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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…
Just want to follow this conversation. Thanks
Then my question is how many of ordinary mathematicians also qualify as artists of their profession…
This certainly took me by surprise. He had, by all accounts, a very successful run as Dean of Stanford Law School, and before that was a prolific and highly respected scholar. On a personal note, I'll add that he's always been a very helpful and candid correspondent about matters pertaining to legal education and legal scholarship. I wish him the best in his new venture!
UPDATE: I should note that Dean Kramer will succeed at Hewlett Paul Brest, another former Dean of Stanford Law School.
I’m a graduate student in philosophy at a well-known terminal MA program who is applying to PhDs this fall and…