As usual, Dan Little has posted some thoughtful reflections on the multifarious tributaries that feed into the complex that is social identity. It brings to mind a recent correspondence I had with someone who was adamant that I call them by their “new” name (legally changed by deed poll), someone who I happened to know under their birth…
EPISTEME 5:2, featuring Roger Koppl, Robert Kurzban and Lawrence Kobilinsky’s paper that has attracted a great deal of press attention is now available online.
While I too am sceptical about the techno-ebullience associated with MRI scans what is interesting about the self-defeating claim in a cheekily entitled Economist article “Do economists need brains?” is this quote: neuroscience could not transform economics because what goes on inside the brain is irrelevant to the discipline. What matters are the decisions people take—in…
Anthony Grayling has convened a “symposium” on Reason in the latest issue of the New Scientist. Grayling’s position is very predictable but credit to him and the editors for bringing together a diverse group who for the most part seem to disagree with his conception. Neuroscientist Chris Frith, mathematician Roger Penrose and philosopher Mary Midgley are…
I’m pleased to discover that there’s a discussion going on at the blog The Austrian Economists relating to a posting by Steve Horwitz. Other luminaries such as Roger Koppl have chimed in. For the past year I’ve been working on a paper on the contemporary relevance of The Sensory Order – hence my keen interest.
For a limited time, issue 5:1 of EPISTEME is freely available to be downloaded So far as I can tell, each article has to be downloaded individually.
The latest issue of EPISTEME is now out – currently available in hardcopy only.
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.
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