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How You Know You Are Not A Brain In A Vat, Alexander Jackson
How You Know You Are Not A Brain In A Vat, Alexander Jackson
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
A sensible epistemologist may not see how she could know that she is not a Brain In a Vat (BIV); but she doesn’t panic. She sticks with her empirical beliefs, and as that requires, believes that she is not a BIV. (She does not inferentially base her belief that she is not a BIV on her empirical knowledge—she rejects that ‘Moorean’ response to skepticism.) Drawing on the psychological literature on metacognition, I describe a mechanism that’s plausibly responsible for a sensible epistemologist coming to believe she is not a BIV. I propose she thereby knows that she is not a …
The Secret Doctrine And The Gigantomachia: Interpreting Plato’S Theaetetus-Sophist, Brad Berman
The Secret Doctrine And The Gigantomachia: Interpreting Plato’S Theaetetus-Sophist, Brad Berman
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
The Theaetetus’ ‘secret doctrine’ and the Sophist’s ‘battle between gods and giants’ have long fascinated Plato scholars. I show that the passages systematically parallel one another. Each presents two substantive positions that are advanced on behalf of two separate parties, related to one another by their comparative sophistication or refinement. Further, those parties and their respective positions are characterized in substantially similar terms. On the basis of these sustained parallels, I argue that the two passages should be read together, with each informing and constraining an interpretation of the other.
Closed Cases? - The Mentioning Of Medical Errors In Doctors' Memoirs, Angelika Potempa
Closed Cases? - The Mentioning Of Medical Errors In Doctors' Memoirs, Angelika Potempa
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
The concession of errors in the pursuit of the art of medicine, where mishaps can lead to deleterious consequences is at the center of this paper. The social costs of medical errors and a professional culture with a strong tradition of self-regulation and shielding itself via a more or less permeable “Wall of Silence” make the issue not only interesting but keep it timely. The focus is on how and within what framework medical errors are admitted in the memoirs of American doctors. The times remembered reach from the 1950s and 1960s to the present.
Acceptable Risk, Cory Wimberly
Acceptable Risk, Cory Wimberly
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Pleasure, Cory Wimberly
Pleasure, Cory Wimberly
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
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