This may be the best year ever for APA meeting locations. Love NY and Boston and DC, but Atlanta in December is pretty cool,and certainly better than any weather option save Miami (hint hint). And Central in New Orleans with … Continue reading
Just a quick note to let you know about the second annual Experiment Month initiative. The deadline for submissions is June 15th. The basic idea of the initiative is simple. If you are interested in running an experiment to address a philosophical … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues, Here’s a basic (and possibly wrong-headed) question. Probably, if I were a better student of logic and/or epistemology, I would see the answer, but at the moment I don’t. Why do we even recognize a category of inductive … Continue reading
On September 6-8, 2012, Purdue University will host an interdisciplinary conference entitled “Challenges to Religious and Moral Belief: Disagreement and Evolution”. The conference will focus on three main challenges to religious and moral beliefs: Widespread interpersonal disagreement among intellectual peers … Continue reading
I gain evidence that this used car salesman is unreliable. He tells me he’s the most honest person I’ll ever know. It would be ridiculous, on that basis, to think “Well, gee, I guess he’s reliable after all.” We need … Continue reading
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In the past few months, I have heard several epistemologists make remarks about epistemology’s relative lack of friendliness to women (in comparison with philosophy’s other subfields). Perhaps the most often-cited evidence was the ratio of men to women in epistemology, … Continue reading
The new issue of International Journal for the Study of Skepticism is now out. Thanks to everyone who has helped us establish this new journal. I’m pleased to announce that since it’s doing so well, we will shortly be moving … Continue reading
“But where does this default entitlement come from?” It needn’t “come from” anywhere: entitlement isn’t a fluid whose creation needs explanation. Probably the best view is that we simply have an attitude of regarding some beliefs as entitled under some … Continue reading