I was looking at the online additions to the latest JFP, and noticed that the University of Houston at Victoria is looking for a chair of their Humanities Division. The expectations and qualifications are of the normal variety, but then … Continue reading
I am always looking for ways to connect epistemology to other subfields of philosophy (esp. within the “M” side of M&E). Here’s one I’ve been thinking of for some time. If testimonial belief is to be knowledge, it must satisfy … Continue reading
EPISTEMIC AGENCY International Conference University of Geneva 25-26 April 2008 THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SUNDAY 9 MARCH 2008 See below the fold for details. … Continue reading
Just finished teaching a section on epistemic principles or principles of evidence, as Chisholm sometimes calls them, using Jim’s paper “Foundationalism, Epistemic Principles, and the Cartesian Circle.” Jim rightly criticizes certain coherentists for first accepting the truth of certain epistemic … Continue reading
From Diego Machuca, a conference he’s organized for August 6-8, 2008 in Buenos Aires. The website for the conference is here. … Continue reading
On a local television academic contest for two competing high school teams: In the following sentence, how is the word ‘ball’ used? “In this sentence how is the word ‘ball’ used?” Answer: Direct object. WTF? Wouldn’t it be great to … Continue reading
I just saw, at Leiter’s blog, that Stephen Grimm is moving from Montana to Fordham. Fordham was hurt significantly last year by Greco’s move to SLU, but they now have a really impressive trio of young epistemologists, with Grimm, Hazlett, … Continue reading
David Pearce is offering four 4-year PhD scholarships for students wishing to pursue a PhD degree in Computer Science in the area of Computational Logic and Knowledge Representation at Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid. The positions are part of an … Continue reading
The Reasoner now has an ISN number (ISSN 1757-0522), which means that publications in The Reasoner can typically be listed as research outputs. Do keep the submissions coming! … Continue reading
First Announcement and Call for Papers: The Epistemology of Liberal Democracy: free speech, disagreement and common belief University of Copenhagen, Denmark November 20-21, 2008 One of the most important and cherished features of liberal democracy is the value placed on … Continue reading