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1630Knowing against the oddsPhilosophical Studies 170 (2): 277-287. 2014.We present and discuss a counterexample to the following plausible principle: if you know that a coin is fair, and for all you know it is going to be flipped, then for all you know it will land tails.
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6784NaturalnessIn Karen Bennett & Dean W. Zimmerman (eds.), Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, Volume 8, Oxford University Press. pp. 1. 2013.Lewis's notion of a "natural" property has proved divisive: some have taken to the notion with enthusiasm, while others have been sceptical. However, it is far from obvious what the enthusiasts and the sceptics are disagreeing about. This paper attempts to articulate what is at stake in this debate.
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200Sarcastic ‘Like’: A Case Study in the Interface of Syntax and SemanticsPhilosophical Perspectives 22 (1): 1-21. 2008.The expression ‘Like’ has a wide variety of uses among English and American speakers. It may describe preference, as in (1) She likes mint chip ice cream. It may be used as a vehicle of comparison, as in (2) Trieste is like Minsk on steroids
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450Knowledge, Belief, and God: New Insights in Religious Epistemology (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2018.Recent decades have seen a fertile period of theorizing within mainstream epistemology which has had a dramatic impact on how epistemology is done. Investigations into contextualist and pragmatic dimensions of knowledge suggest radically new ways of meeting skeptical challenges and of understanding the relation between the epistemological and practical environment. New insights from social epistemology and formal epistemology about defeat, testimony, a priority, probability, and the nature of ev…Read more
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