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Centennial history of Boston College / published by the 1963 Sub turri; Stuart B. Meisenzahl, editor-in-chief; John R. Hurley, art editor; A. Michael Hanna, business manager.
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Epistemic Dispositions: Reply to Turri and Bronner
No full textWe reply to recent papers by John Turri and Ben Bronner, who criticise the dispositionalised Nozickian tracking account we discuss in “Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know.” We argue that the account we suggested can handle the problems raised by Turri and Bronner. In the course of responding to Turri and Bronner’s objections, we draw three general lessons for theories of epistemic dispositions: that epistemic dispositions are to some extent extrinsic, that epistemic dispositions can have manifestation conditions concerning circumstances where their bearers fail to exist, and that contrast is relevant to disposition attributions.Faculty of Science, Environment, Engineering and TechnologyFull Tex
George Smith e la tavoletta del Diluvio / George Smith and the Flood Tablet
No full textOn December 2, 1872, an extraordinary discovery was presented at the Society for Biblical Archeology in London: a Chaldean account of the Flood, discovered in the library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh and strikingly similar to the biblical one. The text, written in Akkadian, was part of a series of cuneiform tablets on the deeds of Gilgamesh, the hero, the builder of Uruk, the king who sought a solution to death, and who, not finding it, obtained wisdom. The author of the discovery was George Smith, a former banknote engraver and brilliant self-taught Assyriologist. The great interest shown by the newspapers for the discovery is visible in the many articles written on the subject and in the fact that it was one of them, the Daily Telegraph, to finance a new mission in northern Mesopotamia, to find the missing parts of the tablet. Two successive expeditions were funded by the British Museum, but during the latter one George Smith fell ill and died in Aleppo, unaware of the extent of his discoveries. The discussion on the relationship between Mesopotamia and the Bible continued for decades until it broke out in the controversy known as Babel-Bibel Streit in the early 20th century
Epistemic Dispositions: Reply to Turri and Bronner
No full textWe reply to recent papers by John Turri and Ben Bronner, who criticise the dispositionalised Nozickian tracking account we discuss in “Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know.” We argue that the account we suggested can handle the problems raised by Turri and Bronner. In the course of responding to Turri and Bronner’s objections, we draw three general lessons for theories of epistemic dispositions: that epistemic dispositions are to some extent extrinsic, that epistemic dispositions can have manifestation conditions concerning circumstances where their bearers fail to exist, and that contrast is relevant to disposition attributions
Epistemic dispositions. Reply to Turri and Bronner
No full textWe reply to recent papers by John Turri and Ben Bronner, who criticise the dispositionalised Nozickian tracking account we discuss in “Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know.” We argue that the account we suggested can handle the problems raised by Turri and Bronner. In the course of responding to Turri and Bronner’s objections, we draw three general lessons for theories of epistemic dispositions: that epistemic dispositions are to some extent extrinsic, that epistemic dispositions can have manifestation conditions concerning circumstances where their bearers fail to exist, and that contrast is relevant to disposition attributions
Author Response to LTE CLC 22970 of John Madias: Brain-heart pathway to injury in takotsubo syndrome
No full textWe would like to thank John Madias for his interest in our review about the mystery of the pathogenesis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) .1 We agree with his semantic restraint of the eponym Wellens electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern, which needs a contextual disambiguation. Indeed, as stressed by Dr. Madias in a previous letter to the editor, this term is often used incorrectly in the literature2,3 . In this respect, through the words of Cato: "Nos vera vocabula rerum amisimus"4 (we have lost the real names of things), we would like to emphasize how the scientific world suffers from a sort of daily linguistic Babel, where words seem to have lost their capacity to communicate. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved
Sustaining Rules
No full textIn this chapter, John Turri introduces an account of when a rule normatively sustains a practice. His basic proposal is that a rule normatively sustains a practice when the value achieved by following the rule explains why agents continue following that rule, thus establishing and sustaining a pattern of activity. He applies this model to practices of belief management and identifies a substantive normative connection between knowledge and belief. More specifically, he proposes one special way that knowledge might set the normative standard for belief: knowing is essentially the unique way of normatively sustaining cognition and, thereby, inquiry. In this respect, his proposal can be seen as one way of elaborating a “knowledge-first” normative theory.</p
Knowledge and the Norm of Assertion : An Essay in Philosophical Science
No full textLanguage is a human universal reflecting our deeply social nature. Among its essential functions, language enables us to quickly and efficiently share information. We tell each other that many things are true—that is, we routinely make assertions. Information shared this way plays a critical role in the decisions and plans we make. In Knowledge and the Norm of Assertion, a distinguished philosopher and cognitive scientist investigates the rules or norms that structure our social practice of assertion. Combining evidence from philosophy, psychology, and biology, John Turri shows that knowledge is the central norm of assertion and explains why knowledge plays this role. Concise, comprehensive, non-technical, and thoroughly accessible, this volume quickly brings readers to the cutting edge of a major research program at the intersection of philosophy and science. It presupposes no philosophical or scientific training. It will be of interest to philosophers and scientists, is suitable for use in graduate and undergraduate courses, and will appeal to general readers interested in human nature, social cognition, and communication
Knowledge and the Norm of Assertion
No full textLanguage is a human universal reflecting our deeply social nature. Among its essential functions, language enables us to quickly and efficiently share information. We tell each other that many things are true—that is, we routinely make assertions. Information shared this way plays a critical role in the decisions and plans we make. In Knowledge and the Norm of Assertion, a distinguished philosopher and cognitive scientist investigates the rules or norms that structure our social practice of assertion. Combining evidence from philosophy, psychology, and biology, John Turri shows that knowledge is the central norm of assertion and explains why knowledge plays this role. Concise, comprehensive, non-technical, and thoroughly accessible, this volume quickly brings readers to the cutting edge of a major research program at the intersection of philosophy and science. It presupposes no philosophical or scientific training. It will be of interest to philosophers and scientists, is suitable for use in graduate and undergraduate courses, and will appeal to general readers interested in human nature, social cognition, and communication
Knowledge and the Norm of Assertion
No full text"Language is a human universal reflecting our deeply social nature. Among its essential functions, language enables us to quickly and efficiently share information. We tell each other that many things are true—that is, we routinely make assertions. Information shared this way plays a critical role in the decisions and plans we make. In Knowledge and the Norm of Assertion, a distinguished philosopher and cognitive scientist investigates the rules or norms that structure our social practice of assertion. Combining evidence from philosophy, psychology, and biology, John Turri shows that knowledge is the central norm of assertion and explains why knowledge plays this role. Concise, comprehensive, non-technical, and thoroughly accessible, this volume quickly brings readers to the cutting edge of a major research program at the intersection of philosophy and science. It presupposes no philosophical or scientific training. It will be of interest to philosophers and scientists, is suitable for use in graduate and undergraduate courses, and will appeal to general readers interested in human nature, social cognition, and communication.
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