What more is required of a belief, besides being justified and true (JTB), if the belief is to count as knowledge? In my view, at least two further conditions are required: the belief must meet the conditions of safety and … Continue reading
As a follow-up to an earlier announcement of a new open access journal Ergo, the first issue is now available, appearing at the same time as this post (Tuesday, May 27, 3pm Eastern). It includes four papers plus an editorial … Continue reading
The Spanish Philosophy journal Teorema is pleased to announce an essay competition for young scholars. The winner will receive 1500€, and the essay will be published and acknowledged as winner in the journal. Topic: Belief Without Evidence It is a … Continue reading
I heard through the grapevine that Jason Stanley is claiming on Facebook that there is an emerging consensus in the experimental literature. The consensus is that there is a robust stakes-effect on knowledge attributions, and the real debate is whether … Continue reading
“No Cross-Cultural Differences in Gettier Car Case Intuition: A Replication Study of Weinberg et al. 2001,” by Minsun Kim & Yuan Yuan is available here. Abstract: In “Normativity and Epistemic Intuitions” (2001), Weinberg, Nichols and Stich famously argue from empirical data … Continue reading
The 8th annual Midwest Epistemology Workshop will be held on October 17-18, 2014, on the campus of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI). The keynote speaker is David Christensen (Brown University), and the speakers are Eileen Nutting (University of … Continue reading