Fake Barn CountryWe may not know, but we think we do.FBC has moved- September 28, 2005 Please update your links. Fake Barn Country...http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/Blog/Archives/004788.html McDowell, Agency, Imagery and Sensation- September 22, 2005 I've mentioned here a few times before that I'm impressed by some remarks by Wittgenstein and Sartre on agency and imagination. The idea is roughly that one difference between typical experiences of imagery and typical experiences of percepts is that...http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/Blog/Archives/004787.html Truth in Fiction and '555' phone numbers- September 18, 2005 In many ordinary contexts, the author gets to determine what's true in the fiction. It's true in The Butter-Battle Book that VanItch has acquired a bitsy big-boy boomeroo, and what makes it true in the fiction is the simple fact...http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/Blog/Archives/004784.html Why Epistemic Reasons Are Not Propositions- September 7, 2005 We believe, disbelieve, withhold, expect, etc. things for reasons all the time. What kind of thing are these reasons Some say they're propositions. Call their view abstractionism. I say they're mental states. Call my view statism. Here's an argument that...http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/Blog/Archives/004773.html |