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Details of DFW's work in philosophy. His use of Montague semantics to undermine an argument for fatalism. Author makes interesting connections with a tension in his literature.

Subatomic particles become atoms, atoms assemble into molecules, molecules assemble into small objects, and so on up the scale until we get galaxies, ...

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David Chalmers and David Bourget are working on a taxonomy of philosophy in order to assist in tracking online papers in philosophy. Seems like a very worthwhile endeavor to significantly improve online philosophy resources. Check out the explanation and call for feedback here.

Great paper by Jay Wallace defending wide-scopism about instrumental rationality.

Philosophy has six sections – World, Mind and Body, Knowledge, Faith, Ethics and Aesthetics, and Society – and every one is written by a professor in the ...

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I've recently discovered some really interesting papers on how to think about belief in a future with branching time.

I was reading the Normative Ethics volume in the great "5 Questions" series from Automatic Press, and was struck by this passage from the conclusion of the interview with Jeff McMahan (Rutgers): I am highly optimistic about the prospects in...Brian Leiter

"Should philosophy have something to say to non-philosophers? Should philosophy be pursued only by those trained in philosophy? Should academic teachers of philosophy consider themselves philosophers in virtue of the fact that they teach philosophy? And should analytic philosophers deny that continental philosophers are philosophers at all, or acknowledge that they represent different modes of philosophizing? Cogito poses some big questions to four prominent British and US philosophers." (Jonathan Barnes, Myles Fredric Burnyeat, Raymond Geuss, and Barry Stroud.)

I would like to welcome Justin Donhauser to the ranks of Buffalo Philosophy contributors. Justin is currently a PhD student in the philosophy department at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). His chief interest is in analytic metaphysics, particularly the ontology of spacetime and dimensionality. In his off time he is a drummer/guitarist/vocalist for the local band Stockholm. If he gets around to putting up a homepage, we'll add a link to it.noreply@blogger.com (Adam Taylor)