A reminder: if you haven’t already done so, this special offer has only one week to run (July 21). In addition to the introduction, this issue comprises 10 papers (168 pages). Well worth the effort! Download here EPISTEME homepage
This is the latest issue of EPISTEME: it’s currently available as hard copy but not online, though this will happen before long. EPISTEMIC APPROACHES TO DEMOCRACY Guest Editor: David Estlund • Introduction: Epistemic Approaches to Democracy, David Estlund • Science, Religion, and Democracy, Philip Kitcher • The Epistemic Value of the Democratic Process, William Nelson…
EPISTEME Issue 4.3 A themed issue on Testimony – will be freely available for download for 14 days only (July 7- July 14). Take advantage of this freebie.
This weekend saw the fifth annual EPISTEME conference take place at Dartmouth College. The highlight for me was meeting the legendary Larry Laudan (left) – not only was he great company but his performance was outstanding.
With just under two weeks to go, I thought I’d remind you of the upcoming EPISTEME conference on Evidence and Law. Dartmouth conference
In a recent article in Dessent entitled “Who’s Afraid of Friedrich Hayek? The Obvious Truths and Mystical Fallacies of a Hero of the Right” Jesse Larner expresses his surprise that he finds Hayek to be “nowhere near as extreme as his ideological descendants” and “not the cynic I had braced for.” It is reassuring to know that…
Abstracts and program details for the upcoming Dartmouth conference are now available – see here.
I received a message from Rob Wilson one of the most talented and broad-ranging philosopher-scientists around. He was updating me on what he’s been up to of late. He brought two things to my attention. 1. Rob has begun drafting the third instalment to his trilogy which he’s entitled Blood is Thicker than Water, nicht wahr? Terra Socialis: The Individual…
I don’t normally plug conferences but this one is unsual in that it falls squarely within my current research interests. Check out the conference webpage here.
Roger Koppl has a column on forensics in the latest issue of Forbes. Reason Magazine has also picked up the story. Roger also has an article “Epistemics for Forensics” coming out in the next issue of EPISTEME (5:2). The paper addresses problems of erroneous criminal verdicts that arise from the structure of the relationship between forensic…
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