Call for Papers Special Issue of dialectica Justification Today Guest editor: Anne Meylan Post-Gettier epistemology and the difficulty of analysing knowledge have often led to scepticism about the notion of justification. It has been suggested that one should either move … Continue reading
A quick reminder that registrations are now open for the 2010 Episteme conference which we’re hosting here in Edinburgh this June (2nd-4th). The theme of the conference is ‘Cognitive Ecology’ (you can find a more detailed description of the conference topic … Continue reading
NY Times’ David Brooks has an “epistemic” concern about the financial reform bill presently making its way through Congress. (The relevant sentence is towards the end of his article.) OK, I admit it: the epistemologist in me rejoices merely at … Continue reading
Here’s a whine about a growing, relatively new practice I see in papers I referee. The structure of the paper involves a nice intro, a quick presentation of the view and argument for it, followed by a section titled “Objections” … Continue reading
It isn’t impossible for persons this oblivious to the use/mention distinction to know how to design a decent social studies curriculum. But it does seem unlikely, especially when we add that those same persons classify volcanoes as “physical processes.” Goodness, … Continue reading
I’m going to take a bit of administrator’s license by posting something outside of epistemology, but likely to be of interest to at least some who work in epistemology. So here it is. Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, which … Continue reading
The program for the 3rd Formal Epistemology Festival (Toronto, May 11-13) has been finalized and posted on the conference website. The list of speakers is: Thony Gillies (Rutgers) Christopher Hitchcock (CalTech) John F. Horty (Maryland) Franz Huber (Konstanz) Maria Lasonen-Aarnio … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert recently interviewed Julian Assange from Wikileaks, famous lately for the leaked footage of that gruesome 2007 US military attack on Iraqi civilians. In the course of the interview, Colbert said a couple things that people around here might … Continue reading
Recently (8 March), I posted a notice for Epistemology: The Third Brazil Conference, to be held in early June at PUCRS in Porto Alegre, Brazil. This new notice is an update, to let you know of two additional speakers for the … Continue reading
Third Annual Chambers Philosophy Conference: The Point and Purpose of Epistemic Evaluation The conference will explore an idea about methodology in epistemology: that the point(s) and purpose(s) of epistemic evaluation ought to significantly constrain and inform substantive accounts of knowledge … Continue reading