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We debate whether permissivism is true. We start off by assuming an accuracy-oriented framework, and then discuss metaepistemological questions about how our epistemic evaluations promote accuracy.Are You Now or Have You Ever Been an Impermissivist? --- A conversation among friends and enemies of epistemic freedomIn Blake Roeber, Matthias Steup, Ernest Sosa & John Turri (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, Wiley-blackwell. 2024. -
I provide a theory of causation within the causal modeling framework. In contrast to most of its predecessors, this theory is model-invariant in the following sense: if the theory says that C caused (didn't cause) E in a causal model, M, then it will continue to say that C caused (didn't cause) E once we've removed an inessential variable from M. I suggest that, if this theory is true, then we should understand a cause as something which transmits deviant or non-inertial behavior to its effect.A Model-Invariant Theory of CausationPhilosophical Review 130 (1): 45-96. 2021.
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
| Epistemology |
| Philosophy of Language |
| Philosophy of Mind |
Areas of Interest
| Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| Value Theory |
| Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |