Ethan Lai will lead a discussion on ‘What are epistemic standards’ by Laura Frances Callahan and Michael G. Titelbaum. This is the abstract for the paper: Abstract: Over the past two decades, a new concept has gained prominence in epistemology: 鈥渆pistemic standards鈥�. We catalog the functional roles of epistemic standards, including their role in explaining…
This week, we鈥檒l be discussing epistemic consequentialism. I鈥檒l start by giving some background on the topic more generally and presenting some problems that have been raised for it in the literature, and then spend most of the time on Andersen and Kappel鈥檚 article 鈥淓pistemic consequentialism as a metatheory of inquiry鈥�. Here is the abstract for…
Justin Snedegar to lead discussion on “Disagreement and Alienation” by Marusic and White (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/phpe.12197) Abstract: This paper proposes to reorient the philosophical debate about peer disagreement. The problem of peer disagreement is normally seen as a problem about the extent to which disagreement provides one with evidence against one鈥檚 own conclusions. It is thus regarded…
Title: History of logic as a tool for exploring the plurality of logical frameworks Abstract: I will outline another type of logical pluralism than the one now famously proposed by Beall and Restall (2006). I will argue that in addition to paying attention to particular logics, such as classical, intuitionnistic, relevance logics, etc., it is…
Title: Alethic Pluralism and the Meaning of “True” Abstract: Alethic pluralism is the view that there are many ways for truth-bearers to be true since different properties realise truth in different domains. Thus, especially in its聽strong聽version, pluralism amounts to the claim that the notion of truth we ordinarily employ is actually directly linked with a…
Abstract: I鈥檒l be sharing some of the work in progress on my dissertation, where I inquire about the relationship between understanding and responsible belief. Drawing on parallels from moral responsibility, I suggest that epistemic responsibility requires a certain minimal level of understanding of the reasons for a belief as a condition for properly accepting it.…
Title: Ontology of Some Philosophy Abstract: When philosophers discuss philosophical views, theories, or arguments, their discussion is often not metaphysically innocent. Given certain substantial but widely accepted assumptions concerning relativization of truth, the worlds framework, and understanding ontological issues in terms of domains of discourse (see Three Insights below), it can be argued that the…
Abstract:聽I argue that it can be rational to defer to an authority about what to believe or what to do even when doing so goes against one鈥檚 own reasoning. Indeed, such deference is rational in typical cases in which individuals treat others as authorities: for example, experts in a domain, interpersonal advisors, and religious traditions.…
Abstract: Evidentialism is the view that evidence alone determines rational belief. Recently, several rivals to evidentialism have been defended, including pragmatic and moral encroachment, epistemic partiality, and practical and moral reasons for belief. Call these rivals 鈥渋mpurist鈥� views. While impuirst views have both compelling cases and interesting arguments in their favor, they also face a…
Abstract: My aim in this paper is to sketch a conception of ideology that draws on the critical theory tradition. This conception of ideology is a response to a particular challenge for those working on social justice: Why is it that most of us, most of the time, act in ways that perpetuate injustice? To…
POSTPONED TO 7/4/2022 Abstract:聽In this presentation, I narrate an聽encounter with 2 Black teenagers who attempted to steal my cellphone and the聽difficulty of insisting on聽accountability while avoiding the worst parts of the聽state-run criminal justice system. Ultimately, I demonstrate that, at times,聽when a situation calls for聽accountability for a serious wrongdoing in the U.S. one聽can find oneself trapped…
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