Volume 1, number 5 of The Reasoner is up: Editorial – Eric Pacuit Interview with Rohit Parikh – Eric Pacuit Features: Kripke, Pierre and Constantinescu – Laurence Goldstein The Mechanist’s Challenge – Bhupinder Singh Anand Does conceivability entail possibility? – … Continue reading
Congratulations to Jason Stanley for winning the APA book prize for 2007. In case you are really, really not with it, the book is Knowledge and Practical Interests, and according to Jason’s arguments, since his practical interests are more at … Continue reading
There are several interesting items in this chapter from a CIA handbook on expertise and aggregating expert opinions, but one point raises an issue for those in the business of teaching “Critical Thinking”. Experts are individuals with specialized knowledge…but that … Continue reading
Ernie Sosa will be visiting Edinburgh’s Department of Philosophy this November. As part of his visit, we’re hosting a postgraduate conference on Knowledge and Understanding on Tuesday November 13th. Sosa will be the keynote speaker, and I’ll be responding to … Continue reading
Branden Fitelson has edited a very nice special issue of Studia Logica (subscription needed) devoted to formal epistemology. Features: Branden Fitelson, Introduction. Igor Douven, Fitch’s Paradox and Probabilistic Antirealism. Lina Eriksson and Alan Hájek, What Are Degrees of Belief? Don … Continue reading
MOVING TO THE TOP, to reflect new info about UCLA: Normore is leaving and that puts them in the top 10 in terms of losses, in my opinion. Changes reflected below: Since the Leiter Reports has moved away from Leiter’s … Continue reading