Should Referees Get More Sun?
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Jamie’s asking an interesting question about editorial policies for journals. Venture on over and weigh in. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Knowability and Competent Deduction Closure
Ryan Wasserman was here this week–what a great guy…and superb philosopher!–and we talked about knowability. He had an interesting idea. For standard knowability, you need to get from K(p&q) to Kp&Kq. Since nobody sophisticated about closure thinks that knowledge is … Continue reading
Contingent A Priori Knowledge
At some point in the future you’ll be able to read my new argument for the possibility of contingent a priori knowledge in the pages of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. For now you can read it here. … Continue reading
“Epistemology, Context, Formalism” Conference
Thanks to Ezra Cook for alerting me to this conference. The website is here: http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/Activites/?contentId=5657&languageId=1. It includes a call for papers, and the list of keynote speakers is phenomenal: * Johan van Benthem (ILLC, Amsterdam) * John Hawthorne (University of … Continue reading
Central in Chicago in Winter?
Here is confirmation of why I’ve been quite vocal in objecting, and recommending to others to boycott this year so that the powers-that-be learn not to do this again. I love going to Chicago–I even love some people there!–but holding … Continue reading
If dossiers couldn’t see …
would the world be a better place? … Continue reading
Restructuring Non-elite Graduate Programs
I’ve often heard it said (and read it written, and witnessed first-hand) that students from elite graduate programs have an advantage on the job market. All else being equal (and maybe even in some cases when much isn’t), search committees … Continue reading
A Presumption Against Graduate Students Publishing
Ralph got a good discussion about this going over on PEA Soup. You should check it out. In the meantime, let’s see what CDers think. … Continue reading
Deadline reminder: Episteme Conference on Disagreement
The deadline for submitting papers to the 2009 Episteme conference on Disagreement is January 15. Details here. … Continue reading
February in Chicago: Epistemology at the Central APA
For those who doubt that there are good reasons to visit Chicago in February (!), consider the good deal of epistemology that will be done at the Central; see the following page for details. … Continue reading