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June 12th, 2009

Gettier in Real Life

I like to make note of real life Gettier cases. Yesterday I was in one.

June 9th, 2009

Foundational Semantics

Here’s an argument that the semantic content of some term is directly referential. It’s designed to mirror the regress argument […]

June 6th, 2009

Independent Study on Experimental Philosophy

I’m directing an independent study this summer on Experimental Philosophy. We’re starting with the new reader by Knobe and Nichols. […]

May 12th, 2009

A Road to Skepticism

I’ve been on a David Lewis kick recently. Here’s more. David Lewis considers two different epistemic objections to Lewisian Modal […]

May 6th, 2009

Modal Realism and Drowning Children

UPDATE: I think Mike Almeida is right. The response I lay out won’t work. Suppose you have the option of […]

May 5th, 2009

Evidence of Unreliability

I like evidentialism. (EJ) S is justified in believing P iff P is best supported by S’s total evidence. I […]

May 4th, 2009

Epistemic Bootstrapping – Philosopher’s Digest

My first review for Philosopher’s Digest was posted today. Here’s the link. It’s on Jonathan Vogel’s paper “Epistemic Bootstrapping” in […]

May 2nd, 2009

The General, the Intention Pill, and The Doctrine of Double Effect

There are a few things I don’t quite understand about the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE). I think most of […]

April 30th, 2009

David Lewis on The Number of Functional Roles

In On the Plurality of Worlds David Lewis resists an objection to his view by appealing to functionalism. The problem […]

April 30th, 2009

Helen Frowe Talks on Campus Today and Tomorrow

Helen Frowe is giving two talks this week as part of our Young Philosophers Podcast Lecture Series.Her first talk is […]