When I teach my writing class for first-year graduate students, one of the non-philosophical tasks has as a goal to see how much of our use of adjectives and adverbs is pointless prolixity (instanced in that very phrase by the … Continue reading
Keith DeRose and I have corresponded some about appropriate advice to those applying to graduate schools looking for strong programs in epistemology. He and I both agree that the additions of Gillies, Fitelson, Schellenberg, and Schaffer now make Rutgers clearly … Continue reading
SIPTA Workshop on Uncertainty The Society for Imprecise Probabilities: Theories and Applications will hold a Workshop on Uncertainty at Columbia University on April 17th of 2010, following the Synthese Conference on epistemology and economics that will take place at Columbia University … Continue reading
A revised and expanded “Virtue Epistemology” entry is up on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. … Continue reading
The Journal of Philosophy has implemented a major change in how it handles submissions. From its website: All manuscripts should be thoroughly prepared for double-blind refereeing, with any and all revealing references to the author removed, including personal acknowledgments. Any … Continue reading
I’ve tried to identify the epistemology talks taking place at the Eastern division meetings this year. Missed some important sessions last year, so please mention talks in the comments that need to be added. Looking forward to seeing some of you there. I wouldn’t want to miss the battle royale involving some guy who thinks truth is necessary for warranted assertion and some other guy who thinks truth is required for warranted assertion.
Continue readingFirst call for papers: “Justification Revisited” March 25–27, 2010 University of Geneva,Switzerland Organisation Episteme, the Epistemology Research Group at the University of Geneva website here More information below the fold. … Continue reading
Reviewed by Jonathan Ichikawa here. … Continue reading
Cal calculates that this circle’s area is less than 100m^2. He reasons as follows. A circle’s area = (3.141592654 exactly * radius^2). (Premise) This circle’s radius is 5m exactly. (Premise) So this circle’s area is 78.53981635 m^2 exactly. (From 1 … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Seventh Annual Formal Epistemology Workshop Konstanz, September 2-4, 2010 Organized by Franz Huber (Konstanz) and Branden Fitelson (UC Berkeley) Kindly funded by the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz and the German Research Foundation. Program: September 2, … Continue reading