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Jamie’s asking an interesting question about editorial policies for journals. Venture on over and weigh in. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Ryan Wasserman was here this week–what a great guy…and superb philosopher!–and we talked about knowability. He had an interesting idea. For standard knowability, you need to get from K(p&q) to Kp&Kq. Since nobody sophisticated about closure thinks that knowledge is … Continue reading
At some point in the future you’ll be able to read my new argument for the possibility of contingent a priori knowledge in the pages of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. For now you can read it here. … Continue reading
Thanks to Ezra Cook for alerting me to this conference. The website is here: http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/Activites/?contentId=5657&languageId=1. It includes a call for papers, and the list of keynote speakers is phenomenal: * Johan van Benthem (ILLC, Amsterdam) * John Hawthorne (University of … Continue reading
Here is confirmation of why I’ve been quite vocal in objecting, and recommending to others to boycott this year so that the powers-that-be learn not to do this again. I love going to Chicago–I even love some people there!–but holding … Continue reading
would the world be a better place? … Continue reading
I’ve often heard it said (and read it written, and witnessed first-hand) that students from elite graduate programs have an advantage on the job market. All else being equal (and maybe even in some cases when much isn’t), search committees … Continue reading
Ralph got a good discussion about this going over on PEA Soup. You should check it out. In the meantime, let’s see what CDers think. … Continue reading
The deadline for submitting papers to the 2009 Episteme conference on Disagreement is January 15. Details here. … Continue reading
For those who doubt that there are good reasons to visit Chicago in February (!), consider the good deal of epistemology that will be done at the Central; see the following page for details. … Continue reading