Belief and Credence by Elizabeth Grace Jackson
Shawn C.Paper and the Author: The Aim of the Paper: In “Belief and credence: why the attitude-type matters,” Jackson focuses on…
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Extreme Poverty and Morality – Moral Participation
In this post, I’m sharing one of my (expanded) undergraduate papers on applied ethics concerning John Arthur’s response to Peter…
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Friedman, Price, Quine & Carnap
This blog post analyzes the complex interrelations and debates between key philosophical figures Rudolf Carnap, W.V. Quine, Michael Friedman...
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Two Dogmas of Empiricism – W.V.O Quine
Introduction: Paper and the Author: Willard Van Orman Quine (1908–2000) was an influential American philosopher and logician known for his…
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Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology – Carnap
In "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology," Carnap attempts to show how our languages refer to abstract entities and are compatible with…
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Event-causal Indeterminism & Free Will
The debate around free will and determinism remains a central issue in philosophy. Navigating this complex discourse, Laura W. Ekstrom,…
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Cognitive Focus – Imogen Dickie
Dickie rejects causal and descriptive theories of reference and aboutness and argues for an alternate theory called "cognitive focus."
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The Darwinian Dilemma – Street
Are you a moral realist ready to confront a provocative challenge? Read Sharon Street's 'A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist Theories…
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Radical Externalism – Srinivasan
This article challenges internalist epistemic justification by presenting social situations that favor externalist epistemic justification...
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