Tag: epistemology
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Major Grant Awarded for Work on the Philosophy of Neurotechnology
Four philosophers are leading an interdisciplinary team spanning the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford that has received a £1 million grant from the United Kingdom…
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Lord Wins 2025 Sanders Epistemology Prize
The winner of the 2025 Marc Sanders Prize in Epistemology is Errol Lord (University of Pennsylvania).
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Where Should Moral Philosophy Begin? (guest post) (updated)
“In thinking about trolley problems, to what extent have you put yourself in the shoes of the person at the switch… and to what…
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Misinformation Mistakes (guest post)
“The mistake involves grouping together into an all-or-nothing package entire sets of claims whose epistemological credentials are quite varied. It also often involves collapsing…
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Young Epistemologist Prize Awarded to Co-Authors Kearl & Willard-Kyle
Timothy Kearl and Christopher Willard-Kyle, both postdoctoral researchers at the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, are the winners of the…
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Lederman Wins Sanders Epistemology Prize
Harvey Lederman (UT Austin) is the winner of the 2023 Epistemology Prize from the Marc Sanders Foundation.
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Are We Not Doing Enough Drugs?
“To admit to any intention to use chemical substances, whether found in nature or synthesized in laboratories, in the aim of changing one’s apprehension…
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Fraser Wins Sanders Epistemology Prize
The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced that the winner of its 2021 Epistemology Prize is Rachel Fraser, associate professor of philosophy at the University…
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New: The British Society for the Theory of Knowledge
The British Society for the Theory of Knowledge (BSTK) is a new organization “dedicated to furthering philosophical research in epistemology.”
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Simion Wins 2021 Young Epistemologist Prize
Mona Simion of the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow is the winner of the 2021 Young Epistemologist Prize.
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Philosophers On GPT-3 (updated with replies by GPT-3)
Nine philosophers explore the various issues and questions raised by the newly released language model, GPT-3, in this edition of Philosophers On, guest edited by Annette…
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Philosophers Win $1.3 Million Grant to Study Epistemic Progress in the University
A trio of philosophers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have won €1.2 million (approximately $1.3 million) grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to study how universities can best…
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Philosopher Finnur Dellsén Wins Nils Klim Prize
Finnur Dellsén, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland and part-time associate professor at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, is…
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$1.3 Million Grant for Philosophy of Religion in North America, Latin America, UK
Luis Oliveira, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Houston, has received $1.3 million to lead an international project on the epistemology of…
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Philosophers Win $1.1 Million in Grants to Study Epistemology of Religion
Professor Jon McGinnis and Assistant Professor Billy Dunaway, philosophers at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, have received substantial funding for a project that…
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$5.6 Million Grant to Philosophers Studying “Knowledge Resistance”
An interdisciplinary group of researchers headed by philosophers at Stockholm University has won a SEK 50,400,000 (approximately $5.6 million) grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (the Swedish Foundation for Humanities…