The epistemology of live blogging

The Social Epistemology of Blogging

The Epistemology of Modality and the Epistemology of Mathematics

In this paper I explore some connections between the epistemology of modality and the epistemology of mathematics, and argue that they have far more in common than it may initially seem to be the case—even though modality need not (in fact, should not) be characterized in terms of possible worlds (as the modal realist insists) and mathematics need not (in fact, should not) be understood in term...

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...

The Relevance of Experimental Epistemology to Traditional Epistemology

Experimental epistemology is the use of the experimental methods of the cognitive sciences to shed light on debates within epistemology, the philosophical study of knowledge and rationally justified belief. A variety of misconceptions about this experimental approach conspire to make it far more controversial than it should be. For example, no experimental philosopher has ever claimed that expe...

The Epistemology of Error

______________________________________________________________________________ How do scientists know—and justify—that they have erred? Through the cases of bacterial mesosomes and beriberi, I examine the epistemic work in ascertaining error. Ultimately, an 'artifact' is a type of knowledge. The fact/artifact distinction (Hacking, Galison, Franklin) thus needs to be supplemented with a more fun...