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Top 10 Philosophy Blogs : World News : News & Politics : Blogs.com. Brian Leiter lists the top 10 philosophy blogs, and we are included. Congratulations are due to all who have added to the quality of this site, either … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2009
We are going to upgrade to the newest version of WP, starting at 2 today. It may take a couple hours if bugs develop, and it may also go so smoothly no one notices the event! I expect, though, that … Continue reading
Apropos our recent discussion of experiences with journals, the editor of Mind, Tom Baldwin, asked me to communicate the following message to our audience here. From Tom Baldwin (editor, Mind) As editor of Mind I have followed these postings with … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking about the infamous burning armchair that has become the symbol of the X-phi movement. It’s a brilliant symbol, and a smashing PR success. Students get a kick out of it. Journalists love it. And it’s all in … Continue reading
There’s this journal. It’s very well respected — a top five journal by most measures. And there’s this paper of mine. I think it’s good. So I send it in to this journal. Then I wait for a decision. And … Continue reading
The Edinburgh Epistemology research group will be hosting the 2010 Episteme conference, on the topic: ‘Cognitive Ecology: The Role of the Concept of Knowledge in our Social Cognitive Ecology’. So far, confirmed speakers include Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern), Hilary Kornblith (UMass), … Continue reading
For those of you who haven’t seen this yet, the Stanford Encylopedia has a new entry of relevance both to epistemology and philosophy of mind: The Disjunctive Theory of Perception. … Continue reading
The Philosophy Department at Northwestern is initiating a bi-weekly Brownbag Epistemology series (see here). Building on the excellence of epistemology in the greater Chicagoland area and the Midwest more generally, this series will provide a regular venue for Chicago-area epistemologists … Continue reading
Going to the conference in Geneva next week, and will talk about curiosity. In preparation, a minor sidepoint about it. The issue is what kind of motivational state curiosity is. So, first, a partial list of motivational states. They include … Continue reading
The Third annual Midwest Epistemology Workshop will be held on the campus of St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO, Friday September 25 – Saturday September 26, 2009. This year’s keynote speaker will be Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh). The list of … Continue reading