A potential hire came in to give a talk to my department. He outlined an externalist account of epistemic warrant, and then applied it to moral knowledge. Basically, you are entitled to hold some be… more →
This blog is dead -- go to www.pilgrimnotwanderer.comAli Lochhead wrote 1 month ago: “Baruch Spinoza was born in Amsterdam on November 24, 1632. His parents were Portuguese Jews … more →
nateclaiborne wrote 1 month ago: In thinking further about the underlying logic of science, as well as yesterday’s look at Rich … more →
nateclaiborne wrote 1 month ago: Hopefully this post can live up to its title and actually be concise and to the point and not sprawl … more →
Ali Lochhead wrote 1 month ago: “Rationalism and empiricism don’t really have to remain antagonistic, and in fact they haven’t … more →
Ali Lochhead wrote 1 month ago: “Now let’s turn to empiricism. Empiricism focuses, logically enough, on empirical truth (also … more →
Ali Lochhead wrote 1 month ago: “Epistemology is that part of philosophy that asks “what can we know?” “What … more →
nateclaiborne wrote 1 month ago: This basis of this post has been brewing for quite a while, but it didn’t seem like it would m … more →
Ali Lochhead wrote 1 month ago: “Epistemology is the philosophy of knowledge: How do we know what is true or false, what is r … more →
nateclaiborne wrote 1 month ago: Rather than blogging over the last week, most of my attention was diverted to the comment thread on … more →
nateclaiborne wrote 2 months ago: Rather than push ahead with other topics, once again it seemed like it might be better to ruminate a … more →
nateclaiborne wrote 2 months ago: A couple of days ago, we explored the idea of an epistemological argument for the existence of God. … more →
nateclaiborne wrote 2 months ago: In preparation of transitioning back to the Philosophy series, I think it might be best to ruminate … more →
Eric Parker wrote 3 months ago: Sed videtur definienda, ut sit, Habitus mentibus humanis a Deo cocessus, industria et exercitio auct … more →
Eric Parker wrote 5 months ago: In ipso enim vivimus, movemur, & sumus: sicut & quidam vestratum poetarum dixerunt, Nam huiu … more →
Eric Parker wrote 5 months ago: The Medieval world knew Aristotle from the translations of Boethius and the Muslim commentators, all … more →
Eric Parker wrote 6 months ago: Heinrich Bullinger, the Swiss successor of Zwingli, says that the natural law is an act of the consc … more →
Eric Parker wrote 7 months ago: Some people within the Reformed world feel that the only way to validate faith is to denigrate reaso … more →
nateclaiborne wrote 7 months ago: After doing a bit of further research on some aspects of the last blog in the Metaphysics series, an … more →
Eric Parker wrote 7 months ago: God is set forth to be both mercifull and good, but yet in such sort, that his long sufferyng and pa … more →