Here’s a puzzle. Suppose you are investigating the ethics of cognition-enhancing drugs. You are presently not such a drug-user, and trust your abilities to think about ethical issues. You examine the issues carefully, spending as much time to gather information … Continue reading
The Philosophy Section of Oxford Bibliography Online (OBO) is about to begin Phase 3, and on behalf of the OBO (whose Philosophy editor is CD’s very own Duncan Pritchard, of the University of Edinburgh) I am writing to solicit input … Continue reading
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Philosophical Explorations on “Extended Cognition and Epistemic Action” Guest Editors: Andy Clark (University of Edinburgh), Duncan Pritchard (University of Edinburgh), Krist Vaesen (Eindhoven University of Technology) Submission Deadline: September 15, 2011 Invited Contributors: Fred … Continue reading
Not all were convinced by the earlier posts about symmetrical pragmatic encroachment and closure concerns, so I thought I’d add a bit about the context–together with a really unrealistic example. … Continue reading
The Philosophy Departments of Northwestern and Notre Dame are proud to announce the program for the second annual Notre Dame-Northwestern Graduate Epistemology Conference, taking place on the campus of Notre Dame on Friday and Saturday April 15-16. The Keynote speaker … Continue reading
From talking to Alex Pruss, again, a worry about pragmatic encroachment combined with closure. Suppose you know that p entails q, where p is something with serious risks concerning error but q isn’t. Suppose your underlying evidence puts you barely … Continue reading
Pragmatic Encroachers always speak of contrasting cases with very little at stake with cases with lots at stake. Actually, though, the cases with lots at stake are cases where the risks of being wrong are heightened. So truly symmetrical pragmatic … Continue reading
The Northwestern Philosophy Department is delighted to announce the events that will take place during the two weeks (April 4-15) that Lizzie Fricker (Oxford) will be visiting Northwestern as Kreeger-Wolf Distinguished Visiting Professor. In addition to giving several general philosophy … Continue reading
Final Call for Papers: “The Problem of the Criterion” Special Issue of Philosophical Papers Guest Editor: Mark Nelson (Westmont College) [Expected contributors include Ernest Sosa (Brown), Michael DePaul (Notre Dame), Carrie Jenkins (Nottingham), and Anne Meylan (Geneva)] The deadline for … Continue reading
Below the fold are the epistemology offerings I noticed for the Central. If I missed something, please note it in the comments. (I only attended to the main program, so will have missed anything in the group meetings.) As in … Continue reading