From Jonathan Weisberg, a Call for Papers for the 3rd Formal Epistemology Festival: Learning From Experience & Defeasible Reasoning University of Toronto, May 11-13, 2010. This is the third of three small, thematically focused events in formal epistemology, organized by … Continue reading
I suspect many of us have grappled with this issue. So you’ve got a research program, with at least two main parts, X and Y. Working out all the issues associated with both X and Y simply cannot be done … Continue reading
Some people think that reasons are propositions. When you form a belief or perform an action, they say, your belief is based on a proposition, not another belief, an experience, a desire, or anything else mental. The basis of belief … Continue reading
From Brian at TAR, news that Jonathan Schaffer and Susanna Schellenberg are going to Rutgers, along with the previously announced addition of Branden Fitelson. The trio helps Rutgers in a number of ways, but I note here the central impact … Continue reading
Available here, and comments always appreciated, since changes are still possible. Mostly boilerplate stuff, though some new stuff on the truth connection in the last section, connecting with the impossibility results from Bovens/Hartmann as well as a brief preview of … Continue reading
The Philosophy Department at Northwestern will hold a one-day Epistemology conference on Northwestern’s Evanston Campus on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. The conference is free and open to the public. We especially welcome philosophers who will be in town for the … Continue reading
I couldn’t decide whether to post this here, at PEA Soup, or both. So, I posted it at PEA Soup and thought I’d post a link here instead of double posting. Some regular commentators comment both places, but many do … Continue reading
Ralph’s interesting post and penetrating discussion raised to my mind the central question of the relationship between access internalism and various principles about the connection between first-order and higher-order justification. The simplest are, where ‘p’ is a proposition and ‘J’ … Continue reading
A quick reminder about the 2010 Episteme Conference in Edinburgh, which is being hosted by Edinburgh’s epistemology research group. The conference topic is ‘Cognitive Ecology: The Role of the Concept of Knowledge in our Social Cognitive Ecology’, and if you … Continue reading
May 23-25, 2010; conference website here. From the website: The first St. Louis Annual Conference on Reasons and Rationality (SLACRR, pronounced (slăk΄ r)) will take place May 23-25, 2010 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The conference is designed to … Continue reading