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Michael Veber

East Carolina University
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Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Epistemology
  •  139
    How to fake Munchausen's syndrome
    Philosophical Psychology 23 (5): 565-574. 2010.
    Sorensen raises the issue of whether it is logically possible to fake Munchausen's syndrome by way of a fictional exchange between a physician and an insurance company. In this paper, it is shown that it is possible to fake Munchausen's syndrome and to fake faking Munchausen's syndrome. The implications of this on deeper philosophical issues such as Lewis' puzzle of iterated pretence and “internalist” versus “externalist” accounts of faking are discussed. An externalist account of faking is defe…Read more
    Philosophy of Psychology, MiscMental IllnessMental Disorders, Misc
  •  138
    Virtual Child Pornography
    Public Affairs Quarterly 18 (1): 75-90. 2004.
    Value TheorySexual Phenomena
  •  111
    Not too proud to Beg (the question): Why inferentialism cannot account for the a priori
    Grazer Philosophische Studien 73 (1): 113-131. 2006.
    The inferentialist account of the a priori says that basic logical beliefs can be justified by way of rule circular inference. I argue that this account of the a priori fails to skirt the charge of begging the question, that the reasons offered in support of it are weak and that it makes justifying logical beliefs too easy. I also argue that recent modifications to inferentialism spell doom for it as a general theory of a priori justification.
    Inferentialist Accounts of Meaning and ContentTheories of the A PrioriInference
  •  164
    How to Derive a 'Not' from an 'Is': A Defense of the Incompatibility View of Negative Truths
    Metaphysica 9 (1): 79-91. 2008.
    Truthmaker maximalism is the claim that every truth has a truthmaker. The case of negative truths leads some philosophers to postulate negative states of affairs or to give up on truthmaker maximalism. This paper defends a version of the incompatibility view of negative truths. Negative truths can be made true by positive facts, and thus, truthmaker maximalism can be maintained without postulating negative states of affairs
    Truthmakers
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    The Argument from Abomination
    Erkenntnis 78 (5): 1185-1196. 2013.
    The conclusive reasons view of knowledge entails the “abominable conjunction” that I know that I have hands but I do not know that I am not a brain in a vat. The argument from abomination takes this as a reason to reject the view. This paper aims to buttress the argument from abomination by adding a new sort to this list: the logical abominations. These include: “I know that argument is sound and that sound arguments have true conclusions but I don’t know whether the conclusion of that argument …Read more
    Closure of Knowledge