3RD COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE IN EPISTEMOLOGY: EPISTEMIC INCLUSIVENESS AND TRUST THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN AUGUST 15-17, 2011 It is sometimes maintained that increased inclusiveness on part of epistemic practices generally leads to decreased accuracy of output. This idea, moreover, fuels the … Continue reading
The Scepsis group of PhD students here in Edinburgh are hosting a graduate conference next March, with keynote talks from Ernie Sosa and Richard Swinburne. More details, including a call for papers, are available here. … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking a bit about McDowell’s epistemological argument for the disjunctive conception of experience. One reaction I’ve come across in conversation is basically that McDowell derives an implausible claim about the nature of experience from implausible claims about perceptual … Continue reading
Carnegie Mellon University, with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is pleased to accept applications for two A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities for the 2011-2013 academic years. These fellowships are designed to foster the academic … Continue reading
The Episteme Research Group at the University of Geneva anticipates the opening of a 3-year PhD position in analytic epistemology (pending confirmation of funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation). Starting date: March 1st, 2011. Candidates intending to write a … Continue reading