Philosophers love to find data that shows a correlation between majoring in philosophy and doing well on standardized tests, such as the GRE. Here’s the latest example of such data, showing that philosophy majors did better than other majors on … Continue reading
The piece referenced here was likely his last publication prior to his death. He was an important figure in epistemology, instrumental in the rise of externalist theories of knowledge and his approach to the Gettier problem is still widely misunderstood … Continue reading
At The Philosophers Magazine. … Continue reading
Lisa Bortolotti is guest blogging over at the Brains blog about her next research project, which concerns the epistemic benefits of delusions and other items of cognition with obvious epistemic pitfalls. One entry so far, with more to come. More … Continue reading
I don’t usually post announcements that aren’t explicitly about epistemology, but will make an exception for this new open access journal. This is one of the most important developments in our field, and I make it an explicit rule never … Continue reading
New appointments and other items of interest, noted here. … Continue reading
Going back to at least G.E. Moore, philosophers have steadily built a strong case that the social practice of assertion is constituted by a knowledge norm: you should assert Q only if you know Q is true. As best I … Continue reading
Gil Harman’s useful review of Adam Morton’s new book Bounded Thinking is now up at NDPR. Here’s the link: NDPR review. … Continue reading