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4680Evil and EvidenceOxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion 7 1-31. 2016.The problem of evil is the most prominent argument against the existence of God. Skeptical theists contend that it is not a good argument. Their reasons for this contention vary widely, involving such notions as CORNEA, epistemic appearances, 'gratuitous' evils, 'levering' evidence, and the representativeness of goods. We aim to dispel some confusions about these notions, in particular by clarifying their roles within a probabilistic epistemology. In addition, we develop new responses to the pro…Read more
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379Lying, Belief, and KnowledgeIn Jörg Meibauer (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Lying, Oxford Handbooks. pp. 120-133. 2018.What is the relationship between lying, belief, and knowledge? Prominent accounts of lying define it in terms of belief, namely telling someone something one believes to be false, often with the intent to deceive. This paper develops a novel account of lying by deriving evaluative dimensions of responsibility from the knowledge norm of assertion. Lies are best understood as special cases of vicious assertion; lying is the anti-paradigm of proper assertion. This enables an account of lying in ter…Read more
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785Believing on AuthorityEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 6 (4): 133-144. 2014.Linda Zagzebski's "Epistemic Authority" (Oxford University Press, 2012) brings together issues in social epistemology with topics in moral and political philosophy as well as philosophy of religion. In this paper I criticize her discussion of self-trust and rationality, which sets up the main argument of the book; I consider how her view of authority relates to some issues of epistemic authority in testimony; and I raise some concerns about her treatment of religious epistemology and religious a…Read more
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Religion |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Probability |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
PhilPapers Editorships
Defeat |
Primitivism about Knowledge |
Norms of Assertion |
Epistemology of Religion |