| 13.00-15.00 | Lunch |
| 15:00-16:00 | Aida Roige Towards a mechanistic understanding of special science kinds |
| 16.00-17:00 | Guillermo Marín Penella Benefit and safety assessments of anti-ageing medicines in the European Union: regulatory obstacles and pluralistic alternatives |
Organisers
Valeriano Iranzo (Univ. of Valencia), Víctor Luque (Univ. of Valencia), Saúl Pérez-González (Univ. of Valencia), Laura Senis (Univ. of Valencia), Alexandra Trofimov (Univ. of Manchester), and Jon Williamson (Univ. of Machester).
Technical support
Jorge Guardiola (Univ. of Valencia)
Funding
This event is funded by the research projects «EBL+: New philosophical foundations for evidence-based law» (Leverhulme Trust; RPG-2022-336), «New approaches to evidence: theoretical and practical developments» (Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities; PID2024-155508NA-I00), «Evidence and Mechanisms in the Social Sciences» (Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities; PID2021-125936NB-I00), and «Autonomy as Adress» (Conselleria d’ Innovació, Universitats, Ciència i Societat Digital – Generalitat Valenciana; CIPROM/2023/55).
