Volume 12, Issue 4, 1-26, April 2023 Podcasts ❧ Humanity 8.0, Season 2, Episodes 5 and 6: “Transhumanism: An Islamic Perspective”. Guest: Ebrahim Moosa. Host: Ahmed Bouzid. Topics: Transhumanism, Radical Life Extension, Islam, The Qur’an, The Hadiths, Ethics ❧ Humanity… Read More ›
Jeremy Fantl
Strongly Held Belief and Open-Mindedness: A Response to Vavova’s “Open-Mindedness, Rational Confidence, and Belief Change”, Jeremy Fantl
In “Fake News vs. Echo Chambers” (2021) I argue that some kinds of attitudes that make it easier to resist fake news also make it more difficult to exit echo chambers. Closed-mindedness makes it easier to resist fake news. But… Read More ›
Open-Mindedness, Rational Confidence, and Belief Change, Katia Vavova
Abstract It’s intuitive to think that (a) the more sure you are of something, the harder it’ll be to change your mind about it, and (b) you can’t be open-minded about something if you’re very sure about it. If these… Read More ›
Interest-Relativity and Testimony, Jeremy Fantl
Author Information: Jeremy Fantl, University of Calgary, jfantl@ucalgary.ca Fantl, Jeremy. “Interest-Relativity and Testimony.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 4, no. 11 (2015): 40-46. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-2tz Please refer to: Freedman, Karyn… Read More ›