I was just at Fordham talking about assertion, knowledge, and lotteries, and Bryan Frances and I were talking about a particular case that it might be interesting to get others’ reactions to. I won’t tell you who took which position … Continue reading
This is just to let you all know that Stirling is hosting a conference on Social Epistemology next year, August 31st-September 2nd. The speakers include: Jon Kvanvig, Peter Lipton, Alvin Goldman, Elizabeth Fricker, Miranda Fricker, Scott Sturgeon, Ernest Sosa, Sandy … Continue reading
A detachment rule for an operator tells you conditions under which the operator can be removed from that which it governs. So, to use a straightforward example, the detachment rule for the necessity operator is just the inference rule that … Continue reading