Advances in belief dynamics: Introduction
Advances in belief dynamics: Introduction Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11229-009-9710-xAuthors F. Liu, Tsinghua University Department of Philosophy Beijing ChinaO. Roy, University of Groningen Faculty of Philosophy Groningen The Netherla... read article

The cognitive act and the first-person perspective: an epistemology for constructive type theory
Abstract The notion of cognitive act is of importance for an epistemology that is apt for constructive type theory, and for epistemology in general. Instead of taking knowledge attributions as the primary use of the verb ‘to know’ that needs ... read article

On the distinction between Peirce’s abduction and Lipton’s Inference to the best explanation
Abstract I argue against the tendency in the philosophy of science literature to link abduction to the inference to the best explanation (IBE), and in particular, to claim that Peircean abduction is a conceptual predecessor to IBE. This is no... read article

A role for abstractionism in a direct realist foundationalism
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In defense of true higher-order vagueness
Abstract Stewart Shapiro recently argued that there is no higher-order vagueness. More specifically, his thesis is: (ST) ‘So-called second-order vagueness in ‘F’ is nothing but first-order vagueness in the phrase ‘competent speaker of English... read article

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