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6 year old {Drops piece of toast on the floor}: Damn! 4 year old {disapprovingly to 6 year old}: You’re not supposed to say ‘damn’. That’s not nice for children to say. 12 year old {impishly to 4 year old}: … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
In case you missed it, Leiter ran another survey, this one assessing which subfields are most important for strong PhD programs in philosophy. Epistemology came in first; details here. I’m not surprised that epistemology is one of the top five, … Continue reading
Creationism is more defensible The view that inference can create justification is more defensible than most people give it credit for. Who disagrees? [Ed. note: So the hypertext is supposed to pique interest, but judging from my inbox, it’s also … Continue reading
Jason Baehr sent me some information on a new project connecting work in virtue epistemology with philosophy of education, educational theory, and psychology, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The website for the project is here, and the project aims … Continue reading
Jonathan Phillips and Christian Mott have now put together a new version of the Experimental Philosophy Page. It’s a great way to get access to the latest experimental work in epistemology, including lots of papers on contextualism and stakes-sensitivity and … Continue reading