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  philosophy

September 20th, 2009

Ethics Bowl 2009 Regional Cases

I coach an ethics bowl team. The Northeast Regional Cases are up, but people have been having problems with the […]

September 18th, 2009

Philosophy on the Today Show

Sarah called me yesterday and said, “There’s some philosopher on the Today Show, and Meredith is asking him about whether […]

September 14th, 2009

Knowledge Ascriptions in the Wild: Children Using ‘Know’

I’m working on another paper on testimony, and I was drawn to this article on some of the empirical studies […]

September 11th, 2009

3QD Philosophy Prize 2009 Finalist

I woke up this morning to discover that I’m a 3 Quarks Daily Philosophy Prize 2009 Finalist. The contest started […]

September 9th, 2009

“On the Nature of Testimony” Accepted for Publication!

I just got the word from Goldman. My paper “On the Nature of Testimony” has been accepted for publication at […]

August 31st, 2009

Facebook Used to Catch Exam Cheating

This story showed up on Tech Crunch about a week ago. I’m just now getting around to reading it. It’s […]

August 29th, 2009

Taking the Mystery Out of Ways

I like Ways-Millianism. It’s a combo-theory about meaning and the metaphysics of belief. Here are two of the core theses. […]

August 7th, 2009

Helen Frowe – Saving the Greatest Number (Young Philosophers Intro Talk)

I just posted Helen’s introductory level talk “Saving the Greatest Number” over at the Young Philosophers site.

August 5th, 2009

Kevin Timpe – Exploring the Problem of Evil at Tinker Creek

Earlier this morning, I posted Kevin Timpe’s introductory level talk – Exploring the Problem of Evil at Tinker Creek – […]

July 30th, 2009

Odd Knowledge Ascription in the Wild

Here’s a fun case. I was walking around the Science Museum in Buffalo with Simon yesterday, and I came across […]