pitt hps graduate student wip talks

The graduate students in the History and Philosophy of Science department at the University of Pittsburgh host regular Work in Progress talks to share ideas, get feedback, and promote community.

Talks are held in Room G28 of the Cathedral of Learning. While talks are not generally open to the public, exceptions can be made: Please contact Bryan Roberts if you are interested in attending an upcoming talk.
 

Next WIP Talk

2009 January 9 at 5:30 pm
How to Solve the Regress of Justification Problem: Justification as a Three-valued Variable
Peter Gildenhuys

I argue that there are three, rather than just two, justificatory statuses: justified, unjustified, and gap. I present a full inferential model of justification, providing explicit criteria for the deployment of each justificatory status along with explicit implications for each status. A trivalent model of justification accurately captures actual justificatory practice and is not subject to the same objections as are models that deploy only two justificatory statuses.
 

upcoming wip talks

January 9, 2009:
Peter Gildenhuys
(abstract)