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I’m in Pasadena with another former Rochester graduate student, Andrei Buckareff. I forget how good it is to talk to Andrei. We ran the gamut last night on LEMMing issues. We also talked about his work on The Problem of Hell. If you’re interested in philosophical theology, his work is well worth reading. Andrei wrote [...]
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Here is the must see session of the day. II-A. Author-Meets-Critics: Jennifer Lackey, Learning from Words 4:00-6:00 p.m., Location TBA Chair: Peter Graham (University of California–Riverside) Critics: Jonathan Kvanvig (Baylor University) Matthew Weiner (University of Vermont) Author: Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern University) All three of the speakers are fun presenters to watch, and they’re great philosophers. [...]
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Two weeks ago, I finished a fun time-travel novel, and it’s still haunting me.I thought I’d blog about it. The book is a little slow-going and long, but worth the read. The main character, Kivrin, is a history student at Oxford in about 2054. In 2054 they send history students back in time to study [...]
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Today Dr. James Beebe will present his research talk - A Priori Skepticism. He’s giving an introductory level talk - Fine Tuning Arguments for God’s Existence tomorrow. The Young Philosophers Lecture Series is something I’ve wanted to try and do for a while, and last semester we received generous support from the Carnahan-Jackson Fund for [...]
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The good news is that I’m going to the Pacific APA next week. The bad news is that I’m flying with Southwest Airlines.
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There’s now a website called Rate My Cop. This had some people so furious that groups were seriously seeking legislation to have the site shut down. I thought, “Nothing will come of this.” The site publishes publicly available information (the names of police officers), and gives people a chance to voice their opinions. (…free speech [...]
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Is here… (It looks like there is some emphasis on philosophical humor…)
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Colleges are going to have to start screening their networks to try and curb illegal file sharing and downloading. I don’t know much about the logistics of Information Technology Departments on a college campus, but this seems like it’s one more headache for our already overburdened IT departments. IT people are busy enough, and now [...]
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Don’t forget the deadline for submissions for the Young Philosophers Podcast Lecture series is just 3 DAYS AWAY!Check the website for details - www.youngphilosophers.org
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