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To Thine Own Self Be Untrue: A Diagnosis Of The Cable Guy Paradox, D. P. Rowbottom, Peter Baumann
To Thine Own Self Be Untrue: A Diagnosis Of The Cable Guy Paradox, D. P. Rowbottom, Peter Baumann
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Hajek has recently presented the following paradox. You are certain that a cable guy will visit you tomorrow between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. but you have no further information about when. And you agree to a bet on whether he will come in the morning interval (8, 12] or in the afternoon interval (12, 4). At first, you have no reason to prefer one possibility rather than the other. But you soon realise that there will definitely be a future time at which you will (rationally) assign higher probability to an afternoon arrival than a morning one, due to …
Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Sex Selection, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Sex Selection, Christopher Kaczor
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Contrastivism Rather Than Something Else? On The Limits Of Epistemic Contrastivism, Peter Baumann
Contrastivism Rather Than Something Else? On The Limits Of Epistemic Contrastivism, Peter Baumann
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One of the most recent trends in epistemology is contrastivism. It can be characterized as the thesis that knowledge is a ternary relation between a subject, a proposition known and a contrast proposition. According to contrastivism, knowledge attributions have the form “S knows that p, rather than q”. In this paper I raise several problems for contrastivism: it lacks plausibility for many cases of knowledge, is too narrow concerning the third relatum, and overlooks a further relativity of the knowledge relation.
Review Of "Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties To Protect Environmental And Public Health" By K. Shrader-Frechette, Hugh Lacey
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Ciência, Respeito À Natureza E Bem-Estar Humano, Hugh Lacey
Ciência, Respeito À Natureza E Bem-Estar Humano, Hugh Lacey
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The central question addressed is: How should scientific research be conducted so as to ensure that nature is respected, its regenerative powers not further undermined and wherever possible restored, and the well being of everyone everywhere enhanced? Then, after pointing to the importance of methodological pluralism for an acceptable answer, and the obstacles posed by identifying science with technoscience that are reinforced by what I call 'the commercial-scientific ethos', two additional questions are considered: How might research, conducted in this way, have impact on - and depend on - strengthening democratic values and practices? And, what is thereby implied for …
Philosophy And Theology: Notes On “The Limits Of Conscientious Refusal In Reproductive Medicine”, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Notes On “The Limits Of Conscientious Refusal In Reproductive Medicine”, Christopher Kaczor
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Contextualism And The Factivity Problem, Peter Baumann
Contextualism And The Factivity Problem, Peter Baumann
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Epistemological contextualism - the claim that the truth-value of knowledge-attributions can vary with the context of the attributor - has recently faced a whole series of objections. The most serious one, however, has not been discussed much so far: the factivity objection. In this paper, I explain what the objection is and present three different versions of the objection. I then show that there is a good way out for the contextualist. However, in order to solve the problem the contextualist has to accept a relationalist version of contextualism.
Review Of "Wittgenstein And The Moral Life: Essays In Honor Of Cora Diamond" Edited By A. Crary, Richard Thomas Eldridge
Review Of "Wittgenstein And The Moral Life: Essays In Honor Of Cora Diamond" Edited By A. Crary, Richard Thomas Eldridge
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Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Early/Late Term Abortion, Non-Human Rational Animals, And Twinning, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Early/Late Term Abortion, Non-Human Rational Animals, And Twinning, Christopher Kaczor
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Feminist Lines Of Flight From The Majoritarian Subject, Tamsin E. Lorraine
Feminist Lines Of Flight From The Majoritarian Subject, Tamsin E. Lorraine
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Wordsworth And The Life Of A Subject, Richard Thomas Eldridge
Wordsworth And The Life Of A Subject, Richard Thomas Eldridge
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Single-Case Probabilities And The Case Of Monty Hall: Levy's View, Peter Baumann
Single-Case Probabilities And The Case Of Monty Hall: Levy's View, Peter Baumann
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In Baumann (American Philosophical Quarterly 42: 71–79, 2005) I argued that reflections on a variation of the Monty Hall problem throws a very general skeptical light on the idea of single-case probabilities. Levy (Synthese, forthcoming, 2007) puts forward some interesting objections which I answer here.
Aspectos Cognitivos E Sociais Das Práticas Científicas, Hugh Lacey
Aspectos Cognitivos E Sociais Das Práticas Científicas, Hugh Lacey
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Is it constitutive of making judgments of the cognitive acceptability of theories that they are made under certain social relations that embody specific social values that have been cultivated among investigators (Helen Longino)? Or is making sound judgments of this kind just a consequence of social interactions that occur under these relations (Philip Kitcher)? While generally endorsing the latter view, I make a distinction, not made by the philosophers under discussion, between sound acceptance and endorsement of a theory, and argue that Longino's view applies to endorsement.
Será um aspecto constitutivo dos juízos de aceitabilidade cognitiva de teorias o fato …
The Problem Of A Democratic Ethic, Richard Schuldenfrei
The Problem Of A Democratic Ethic, Richard Schuldenfrei
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Four Varieties Of Character-Based Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr
Four Varieties Of Character-Based Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr
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The terrain of character-based or “responsibilist” virtue epistemology has evolved dramatically over the last decade — so much so that it is far from clear what, if anything, unifies the various views put forth in this area. In an attempt to bring some clarity to the overall thrust and structure of this movement, I develop a fourfold classification of character-based virtue epistemologies. I also offer a qualified assessment of each approach, defending a certain account of the probable future of this burgeoning subfield.
Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Infanticide, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Infanticide, Christopher Kaczor
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The Morality Of Palestinian Terrorism, Timothy Shanahan
The Morality Of Palestinian Terrorism, Timothy Shanahan
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