J Adam Carter
@jadamcarter.bsky.social
Philosopher (working mainly in epistemology), golfer, US/UK dual citizen, co-editor PPR, co-director Cogito
new work on competence and questions (w/ Chris Willard Kyle) is out today (open access) in Mind - academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
Virtue Epistemology for the Zetetic Turn
Abstract. This paper develops and argues for a virtue epistemology that includes performance-normative evaluations of interrogative attitudes (IAs) and not
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November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
new work on competence and questions (w/ Chris Willard Kyle) is out today (open access) in Mind - academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
I'm hiring! A 2-year postdoc on my ERC project "KNOW-HOW" at the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre University of Glasgow. (Deadline for applications 9 November.) Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Details below
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Associate in Philosophy
College of Arts and HumanitiesSchool of Humanities Research Associate in PhilosophyVacancy Reference: 184814Salary: Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum We have an opportunity for a Research Associ...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I'm hiring! A 2-year postdoc on my ERC project "KNOW-HOW" at the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre University of Glasgow. (Deadline for applications 9 November.) Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Details below
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
‘Easy Practical Knowledge’ out today (open access) at JPhil www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf...
Easy Practical Knowledge - published on October 16, 2025
We explore new connections between the epistemologies of mental rehearsal and suppositional reasoning to offer a novel perspective on skilled behavior and its relationship to practical knowledge. We a...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
‘Easy Practical Knowledge’ out today (open access) at JPhil www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf...
Exciting news: today marks the official launch of my ERC Advanced Grant, KNOW-HOW. I’ll soon be advertising the first of several postdoctoral positions. The initial post — a 24-month postdoc based at Cogito—will begin in Spring 2026.
👉 https://www.knowhow-research.com
Lots more to come—stay tuned!
👉 https://www.knowhow-research.com
Lots more to come—stay tuned!
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Exciting news: today marks the official launch of my ERC Advanced Grant, KNOW-HOW. I’ll soon be advertising the first of several postdoctoral positions. The initial post — a 24-month postdoc based at Cogito—will begin in Spring 2026.
👉 https://www.knowhow-research.com
Lots more to come—stay tuned!
👉 https://www.knowhow-research.com
Lots more to come—stay tuned!
Reposted by J Adam Carter
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
Reposted by J Adam Carter
Five Professors have been awarded @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants – the most the UofG has ever received in one round.
Congratulations @jadamcarter.bsky.social, @sabrewster.bsky.social, @fergusmcneill.bsky.social, Ruth Dukes and Simon Hanslmayr!
More: gla.ac/4lb3FIl
#ERCAdG
Congratulations @jadamcarter.bsky.social, @sabrewster.bsky.social, @fergusmcneill.bsky.social, Ruth Dukes and Simon Hanslmayr!
More: gla.ac/4lb3FIl
#ERCAdG
June 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Five Professors have been awarded @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants – the most the UofG has ever received in one round.
Congratulations @jadamcarter.bsky.social, @sabrewster.bsky.social, @fergusmcneill.bsky.social, Ruth Dukes and Simon Hanslmayr!
More: gla.ac/4lb3FIl
#ERCAdG
Congratulations @jadamcarter.bsky.social, @sabrewster.bsky.social, @fergusmcneill.bsky.social, Ruth Dukes and Simon Hanslmayr!
More: gla.ac/4lb3FIl
#ERCAdG
Top class science reporting in today's Daily Record - claimed proof of Scottish time travel due to the appearance of an 'iPhone' (looks more like a harmonica) in an old 1882 painting of Robert Burns. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/ti...
Time travel 'evidence' as iPhone spotted in 1882 painting of Robert Burns
A painting of Robert Burns and 'Highland Mary' has caused a stir among social media users after some claimed the image shows the Scottish poet holding an iPhone
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May 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Top class science reporting in today's Daily Record - claimed proof of Scottish time travel due to the appearance of an 'iPhone' (looks more like a harmonica) in an old 1882 painting of Robert Burns. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/ti...
new paper, "Virtue Epistemology for the Zetetic Turn" (a fun collaboration w/ Chris Willard-Kyle) is now forthcoming in Mind - link to paper below. philpapers.org/rec/CARVEF-2
J. Adam Carter & Christopher Willard-Kyle, Virtue Epistemology for the Zetetic Turn - PhilPapers
This paper develops and argues for a virtue epistemology that includes performance-normative evaluations of interrogative attitudes (IAs) and not just beliefs. In this way, it brings virtue epistemolo...
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May 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
new paper, "Virtue Epistemology for the Zetetic Turn" (a fun collaboration w/ Chris Willard-Kyle) is now forthcoming in Mind - link to paper below. philpapers.org/rec/CARVEF-2
Reposted by J Adam Carter
We are thrilled to announce that Cogito’s Prof Mona Simion has been appointed Ambassador for the European Research Council to the UK.
The Ambassadors for the ERC will serve as influential advocates for frontier research in Europe.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
#Amb4ERC
@msimion.bsky.social
The Ambassadors for the ERC will serve as influential advocates for frontier research in Europe.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
#Amb4ERC
@msimion.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We are thrilled to announce that Cogito’s Prof Mona Simion has been appointed Ambassador for the European Research Council to the UK.
The Ambassadors for the ERC will serve as influential advocates for frontier research in Europe.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
#Amb4ERC
@msimion.bsky.social
The Ambassadors for the ERC will serve as influential advocates for frontier research in Europe.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
#Amb4ERC
@msimion.bsky.social
Fun project w/ Kurt Sylvan: "Sosa in Perspective" -- an historical overview of Sosa's epistemology (including, but going beyond, his virtue epistemology), identifying and tracing themes in his work from his first paper (1964) to present. philpapers.org/rec/SYLSEI
Kurt Sylvan & J. Adam Carter, Sosa’s Epistemology in Perspective - PhilPapers
Ernest Sosa (1940-) is a central figure in contemporary epistemology. He is best known for pioneering the subfield of virtue epistemology, as well as developing across four decades his own distinctive...
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December 29, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Fun project w/ Kurt Sylvan: "Sosa in Perspective" -- an historical overview of Sosa's epistemology (including, but going beyond, his virtue epistemology), identifying and tracing themes in his work from his first paper (1964) to present. philpapers.org/rec/SYLSEI
41 new articles on disagreement - coming out in the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement (released on 26 Nov). A pleasure co-editing this with Maria Baghramian and Rach Cosker-Rowland, and a long time in the making (thx to our fantastic contributors) www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement
Disagreement is one of the deepest and most pervasive topics in philosophy; arguably its very bedrock, and is an ever-increasing feature of politics, ethics, public policy, science and many other area...
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November 9, 2024 at 8:26 PM
41 new articles on disagreement - coming out in the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement (released on 26 Nov). A pleasure co-editing this with Maria Baghramian and Rach Cosker-Rowland, and a long time in the making (thx to our fantastic contributors) www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...