I’ll be presenting a paper entitled “Rationalization and Imaginative Blockage” at the NYC Epistemology and Psychology Conference this Saturday.
“Promises and Consistency”
My co-written paper with Rachel Cohon, “Promises and Consistency”, appears in Iskra Fileva’s collection, Questions of Character, available for pre-order on Amazon.
MAP Roundtable this afternoon!
3pm in Humanities 354 – “What do I do with a philosophy degree?”
MAP panel 8×11
UAlbany M.A.P./UAPA event tonight at 7 pm
Conversation topic: Racialized Sexual preference. MAP racial sexuality flyer
Matthew Mosdell Colloquium Feb 12
The first colloquium of the year will take place on Friday, February 5 at 3pm in HUM 290. All are welcome. Our own Matthew Mosdell will present a paper entitled “Acquiring Knowing How”. Here is the abstract:
Pretty much anyone engaged in philosophy is aware of the distinction between knowledge-how and knowledge-that. The distinction comes to this: you have knowledge-that when you are warranted in believing a fact; knowledge-how when you are capable of doing certain things. You know that Albany is the capital of New York; you know how to swim or ride a bicycle. Recently, a number of philosophers have argued that knowledge-how is simply another species of knowledge-that. On this intellectualist view, knowing how to do something is knowing a proposition (or set of propositions) that truly answers the question “How could one Q?” It follows that learning how to Q is learning a proposition (or set of propositions) describing how to Q. In this paper, I argue that the intellectualist view is mistaken by showing that the content of a proposition (or set of propositions) is not sufficient to explain what we learn when we learn how to do things.
Looking ahead in February, Avery Archer, a philosopher of mind from Georgetown, will present at our department on February 26. And over at Union, Shaun Nichols (Arizona) will present on February 11 and David Christensen (Brown) will present on February 18.
Presenting at Eastern APA in DC 2X
On Friday, January 8 at 1:30 I’ll give a colloquium talk (“Self-deception as Unwitting Pretense”) and on Saturday, January 9 from 11:15 to 1:15 I’ll do an informational session on Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) with Yena Lee and Liam Kofi Bright.
Why do we trust strangers on airbnb and uber? Is it rational?
I give these questions a crack in this short essay on the Prindle Post: http://www.prindlepost.org/2015/10/when-is-it-rational-to-trust-a-stranger/
M.A.P. Philosophy Social this Friday at 3 in HUM 290
Philosophers! Anyone interested in the study of philosophy is invited to the UAlbany Minorities and Philosophy (M.A.P) social on Friday, October 9 at 3 pm. The M.A.P. e-board has put together a number of posters with information about what philosophy majors do after graduation. Refreshments will be served.MAPS social FALL15
Salaries of philosophy majors over time
“ It’s not terribly surprising to see those graduates doing well in the labor market. We’ve seen quite a few executives—CEOs, VPs of Strategy—who studied philosophy as their undergrad program” – Lydia Frank, Payscale
Young Philosophers Lecture Series
On September 11-12 I’ll be presenting “Self-Deception As Unwitting Pretense” at the Young Philosophers Lecture Series at DePauw University. I’ll also be giving an introductory lecture on theories of self-deception.
