OBO Entry on the Epistemology of Disagreement

Another excellent entry in the Oxford Bibliographies Online which may be of interest to those working on skepticism is the one on the epistemology of disagreement by Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern). You can find it here.

Two Positions at Uppsala University

OFF TOPIC

Yesterday, I received an email about two new positions at Uppsala University, one as Chair in Theoretical Philosophy and one as Chair in Aesthetics. Information can be found here and here, respectively. To the best of my knowledge, Uppsala is an excellent university and these two positions look quite attractive.

Papers on McDowell & Skeptical Scenarios

The latest issue of the European Journal of Philosophy features two papers on contemporary skepticism:

- "McDowell's Conceptualist Therapy for Skepticism," by Santiago Echeverri.

- "On the Possibility of Skeptical Scenarios," by Peter Kung.

Both papers can be found here.

Another Review of the Cambridge Companion

A new review of the Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism was published last week in Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.

OBO Entry on Contemporary Skepticism

In Oxford Bibliographies Online, one can also find an entry on contemporary skepticism by Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh). You can access it by clicking here.

Another Volume on Pyrrhonism

The volume New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism (Brill) is now out, too. Full information can be found here. It's just coincidence that this volume and the one mentioned in the previous post have come out at the same time. They are both "a little" pricey, but you'll probably be able to find them at your university library.

This may look like shameless self-publicitiy, but in my defense I could say that the two books are collective projects involving eighteen other scholars.

Volume on Pyrrhonism

The collective volume Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy (Springer) is now out. Full information can be found here.

New Wittgenstein Journal and Call for Papers

As some of you may know, a few months ago, the Nordic Wittgenstein Society decided to launch a new journal, the Nordic Wittgenstein Review (Ontos Verlag). There is now a call for papers for the first issue. Information about this and a detailed description of the journal can be found here.

Review of Nietzsche and the Ancient Skeptical Tradition

A review of Jessica Berry's Nietzsche and the Ancient Skeptical Tradition (OUP, 2011), by Beatrix Himmelmann, was recently published in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Forthcoming Book on Aenesidemus

I've just found out that a new book by Roberto Polito, Aenesidemus of Cnossus: Testimonia (an edition with commentary), is forthcoming at Cambridge University Press. Polito (now at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is the author of The Sceptical Road: Aenesidemus' Appropriation of Heraclitus (Brill, 2004).

OBO Entry on the History of Skepticism

Baron Reed (Northwestern University) has recently published an entry on the history of skepticism in Oxford Bibliographies Online. You can find it here.

Philosophy East & West

A couple of months ago, and thanks to Richard Garner, I found out about a special issue on skepticism in the journal Philosophy East and West 27 (1977). Particularly interesting is Garner's “Skepticism, Ordinary Language, and Zen Buddhism.” The issue can be found here.

Philosophy TV

On Philosophy TV, there are two discussions that might be of interest to those working on the connection between skepticism and the epistemology of disagreement and social epistemology more generally:

A discussion between Roy Sorensen and David Christensen on the epistemology of disagreement, which can be found here.

A discussion between Alvin Goldman and Jennifer Lackey on social epistemology, which can be found here.

Review of Aikin's Book

A review of Scott Aikin's Epistemology and the Regress Problem (Routledge, 2011), by Kelly Becker, was recently published in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.