New Issue of Episteme

The new issue of Episteme is out. It's a special issue on conspiracy theories, which I think is a great topic for social epistemology. Here are the details:

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Volume 4, issue 2, a special issue of EPISTEME: Journal of Social Epistemology is now available.

Guest Editor: David Coady

Contents and Abstracts available at:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/episteme/toc/epi4.2.html

Journal website: http://www.episteme.us.com
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New Paper on the Swamping Problem

I've just posted a draft of a new paper on the swamping problem here. Essentially, I argue that the swamping problem is best understood as an inconsistent triad composed of (i) a general claim about value, (ii) a specific claim about epistemic value, and (iii) a version of epistemic value monism. As ever, comments welcome!

Michael Lynch in Edinburgh

Michael Lynch (UConn) will be visiting the Department of Philosophy in Edinburgh next Thursday (December 13th) and so we'll be having a one-off meeting of the Epistemology reading group on his paper 'Truth, Value and Expressivism' (if you plan to come, let me know and I'll send you a copy of the paper). Unless you hear otherwise, this will be held 2.30-4pm in the Kemp Smith Room. All are welcome.