The very excellent Stephen Turner on tacit knowledge in the latest issue of Tradition & Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical. EpistemologyGilbert RyleHubert DreyfusJason StanleyJohn McDowellJohn Searleknowing-that knowing-howMichael PolanyinormativismPittsburgh Schoolsocial epistemologyStephen TurnerTacit knowledge
Jason Stanley and John Krakauer in the NYT We argue that skilled human activity generally requires the acquisition and manipulation of knowledge, as well as implicit processes that do not depend on propositional knowledge (for example, increased dexterity). It is hard, and perhaps not possible, to forge a theoretically significant distinction between working with one’s hands…
Yet another strong Wiley title. David Coady also did a fine job of guest editing EPISTEME for a themed issue on Conspiracy Theories (aside from Harry Frankfurt’s little book where else would a title in mainstream academia have the word “shit” so prominent – see Pete Mandik’s paper). David HumeEPISTEMEEpistemologyJason StanleyKnowledgeKnowledge Managementsocial epistemology
Two free discussion papers from EPISTEME 9:1 EMPIRICAL TESTS OF INTEREST-RELATIVE INVARIANTISM Chandra Sekhar Sripada and Jason Stanley According to Interest-Relative Invariantism, whether an agent knows that p, or possesses other sorts of epistemic properties or relations, is in part determined by the practical costs of being wrong about p. Recent studies in experimental philosophy…
Jason Stanley one of the leading writers on this topic has this piece in the NYT. Here is a copy of Jason’s paper that reignited interest in the topic and has since generated quite a large body of literature. (The featured photo here is of course by Steve Pyke). Jason Stanleysteve pyke
With this issue Episteme makes its debut with Cambridge University Press, after eight successful years of publication at Edinburgh University Press. The journal’s new subtitle reflects a significant expansion in scope and mission. Our previous subtitle, ‘A Journal of Social Epistemology’, reflected our earlier focus on the nascent field of social epistemology. The new subtitle,…
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