Jeff Helzner has started a new blog, Philosophy, Science, and Method, which will cover philosophy that has serious contact with either mathematics or science. Philosophy, Science, and Method is the title of a celebrated collection of essays written in honor … Continue reading
Organized by Heather Battaly: Thurs June 26-Fri June 27, 2008, Marriott Fullerton, adjacent to Cal State Fullerton campus, Website: http://hss.fullerton.edu/philosophy/fipc.htm Speakers include: Jason Baehr, Heather Battaly, Guy Axtell, Roger Crisp, Wayne Riggs, Miranda Fricker, Amy Coplan, Michael Brady, Thomas Hurka, … Continue reading
Suppose you are tempted to agree with Lewis et. al. that knowledge doesn’t imply belief. Lewis’s example is of a timid student, uncertain of a given claim who will only hesitatingly answer, but answers correctly nonetheless. Not the most persuasive … Continue reading
I’ve added a new page to the right side bar containing all the journal information I have (gathered by me and Greg Wheeler). As before, caution is urged in the use of H- and G-numbers, and some suspicion is warranted … Continue reading
Though it seems to have come out back in September, I have only now come across Patrick Rysiew’s article on “Epistemic Contextualism,” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Patrick seems to have done a terrific job of explaining the view … Continue reading
“Law and Evidence” Dartmouth College, June 20-21, 2008 More information here. … Continue reading
“Reliable Knowledge and Social Epistemology: The Philosophy of Alvin Goldman” May 19-20, 2008 Duesseldorf, Germany (Heinrich Heine University) Organizers: Gerhard Schurz and Markus Werning More information here. … Continue reading
The volume, edited (and with an introductory essay) by Jennifer Lackey, contains original articles by Peter Lipton, Linda Zagzebski, Melissa Koenig and Paul Harris, Patrick Rysiew, Paul Faulkner, Al Casullo, John Greco, Marc Moffit, Arnon Keren, and Jonathan Adler. See … Continue reading
5th Biennial Rochester Graduate Epistemology Conference Keynote Speaker: Alvin Goldman, Rutgers. Commentator: Richard Feldman, University of Rochester When and Where: October 10-11, 2008; University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Website with further information and a call for papers: http://mail.rochester.edu/~tdougher/Conference_Papers_2008.htm. … Continue reading
The New York Times has put up an interactive version of the Monty Hall problem, which allows you to play each strategy (switch or stay) and run up counts. … Continue reading