Let S be a set of beliefs and experiences that is the evidence on which we are going to apply defeasible reasoning. Then suppose we have propositions p1…pn with the following properties: 1. S |~ p1 (p1 is a defeasible … Continue reading
Literature question: is there anything out there about epistemic constraints on, or an epistemic rationale for, the use of Jeffrey conditioning? Dick Jeffrey was, himself, a radical personalist, so he had little to say about the conditions under which it … Continue reading
One of my interests is to see greater interaction between traditional approaches to epistemology and more formal approaches to epistemology, including Bayesian epistemology, confirmation theory, learning theory, and whatever other stuff is done by the really neat group of contributors … Continue reading
This is in response to Ralph’s post just below, and I’m putting it here in hopes that more people will see it. I’ve put in controls to keep spammers out, and the controls often kick in on ordinary comments. When … Continue reading
I tried posting a long reply to Ram as a comment on the last thread, but somehow, my attempt to post the comment seems not to have worked, and I lost my comment in the process as well. Jon, could … Continue reading
Ram just sent me a work-in-progress entitled “An Internalist Refutation of Fallibilism”. The thesis is provocative: if internalism is true, then fallibilism is false. Comments welcome! … Continue reading
I just got my copy of Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, edited by Steup and Sosa. It looks great! Here’s the Blackwell’s link and here’s the Amazon link. … Continue reading
The posting “Jim Hawthorne on the Logic of Nonmonotonic Conditionals” took a rather technical turn (which was my fault–sorry!!!). This posting is addressed to readers of the blog more generally. In it I will describe much about defeasible conditionals that … Continue reading
Harry Frankfurt has just published On Bullshit with Princeton University Press. An excerpt and links to the paper on which it was based and an interview with Frankfurt on “Marketplace” can be found here. I found the essay upon which … Continue reading
A word of caution: it will be very hard to find a conception of epistemology on which this post counts as that. It’s on the conditional fallacy, but the context of discussion is the nature of dispositions. So I’m going … Continue reading