I find the notion of outright belief pretty puzzling. I’m pretty inclined to take it to be a (probably context-sensitive or interest-relative) notion concerning degree of belief sufficiently close to certainty, or “practical certainty”. One reason to think there’s a … Continue reading
It has been a very long time since either in my professional or personal language or writing I’ve talked much about knowledge (or even belief, but that’s a bit more complicated). I was never intrigued by the question What is … Continue reading
As mentioned in a previous CD post, I’m the editor-in-chief of a new research resource from OUP called Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy, which as I noted in that post has a bunch of entries in the launch edition which will be of … Continue reading
I’ve gathered information on a new page, linked to in the right side bar, titled Decade and Longitudinal Journal Information. It updates and improves the citation-based information contained in the page published earlier titled Philosophy Journal Information: ESF Rankings, Citation … Continue reading
Cases used to motivate contextualism or the denial of what Jason Stanley calls “intellectualism” are often referred to as “stakes-shifting cases” or “standards-shifting cases.” Typically, such cases tend to go schematically, like this: LOW, for whom not much hinges on … Continue reading
As noted a short while ago: we’re going to be appointing a permanent lectureship in epistemology here in Edinburgh this summer (where ‘epistemology’ is broadly construed, such that it covers such topics as, e.g., epistemic logic). The further particulars are now … Continue reading
As a newby, it seems appropriate that my first post on CD should be a bleg (blog-beg). I’m revising a paper in light of some great comments by Matt McGrath from the Orange Beach/USA Pragmatic Encroachment Workshop and am going … Continue reading
Here is my impression: it is very popular to allow certain kinds of experiences to provide (prima facie propositional) justification for certain propositions. Which propositions might an experience justify? The most straightforward thing to say is that certain experiences provide … Continue reading
A quick reminder that registrations for the 2010 Episteme conference which we’re hosting here in Edinburgh this June (2nd-4th) will close on May 11th 2010, so if you plan to come then do make sure you register asap. The theme of the conference … Continue reading
A quick ‘heads-up’ to CDers: we’re going to be advertising a permanent lectureship in epistemology here in Edinburgh very soon. I’ll post a link to the further particulars once they’re finalised, but in the meantime do feel free to contact … Continue reading