PROCESSING EPISTEMIC JUDGMENTS: TWO PRINCIPLES. I’m working on a (strict invariantist) psychological account of shifty patterns of judgments about knowledge ascriptions (e.g., salient alternatives cases and Schaffer/Knobe’s contrast effects). I’m pursuing an epistemic focal bias account that is partly characterized … Continue reading
I’ve tried to identify the epistemology talks that will be taking someplace in San Francisco at this year’s scattered APA meetings. Many of you have received letters urging you to stay out of the St. Francis, but at last check … Continue reading
A workshop on epistemic normativity will be held at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan, on April 16th and 17th, 2010. Participants include: Selim Berker (Harvard), Joe Cruz (Williams), Michael DePaul (Notre Dame), Catherine Elgin (Harvard), Jeremy Fantl (Calgary), Miguel … Continue reading
University of St Andrews 29-30th May 2010 The philosophy departments at The University of St Andrews and at Rutgers University have recently signed a wide-ranging collaboration agreement. This conference marks this new agreement, and will be the first of many … Continue reading
Call for Papers: ‘The Problem of the Criterion’ Special Issue of Philosophical Papers Guest Editor: Mark Nelson (Westmont College) The problem of the criterion is one of the most ancient and enduring questions of philosophical methodology. Attributed to Agrippa, the … Continue reading
The fourth annual Midwest Epistemology Workshop will be taking place on the campus of Purdue University, October 8-9, 2010. The local organizers are Matthias Steup and Mike Bergmann. Jason Stanley (Rutgers) will be the keynote speaker. Details of the schedule … Continue reading
CENTER FOR FORMAL EPISTEMOLOGY OPENING CELEBRATION CONFERENCE June 26-27, 2010 Department of Philosophy Carnegie Mellon University Everyone interested is welcome to attend! Confirmed speakers include: Johan van Benthem, Amsterdam and Stanford Paul Egre, Jean-Nicod Institute Branden Fitelson, Rutgers Stephan Hartmann, … Continue reading
The schedule for the first annual Northwestern-Notre Dame Graduate Student Conference in Epistemology, to take place at Northwestern on Friday and Saturday, April 16-17, can be found here. Hilary Kornblith will be the keynote speaker. Everyone is welcome to attend. … Continue reading
Brazil in June will host some marvellous epistemology. Epistemology: The Third Brazil Conference will be in Porto Alegre, at PUCRS, from the 9th to the 11th of June. Claudio de Almeida (PUCRS) and I are the conference’s co-organisers. And we … Continue reading
The Fifth Cologne Summer School in Philosophy “New Perspectives in Epistemology” August 23 – 27, 2010 Visiting Professor: Ernest Sosa (Rutgers University) The main focus is the intersection of epistemology, theory of action and philosophy of language. We will discuss … Continue reading