March 2009
March 2009
Inside Money: The Shadow Banking System
Guest Contributor
28
Mar 2009
Posted by Alex Gould Hi Everyone,
Read morePhilosophy Talk and the Ignorant NEH Panelist: A Rant!
Ken Taylor
23
Mar 2009
I don't usually rant. I fancy myself a calm deliberate guy. Not only do I play a dispassionate voice of reason on the radio, I really do try to be a dispassionate voice of reason in my every day life. I don't always succeed mind you. But at least my heart's in the right place. But I've got to get something off my chest. And what better place to do that than on a blog. I wish I could do it anonymously, like so many do. But I don't think that would work here. So what's my beef?
Read moreTwo Skeptical Arguments
Guest Contributor
15
Mar 2009
Posted by John Greco I’ve been claiming that there are some really powerful skeptical arguments (on the show and in response to Ken's previous post). I have also been claiming that one aspect of their force is that they do not depend on setting the standards for knowledge very high. Here are two such arguments.
Read moreThe Place of Scepticism and Sceptical Arguments
Ken Taylor
14
Mar 2009
I should start with a confession about my philosophical tastes. I tend not to find epistemology the most gripping of philosophical subjects. Roughly, epistemology has to do with the nature of knowledge. And a big part of epistemology historically has been devoted to answering the sceptic who challenges us to say whether and how we can know anything at all.
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