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Summer 2013 issue 27 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
Read the Summer 2013 issue here: Click to launch the digital edition ***password protected. Sign up for a free subscription*** In this issue: PARENTAL PRESSURE The effects […] The post Summer 2013 iss...
Explaining the simplicity of theories 27 Aug 2013 | 05:07 pm
The following is a basic presupposition of science: If two scientific theories equally well fit our observations, and one of them is by far simpler than the other, then the simpler theory is more lik...
Aristotle on Predication 27 Aug 2013 | 04:43 pm
A predicate logic typically has a heterogeneous semantic theory. Subjects and predicates have distinct semantic roles: subjects refer; predicates characterize. A sentence expresses a truth if the obje...
FOLLOW THROUGH: Nothing happens until you take action 27 Aug 2013 | 01:50 pm
Every sport has in it the concept of follow through. That is, completing the full motion of a technique. In golf it’s natural for beginner […] The post FOLLOW THROUGH: Nothing happens until you take a...
Could Reliability Naturally Imply Safety? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:23 pm
The aim of the present paper is to argue that robust virtue epistemology is correct. That is, a complete account of knowledge is not in need for an additional modal criterion in order to account for k...
Robinson on ‘What is Philosophy?’ 27 Aug 2013 | 11:34 am
What differentiates philosophy from other disciplines that attempt to get at truth about being and existence? Is there a core idea, method, or behavior that sets it apart from the rest? Historically, ...
Philosophy in a Unjust World 27 Aug 2013 | 11:16 am
“Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretiert; es kommt darauf an, sie zu verändern.” – Karl Marx, These über Feuerbach. A 2009 article in the Miami Herald describes the policy at the ...
Alexius Meinong 27 Aug 2013 | 05:06 am
[Revised entry by Johann Marek on August 26, 2013. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Alexius Meinong Ritter von Handschuchsheim (b. 1853, d. 1920) was an Austrian philosopher and psychologist who w...
Rankings: what are they good for? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:12 am
As you all know, there are a few rankings for philosophy journals: Leiter’s top 20, the Brooks Blog rankings, SJR, ESF/EIRH, Google Scholar, and so on. Now take, for example, Synthese. On Leiter’s top...
Position at Baylor 26 Aug 2013 | 11:19 pm
If you want to join a Department with three Prosblogion contributors...BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, Waco, TX announces a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Philosophy beginning in th...
