Here‘s a draft that might interest some folks here. The abstract: Infinitists argue that their view outshines foundationalism because infinitism can, whereas foundationalism cannot, explain two of epistemic justification’s crucial features: it comes in degrees and it can be complete. … Continue reading
The Staggers. Update: “Teenage Trash Insanity” is now on … Continue reading
Orange Beach, Alabama University of South Alabama May 11-14, 2009 Conference Website Keynote Speakers: William Lycan & Jonathan Kvanvig Invited Speakers: Mylan Engel, Erik Olsson, Bruce Russell, and Matthias Steup Interested in Participating? We welcome any philosophers interested in participating … Continue reading
While there are differences between R. B. Braithwaite’s theory of “acting as-if” belief and Jason Stanley’s project, both share the idea that the higher the stakes are to an agent, the better evidence that agent needs before he may act … Continue reading
This was going to be a comment on the X-Phi post, but it became too long. FRAGILITY Suppose baseball bats come to be made of a special wood so that, as we’d be prone to say, how fragile they are … Continue reading
I am looking for the first discussion of the case in which a subject comes to form a belief about the temperature by arbitrarily selecting one of the thermometers in her bathroom, where the thermometer she chooses is in fact … Continue reading
Bill Moyers, sitting in for Charlie Rose, interviews Dan Dennett. … Continue reading
Discussed at Experimental Philosophy, one study on bank cases and another on knowledge ascriptions being sensitive to practical concerns. The former is being done by Wesley Buckwalter and the latter by Mark Phelan and Ram Neta. The posts contain links … Continue reading