Wide Scope Philosopy Podcast - Episode 4

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“What Are Seemings?” Accepted for Publication!

My paper “What Are Seemings?” was just accepted for publication at Ratio! Here’s a link to the paper. I still have to make the style changes and add acknowledgements, but nothing of substance will be changed. Here’s the abstract. What Are Seemings? Abstract We are all familiar with the phenomenon of a proposition seeming true. [...]

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Dr. Who and Dr. Gettier

I’ve been watchinig the first season of the new Dr. Who. There’s an episode called “Aliens of London” that involves a pretty interesting Gettier case. Dr. Who Gettier Case Aliens are invading Earth. Part of the alien plot involves making people think there is an alien invasion in a way that is much different from [...]

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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 done on children and testimony. Something caught my eye that is completely unrelated to the topic of the paper. It’s another knowledge ascription. I like making note of knowledge ascriptions in wild. Here’s the one [...]

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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 out with about 60 nominees, and now it’s down to 9 finalists. The finalists will be judged by Daniel Dennett. He’ll pick three winners and write up little comments about each of his choices. Thanks [...]

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“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 Episteme! I need to make some minor stylistic changes and correct a few typos. As soon as I do that, I’ll post the penultimate version here. For now, I’ll post the abstract. On the Nature [...]

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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 this odd passage in the dinosaur exhibit. Here is a picture of it, but I’ll type out the passage so you don’t have to click away. Triceratops, the Fighter Paleontologists believe that Triceratops used its [...]

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