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August 1, 2019epistemology

Knowing Our Limits

Nathan Ballantyne’s soon to be published Knowing Our Limits seems a promising read for those of us who write about issues of epistemic modesty, dispersed knowledge and complexity. Bounded Rationalitycomplexitydispersed knowledgeepistemic modestyEpistemologyNathan Ballantynesituated cognitionsocial epistemology

September 17, 2016epistemology, Ernest Sosa

The virtue epistemologist

The latest installment of Richard Marshall’s lovely interviews — here he’s talking with Ernest Sosa — a student of the wonderful Nicholas Rescher. It’s also worth listening to Sosa discussing the state of epistemology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpE6bODDekU EpistemologyErnest Sosanicholas rescherRichard Marshallsocial epistemologyVirtue epistemology

February 9, 2016episteme, epistemology, social epistemology

The Epistemology of Perception

Special (new) issue of EPISTEME EPISTEMEEpistemologyepistemology of perceptionsocial epistemology

November 23, 2015epistemology

The epistemic value of speculative fiction

Interesting paper. Archangel of Fire – Uriel – by Simon Berger Counterfactual historyEpistemologyphilosophical literaturesituated cognitionsocial epistemologyspeculative fictionStorytellingthought experiments

May 26, 2015episteme, epistemology, social epistemology

Social Epistemology

The SEP entry on social epistemology has been revised. Things have come along way since Chris, Alvin and I got EPISTEME going. What’s conspicuously missing is that aside from Hutchins, this revision hasn’t assimilated the “situated” cognition or social externalism (Hayek — dispersed, Simon — bounded, Oakeshott — traditional, Gallagher — extended) literature, which to be…