By Janice Dowell Epistemic Modals April 16-18, 2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE Speakers: Keith DeRose, “Accommodation and Epistemic Possibilities Nobody Knows to be False” Kai von Fintel and Thony Gillies, TBA Angelika Kratzer, “Epistemic Modals: Embedded, Modified, and Plain” John MacFarlane, TBA Robert Stalnaker, “‘If’s, ‘May’s, and ‘Might’s” Eric …
In response to the earlier thread on publishing while in graduate school, a student at a PGR top 40 department wrote me as follows: I’m likely to go on the job market in two years, and as such, I was particularly interested (and helped!) by your advice on publishing while …
On the Human has an interesting target article by Mark Stoneking, Professor of evolutionary genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Antrhopology, on a question at the border of the philosophy of psychology and the philosophy of biology: Does culture accelerate biological evolution or rather buffer our species from …
Dan Haybron’s recent post on ‘The Folk Concept of Happiness’ brings up an interesting question that I think deserves some further discussion. Is people’s ordinary concept of happiness a purely psychological one, or is it wrapped up in some way with irreducibly normative or moral issues? To address this question, …
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By Benj Hellie Special one time offer for Brains readers!!!!! People who have weighed in on my earlier post might be interested to check out the MS I’ve just wrapped up: here. Comments gratefully acknowledged.
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