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Monthly Archives: September 2005
Kyle Stanford from UC-Irvine was here for a visit this past weekend, and talked about his novel argument against scientific realism. I thought there was a problem with the argument, but I now think maybe not. Realism, here, is the … Continue reading
Special Issue of Studia Logica on FORMAL EPISTEMOLOGY Studia Logica is changing its scope. The journal is moving more toward “Formal Philosophy” (i.e., the applications of various formal methods to philosophical problems and issues), and away from its more traditional … Continue reading
MOVED TO THE TOP BECAUSE THE LINK TO THE CONFERENCE SITE NOW WORKS: Filling out the acronym, the subtitle for the conference is as follows. Experimental Reasoning, Reliability, Objectivity, and Rationality: Induction, Statistics, and Modeling June 2-5, 2006 Virginia Tech, … Continue reading
Here’s a new paper by Adam, entitled Knowing What to Think About: When Epistemology Meets the Theory of Choice. Adam is the most recent addition to our list of contributors as well, and the paper, on my first cursory glance, … Continue reading
Since much of philosophy of religion is of interest to, and relies on the work of, epistemologists, I have an announcement: In association with the Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference at the University of Missouri for which I am the … Continue reading
Here’s an immodest proposal: there aren’t any true epistemic obligation principles. Not even when the antecedent includes everything involved in the complete true theory of justification. An epistemic obligation principle cites certain conditions in its antecedent, and has as consequent … Continue reading
I’m off to the beautiful nature state, Arkansas, to the Old Main Bldg. to talk to the department tomorrow. To the most magnificent chair’s office I’ve ever seen–nice enough almost to get anyone to take the job! Besides the natural … Continue reading
Hey, here’s a draft of my article on foundationalism & coherentism for the next Blackwell Companion: Foundations & Coherence Comments are welcome, including comments about what important things I’ve omitted (especially if I’ve omitted reference to an important work of … Continue reading
Chase Wrenn has started a new blog here that looks pretty interesting. This post, about refereeing papers in philosophy, is quite funny, in part because it is a bit too close to the truth, I’m afraid. … Continue reading