Indoctrination is often viewed as a pedagogical problem, but it also raises much broader questions about the nature of belief, reasoning, and responsibility. Are indoctrinated beliefs necessarily dogmatic and insensitive to evidence, and if so, why is that a problem? Can indoctrination sometimes play a positive role from the perspective of epistemic values? These and related questions will be addressed by Veljko Košević in his lecture „Indoctrination as a Challenge to Moral and Epistemic Responsibility“.
The lecture will examine the concept of indoctrination and its implications in educational as well as broader social contexts. Drawing on contemporary philosophical debates, it will explore whether indoctrination should be understood merely as a didactic issue or rather as a deeper epistemic and ethical challenge.
Special attention will be given to issues of ideological bias, closed-mindedness, and insensitivity to evidence, as well as their significance for understanding responsibility for one’s own beliefs.
The lecture by Veljko Košević, a Junior Research Assistant at the Center for Philosophy, is organized as part of the lecture series introducing newly appointed colleagues at the Institute of Social Sciences.