Tag Archives: Phin Upham
BonJour vs. Reliabilism: Round Four
By contributor Phin Upham Laurence BonJour challenges the reliabilist position by showing how, in particular cases, it runs counter to our intuitions about rationality and justification. While the reliabilist holds that a perceptual belief is either justified of unjustified based … Continue reading
What is Reality?
By Phin Upham If there were a brain in a vat (BIV) that had the same beliefs, experiences, and memories as I do, would he be as justified in its belief about the external world as I am? Would I … Continue reading
What is a Justified Belief?
By Phin Upham, contributing author. Having a justified belief does require you to know that your belief is justified but it does not require you to know what this justification is. You need not be able to defend your beliefs … Continue reading
Can You “Know” Something that is Wrong?
By Phin Upham Mr. Biggs, the owner of a vast industrial empire, wants to have the fastest computer in the world for his company. In order to accomplish this, he hires the best computer people to build him his computer. … Continue reading
Changes of Mind: Ends, Means and Goals
By Phin Upham What does it mean to change one’s mind? In discussing this problem we must come to an understanding of what it means to have an intention, what is relevant in changing that intention, and what sorts of … Continue reading
Philosophers in Conversation: Interviews from the Harvard Review of Philosophy
Book information via PhilosophersInConversation.com This volume brings together for the first time thirteen recent interviews with the brightest names in contemporary philosophy, including W.V.O. Quine, Richard Rorty, Stanley Cavell, Hilary Putnam, as well as the only known interview with John Rawls. … Continue reading
De Anima
On the Soul’s Connection to the Physical By Phin Upham In De Anima Aristotle presents the soul as incorporeal, taking up no space and existing at no one point. Yet the soul depends on the body and “the soul and … Continue reading
What is the World?
How do we organize and understand the world around us? In this review of seminal scholarship on the subject Phineas Upham reviews some of the major theories and integrates their conclusions. Construal, the sense in which we organize our world … Continue reading
Shutdown Averted: House Passes 1 Trillion Dollar Budget Bill
The House of Representatives passed a controversial spending bill today that would see the operations of ten different cabinet departments continue running on a day-to-day basis. The trillion dollar spending bill passed today with a 296 to 121 vote. This … Continue reading