I just noticed that Timothy Chappell’s article “Plato on Knowledge in the Theaetetus” is now available at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It’s very thorough and ends on a rather provocative note: the dialogue may be suggesting that understanding is … Continue reading
Suppose, with Boghossian, that we distinguish epistemic rules and principles. Both are conditionals, but rules have imperatival consequents whereas principles are true or false. To each rule, there corresponds a principle: if the rule says “In C, believe p,” the … Continue reading
I’m interested in a question in the neighborhood of the title, but not exactly. Suppose we think of epistemic principles as (propositional analogues of) rules of belief formation and revision (including reasoning but not limited to it), and that there … Continue reading
Greg Frost-Arnold at Pittsburgh has started a blog related to the philosophy of science called Obscure and Confused Ideas. It appears to have started on July 2, 2005, but I just ran across it, and it looks quite interesting and … Continue reading
Rich’s review of Alston’s Beyond Justification is now available here at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. It is a very helpful review, raising just the right questions while at the same time recognizing the significance of the book. … Continue reading
Fixed a few more things today. If you like one of the themes other than the default theme, you can now access the nice archives page without getting error messages. The more important items for my own sanity have to … Continue reading
Stew Cohen once argued that, though the language of justification regarding action was part of ordinary language, the language of justification regarding belief is not. I thought at the time that this was overstated, and so I watch for such … Continue reading
Two new features sort of in place now. Those of you who want previews of your comments before submitting them, I’ve finally gotten the plugin to work that gives live previews. They appear as you type, right below the comment … Continue reading
In Knowledge and Its Place in Nature, Hilary offers an account of the nature of knowledge, in terms of reliably produced true belief, as well as an account of why knowledge matters, why knowledge is “worthy of pursuit” (p. 10). … Continue reading
Ram has a new paper called How to Naturalize Epistemology. I’ll put it on the “Works in Progress” page, and discussion is welcome here or separately to Ram. It’s good to see someone got something done this summer! UPDATE: As … Continue reading