UPDATE 12/2/07 7:24 a.m.: I’ve done a couple of minor corrections again on the h- and g-values, and won’t update them again, so anyone wishing to use these numbers can reference them as having been generated by me using Harzing’s … Continue reading
The site for the 18th European Conference in Artificial Intelligence (ECAI’08) is up. Deadline for papers is 25 February 2008. … Continue reading
Suppose we are motivated to develop a theory of rationality because of our awareness of our own fallibility: truth isn’t transparent to us, and so what we should track as doxastic beings is signs or marks of truth, and a … Continue reading
When the APA hires its new webmaster (ahem), it should consider rethinking how it publishes the Jobs for Philosophers. Since there is an electronic copy of the job listings already, the site should be redesigned to allow searches of the … Continue reading
Annual Formal Epistemology Workshops We are in the process of organizing our fifth annual formal epistemology workshop (the first, second, third, and fourth workshops were all great successes). The purpose of these workshops is to bring together individuals, both faculty … Continue reading
the number of epistemology jobs in the November JFP is interesting. I don’t recall seeing such a large number before, though I may be misremembering. It strikes me, however, that a number of top programs are searching in the area, … Continue reading
Anybody know why the November issue isn’t out yet?
Bas van Fraassen once characterized the difference between English and Prussian conceptions of law this way: in the former, everything not explicitly prohibited is permissible; in the latter, everything no explicitly permitted is prohibited. Not likely to be quite accurate, … Continue reading
I’m bored with little epistemic on my mind. So a story befitting my present geographic location and level of tequila consumption. There’s a detectable epistemic residue to the story, which the sophisticated reader will notice and on which I will … Continue reading
Henry Kyburg died Tuesday evening in Rochester, New York. He was 79. His recent diary recorded his thoughts about large cardinals, his cattle dogs, and the philosophy of mind. Judging from the entries — sharp, playful, and ironic to the … Continue reading