Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Free Access to IJSS

Excellent news: until December 31st, you can access the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism for free. Follow these four steps:

2. Register to create your own user account.
3. Go to my account and click on "add content."
4. Enter access token SKEP4U and manage your publication alerts.

(If you happen to have a problem with any of these steps, let me know.)

Friday, November 22, 2013

Doubt, Ignorance, and Science

Another interesting event will take place in Paris in a couple of weeks: "Doubt, Ignorance and Science: New Perspectives on Knowledge," a workshop that will be held at the École Normale Supérieure, on December 2 and 3. For complete information, click here.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Skepticism, Pragmatism, and Ordinary Language

On December 7th, 2013, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne will host the conference "Scepticism, Pragmatism and Ordinary Language Philosophy." Complete information can be found here.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Skepticism of John of Salisbury

The study of skepticism in medieval philosophy has undergone significant progress in the last few years. Our understanding of this topic will be further improved by the recent publication of Christophe Grellard's Jean de Salisbury et la renaissance médiévale du scepticisme (Les Belles Lettres, 2013).

Friday, November 8, 2013

New Issue of IJSS

Issue 3/4 of the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism is now out. This issue includes three articles on skepticism in contemporary philosophy as well as a critical notice and three reviews of books on ancient and modern skepticism.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Ethical Irrealism

The latest issue of Ratio is a special issue entitled "Irrealism in Ethics". I haven't been able to read it yet, but Richard Joyce and Hallvard Lillehammer usually write excellent things.