From Steffen Holldobler (TU Dresden): The European Master’s Program in Computational Logic We are glad to offer you the possibility to join our European Master Program of Computational Logic. This program is offered jointly at the Free-University of Bozen-Bolzano in … Continue reading
I just learned the following wonderful news about Vincent: Elite Research Prize to Professor Vincent F. Hendricks On January 24, 2008, Vincent F. Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at Roskilde University, Denmark and Editor-in-Chief of Synthese, is awarded the Elite … Continue reading
I have a question about the epistemic internalism and externalism debate. After the first round of the debate in the 1980s, several philosophers began claiming to be internalists about justification but externalists about knowledge. Although this became a somewhat common … Continue reading
Got a note from Branden with the following information about the Formal Epistemology Workshop for 2008: The deadline for paper submissions is February 15, and submissions on all topics in the genre of Formal Epistemology are encouraged. The conference will … Continue reading
The Philosopher’s Annual (whose apparent demise I reported here) appears to be coming back, and is looking for nominations of philosophy papers first published in 2007. I’m on the nominating board, and am especially interested in looking for good papers … Continue reading
A quick case for “No”: in philosophy we aim to think for ourselves, and as such we do not — and we should not — rely on the authority of another philosopher in coming to a conclusion. I am very … Continue reading
We all have favorite examples of bad arguments, but after a good martini with my son last night, his latest example struck me as extremely funny and I love it so much I’m going to post it. He’s getting married … Continue reading
Leslie Marsh of EPISTEME has asked me to let you know that Volume 4, issue 2 of the journal, a special volume edited by David Coady, is now available. It is on conspiracy theories, so it should be of interest … Continue reading
I owe an apology to all Arkansas fans. My prediction was defective. I had predicted 38-21, and I deeply apologize to all my Arkansas buddies for my mistake. I can’t resist noting, however, that there are two kinds of stupid. … Continue reading