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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Friday, March 2, 2012
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
X-phi as Explication Preparation for Formal Epistemology
James Justus, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Texas-Austin,
Applying the explicative methodology Carnap championed to formal epistemology and experimental philosophy (henceforth, x-phi) bears salutary philosophical fruit. First, explication clarifies the philosophical import of x-phi. Second, explication does the same for formal epistemology while supplying a cogent rationale for favoring formal approaches to epistemological issues over traditional ones. Third, explication shows how x-phi can make important contributions to formal epistemology. Fourth, applying explication to formal epistemology reveals a problem with Carnap s account of the former, and how it can be fixed.
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