Peter Smith has posted the complete draft of his book on Godel’s Theorems online (forthcoming from CUP). Among other things, the book contains some interesting and provocative remarks about the Church-Turing thesis, including an argument that it is provable. Smith invites everyone to check out his book and send him comments and corrections.His …
The workshop on the Origins and Nature of Computation is over. It was an amazing experience: many of the best computability theorists and computer scientists, philosophers of computation, and historians of computation discussing together. One of the presenters, Stewart Shapiro, has a new book on Vagueness in Context (OUP, 2006), …
I’m in Jerusalem at the workshop on The Origins and Nature of Computation, which started today. Many of the most prominent historians and philosophers of computation are here (e.g., Kripke, Copeland, Sieg, Shagrir, Stewart Shapiro), and so are some of the founding fathers of computer science (e.g., Martin Davis, John …
My trusted assistant, John Gabriel, has created a list of online resources on how to study, write papers, apply to graduate school, publish, and get a job in philosophy. Some students may find it useful. Some of the links are to previous posts on this blog, but there is much …
I just saw this mockery of philosophy refereeing by Chase Wrenn. Funny.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a comment on which philosophy journals are considered best. Brit Brogaard has reminded me that there is a useful post with commentaries at Leiter Reports on which journals are well behaved and which aren’t.
Last weekend I was at the Central APA in Chicago. Here are some events I attended that may be of interest to philosophers of mind:Henry Jackman, in “Fodor on Concepts and Modes of Presentation,” argued that Fodor’s treatment of the publicity constraint on concepts is available to a certain kind …
