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Thanks, I’ll check it out!
I’m a graduate student in philosophy at a well-known terminal MA program who is applying to PhDs this fall and…
Fascinating! Thank you, I will look at this. I had studied metaphysics under Timothy Williamson before I started my PhD…
This is exactly the approach I take in Knowledge and its Place in Nature, Oxford University Press, 2002
Do you know of anyone who’s taken the approach you describe, in philosophy or the sciences? It seems interesting.
I suspect evolutionary and behavioural perspectives are left seriously underappreciated in this approach to epistemology. Reichenbach’s claim that epistemology must…
This law student blogger has the details. I look forward to Mr. Morse’s thoughts on these important issues.
My thanks also to the many Deans and faculty who wrote to express their basic agreement with the concerns I raised. I would urge them to communicate directly with Mr. Morse on this issue, so that he has a better sense how widely shared these doubts about the ranking methodology now are.
I concur to a certain extent. I also scored very low on the writing section. Back then, GRE was required…