tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post9219298574894059106..comments2008-04-27T14:30:42.529-04:00Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235r.chappell@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-65290066970815513722008-04-27T14:30:42.529-04:002008-04-27T14:30:42.529-04:00I'm jealous that you had the opportunity to hear him give a talk. His work on excuses and justifications is, I think, incredibly good. It's a shame it's not more widely read in epistemology where there seems to be nearly universal confusion about the marks that distinguish justification from excuse. I've argued that this confusion is largely responsible for the mess that is the internalism/externalism literature. In 8 or 9 years when a certain unnamed journal gets back to me, we'll see what the response is.Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596200828134402805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-68904925720339394372008-04-27T04:31:53.971-04:002008-04-27T04:31:53.971-04:00In as far as we are focusing on what the law says to society, I guess there is an empirical question of how aware are wives, jealous lovers and so forth of results of legal cases and to what degree does each marginal change effect the actual likelihood of them committing the crime it.<BR/><BR/>That's a really complex question.Geniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11624496692217466430noreply@blogger.com