I have a son!

I am much too tired for a post of substance. For that, see the posts I wrote on my wife’s blog (here and here). His name is Thomsen Fitzgerald Lord and his birthday is July 24th, 2007. Here is a picture:

New Homepage

I have decided to create a separate homepage. You can find it here. For what it’s worth, I debated between googlepages and macpages. As you can see, I chose google. I chose google (i) because I already had a google account and (ii) google seemed easier.

New papers

I’ve updated my ‘papers’ page. New papers include a shortened version of my paper on maximal rationality and the first half of my paper on contractualism and aggregation. Check them out and send me comments.

Knowledge and its Limits reading group has begun

For those of you who are interested, The Excluded Middle’s reading group on Knowledge and its Limits is now underway. Check out the first installment here.

New group blog

I, along with some of my philosophy friends, have started a group blog dedicated to our research. It will cover all branches of analytic philosophy. It is called The Excluded Middle. Check it out.

We’ll go to…

I have decided to accept my offer from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
… Omaha (Lincoln) to work and exploit the booming music scene, and humility.

Reflections on Nebraska

I got back last night from my visit to the University of Nebraska. Overall, I really enjoyed my visit. The grad students were very nice and very helpful. I specifically thank Cullen Gatten, Steve Swartzer, Bill Bauer, and Tim Loughlin. My biggest regret is that I didn’t get to meet a lot of the faculty [...]

First Carnival of Citizens…

…is here. Check it out, especially my contribution. Moreover, submit to the next one! This is a great idea, and it is a shame more people aren’t participating. Tisk tisk!
Edit: This is the first CoC in this format, which is alternatively called Citizens’ Symposium.

New Philosophers’ Carnival…

…is here. Including this post from this blog.

Some good news

First, I successfully defended my honors thesis today.
Second, I found out yesterday that I won best paper at The Second Annual Southwest Student Philosophy Conference.