In this Wireless Philosophy video, Geoff Sayre-McCord (UNC) discusses why we should vote. Geoff reviews some of the traditional arguments against our reason to vote; for instance, why should we vote if it makes no difference to the outcome of the election? After reviewing these positions, he looks at some counterarguments before leaving it up […]
Read moreIn this Wireless Philosophy video, Geoff Pynn (Northern Illinois) explains epistemic contextualism, which says that the word “know” is a context-sensitive term. Geoff describes how contextualists claim to dissolve the problem of radical skepticism, and discusses the argument for contextualism from our ordinary linguistic usage. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1vz5fK9 More on Geoff Pynn: http://bit.ly/258DoPq —- Wi-Phi @ […]
Read moreIn this Wireless Philosophy video, Geoff Pynn (Northern Illinois) introduces virtue epistemology, an approach to epistemology that takes intellectual virtue as the central concept in discussions of theory of knowledge. Along the way, he shows how virtue epistemology can provides interesting solutions to some of the problems that we’ve encountered so far in the series. […]
Read moreIn this Wireless Philosophy video, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University) introduces a new approach to causation: contrastivism. At odds with traditional philosophical approaches to causation, contrastive causation holds that causal statements are true only relative to a set of relevant alternatives. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1vz5fK9 More on Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: http://bit.ly/29Icrj9 —- Wi-Phi @ YouTube: http://bit.ly/1PX0hLu Wi-Phi @ Khan […]
Read morePeople tend to value knowledge; it’s better to know something than just to believe it, even if your belief is correct by pure luck. But why? What’s so great about knowledge? In this Wireless Philosophy video, Jeremy Fantl (University of Calgary) explains the so-called “Meno problem” – the problem of explaining why knowledge is distinctively […]
Read moreIn this Wireless Philosophy video, David Miguel Gray (Colgate University) introduces sociohistorical theories of race. Gray introduces socially constructed categories and what it means to think about categories in this way. This is part 3a of our four part series, “Racial Ontology: A Guide for the Perplexed.” Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1vz5fK9 More on David Miguel Gray: http://bit.ly/1REcPbr […]
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