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62Reformierte ErkenntnistheorieZeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 55 (4). 2001.Wann ist es rational, etwas zu glauben? Wann ist ein Glaube gerechtfertigt, vernünftig, intellektuell akzeptabel? Was gilt es zu beachten, um ein Netz von Überzeugungen aus möglichst vielen wahren und möglichst wenig falschen Annahmen zu flechten? Um diese Fragen geht es in Theorien epistemischer Rechtfertigung. Ein Ansatz, der auf diesem Gebiet in jüngerer Zeit viel von sich Reden gemacht hat, ist die von Philosophen wie William Alston, Nicholas Wolterstorff, allen voran jedoch von Alvin Planti…Read more
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50Why to believe weakly in weak knowledge: Goldman on knowledge as mere true beliefGrazer Philosophische Studien 79 (1): 19-40. 2009.In a series of influential papers and in his groundbreaking book Knowledge in a Social World Alvin Goldman argues that sometimes “know” just means “believe truly” (Goldman 1999; 2001; 2002b; Goldman & Olsson 2009). I argue that Goldman's (and Olsson's) case for “weak knowledge”, as well as a similar argument put forth by John Hawthorne, are unsuccessful. However, I also believe that Goldman does put his finger on an interesting and important phenomenon. He alerts us to the fact that sometimes we…Read more
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47Epistemology: Contexts, Values, Disagreements (Proceedings of the 34th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium) (edited book)Ontos Verlag. 2012.The present volume collects papers that were presented at the 34th International Wittgenstein Symposium “Epistemology: Contexts, Values, Disagreement” 2011 in Kirchberg. Contributors include: P. Baumann, A. Beckermann, E. Brendel, J. Bromand, G. Brun, M. David, W. Davis, C. Elgin, E. Fischer, W. Freitag, S. Goldberg, J. Greco, E. Harcourt, A. Kemmerling, M. Kober, D. Koppelberg, A. Koritensky, H. Kornblith, M. Kusch, M. Lee, N. Miscevic, K. Munn, B. Niederbacher, E. J. Olsson, C. Piller, R. Raaa…Read more
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43The value problem in epistemology is to explain why knowledge is more valuable than mere true belief. Or so it is commonly construed. Various solutions to the quandary have been proposed, but so far none has gained wide acceptance. Perhaps, then, we should abandon the idea that knowledge is more valuable than mere true belief. This is what we shall argue, but with one important qualification: Knowledge is not generally more valuable than mere true belief. Certain epistemic contexts, however, are…Read more
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36Fischer’s Fate with FatalismEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 9 (4): 25-38. 2017.John Martin Fischer’s core project in Our Fate is to develop and defend Pike-style arguments for theological incompatibilism, i. e., for the view that divine omniscience is incompatible with human free will. Against Ockhamist attacks on such arguments, Fischer maintains that divine forebeliefs constitute so-called hard facts about the times at which they occur, or at least facts with hard ‘kernel elements’. I reconstruct Fischer’s argument and outline its structural analogies with an argument fo…Read more
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35Privileged Access and RepressionIn Verena Mayer & Sabine A. Döring (eds.), Die Moralität der Gefühle, De Gruyter. pp. 59-80. 2002.
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29Symposium zu: Geert Keil: Willensfreiheit : Determinismus und verantwortung: Was Kann Das konsequenzargument?Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 57 (1). 2009.
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25Religiöse Erfahrung und epistemische ZirkularitätDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 53 (2). 2005.
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11Scientia Media and Freedom to Do OtherwiseIn Christian Kanzian, Winfried Löffler & Josef Quitterer (eds.), The Ways Things Are: Studies in Ontology, Ontos. pp. 241-262. 2011.
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10Epistemology: Contexts, Values, Disagreement. Papers of the 34th International Ludwig Wittgenstein-Symposium in Kirchberg, 2011 (edited book)The Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. 2007.This volume collects papers that were presented at the 34th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium 2011 in Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. They focus on five key debates in contemporary epistemology: Does the term "to know" vary its meaning according to features of the contexts in which it is uttered? What role may "epistemic virtues" play in our cognitive activities? What is the surplus value of having knowledge instead of mere true belief? What is the structure and significance of testimon…Read more
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1Molina on foreknowledge and transfer of necessitiesIn Christian Tapp and Edmund Runggaldier (ed.), God, eternity, and time, Ashgate. pp. 81-96. 2011.
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Scientia media and Freedom to Do OtherwiseIn Josef Quitterer Winfried Löffler Christian Kanzian (ed.), The Ways Things Are - Studies in Ontology Heusenstamm: Ontos Verlag, 2011, Ontos. 2011.
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Epistemology: Contexts, Values and Disagreement. Proceedings of the 34. International Wittgenstein Symposium. (edited book)Druckwerker. 2012.
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Autorität der Ersten Person und emotionale VerdrängungE-Journal Philosophie der Psychologie 4. 2006.
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Der Wert des WissensIn Martin Grajner & Guido Melchior (eds.), Handbuch Erkenntnistheorie, Metzler. pp. 102-109. 2019.Die traditionelle Erkenntnistheorie beschäftigte sich vor allem mit drei großen Fragen. (i) Was ist Wissen? (ii) Ist Wissen möglich und in welchen Bereichen und in welchem Umfang können wir es, wenn überhaupt, erwerben? (iii) Was sind die Quellen des Wissens, und spielen womöglich einige von ihnen (etwa Wahrnehmung oder Introspektion) eine besondere Rolle für die Fundierung epistemischer Systeme? Neben der Einbeziehung sozialer Wissensquellen in die Behandlung von Frage (iii) ist in den letzten …Read more
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Louis de Molina, Göttlicher Plan und menschliche Freiheit, lat.-deutsch, (edited book)Felix Meiner Verlag. 2018.
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Unconscious emotions-Black holes in the Cartesian theatre?Consciousness and Cognition 9 (2): 54-54. 2000.