Expert-oriented abilities vs. novice-oriented abilities: An alternative account of epistemic authority

According to a recent account of epistemic authority proposed by Linda Zagzebski (2012), it is rational for laypersons to believe on authority when they conscientiously judge that the authority is more likely to form true beliefs and avoid false ones than they are in some domain. Christoph Jäger (2016) has recently raised several objections to her view. By contrast, I argue that both theories fail to adequately capture what epistemic authority is, and I offer an alternative account grounded in the abilities that different kinds of authorities are required to possess

2000 Payton Lectures: Religion, Politics, and the Third Commandment

Fuller Theological Seminary instituted the Payton Lectures in 1948, providing for a series of divinity lectures by a notable scholar outside the regular faculty. The lectureship is named for Dr. John E. and Mrs. Eliza Payton, parents of the late Mrs. Grace Fuller, wife of seminary founder Charles E. Fuller. El Seminario Teológico de Fuller instituyó las Conferencias Payton en 1948, proveyendo una serie de conferencias en divinidades por una persona erudita de renombre fuera de la facultad regular. Las conferencias llevan el nombre del Dr. John E. y la Sra. Eliza Payton, padres de la fallecida Sra. Grace Fuller, esposa del fundador del seminario Charles E. Fuller. 풀러신학대학원은 1948년 페이튼 강좌를 개설하여 정규 교수진 외에 저명한 학자의 신학 강연을 제공해왔습니다. 강좌의 명칭은 학교 설립자 찰스 풀러 (Charles E. Fuller)의 아내인 그레이스 풀러 (Grace Fuller) 부인의 양친 존 페이튼 (John E. Payton) 박사와 엘리자 페이튼 (Eliza Payton) 부인의 이름을 따라 붙여졌습니다

Alignments of the Dominant Galaxies in Poor Clusters

We have examined the orientations of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in poor MKW and AWM clusters and find that, like their counterparts in richer Abell clusters, poor cluster BCGs exhibit a strong propensity to be aligned with the principal axes of their host clusters as well as the surrounding distribution of nearby (< 20/h Mpc) Abell clusters. The processes responsible for dominant galaxy alignments are therefore independent of cluster richness. We argue that these alignments most likely arise from anisotropic infall of material into clusters along large-scale filaments.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure

Racial Differences in Patterns of Use of Rehabilitation Services for Adults Aged 65 and Older

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/141438/1/jgs15136.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/141438/2/jgs15136_am.pd

Two New Tidally Distorted White Dwarfs

We identify two new tidally distorted white dwarfs (WDs), SDSS J174140.49+652638.7 and J211921.96-001825.8 (hereafter J1741 and J2119). Both stars are extremely low mass (ELM, < 0.2 Msun) WDs in short-period, detached binary systems. High-speed photometric observations obtained at the McDonald Observatory reveal ellipsoidal variations and Doppler beaming in both systems; J1741, with a minimum companion mass of 1.1 Msun, has one of the strongest Doppler beaming signals ever observed in a binary system (0.59 \pm 0.06% amplitude). We use the observed ellipsoidal variations to constrain the radius of each WD. For J1741, the star's radius must exceed 0.074 Rsun. For J2119, the radius exceeds 0.10 Rsun. These indirect radius measurements are comparable to the radius measurements for the bloated WD companions to A-stars found by the Kepler spacecraft, and they constitute some of the largest radii inferred for any WD. Surprisingly, J1741 also appears to show a 0.23 \pm 0.06% reflection effect, and we discuss possible sources for this excess heating. Both J1741 and J2119 are strong gravitational wave sources, and the time-of-minimum of the ellipsoidal variations can be used to detect the orbital period decay. This may be possible on a timescale of a decade or less.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journa

The first ever anti-football painting: A consideration of the soccer match in John Singer Sargent’s "Gassed"

The paper presents a discussion of Gassed, a large oil painting by John Singer Sargent displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London. Completed in 1919, Gassed is the major achievement from Sargent’s commission as an official war artist at the appointment of the British War Memorials Committee during the latter period of World War I. Prominent in the painting is a group of soldiers, blinded by a mustard gas attack, being lead to a casualty clearing station tent. In the distant background of the painting, another group of soldiers can be seen kitted out in football attire playing a match. The significance of this football imagery is our point of enquiry. As our title suggests, some recent interpretations regard the painting as offering critical reflection, from the time, about the symbolic links between sport and war. However, while the painting may certainly be left open to this type of viewer interpretation, archival and secondary resource material research does not support such a critical intention by the artist. Yet, nor is there evidence that Sargent’s intention was the projection of war-heroism. Rather, Sargent’s endeavour to faithfully represent what he observed allows Gassed to be regarded as a visual record of routine activity behind the lines and of football as an aspect of the daily life of British soldiers during the Great War

The Vehicle, June 1959, Vol. 1 no. 3

Vol. 1, No. 3 Table of Contents FrustrationNeil Parkerpage 3 Public FigureBert Browderpage 8 To a Young LadyNeil Parkerpage 8 Eastern -- YesterdayLinda Lyonspage 9 Glosing Won\u27t ServeD.E. Fullerpage 10 D. Linkwant at the BarD. Linkwantpage 10 The Wedgewood CupBarbara Wilson Dautpage 11 The SymptomsBert Browderpage 14 On a Charge for Over-DrawingD.E. Fullerpage 14 Information, PleaseD.E. Fullerpage 14 Query from Row Two, Seat ThreeHunkelheimerpage 15 DeceptionBarbara Wilson Dautpage 15 Binge in Mind?Anon.page 15 A CommaJean Nightingalepage 16 Miss Me, Kate!A.B. Carterpage 16 My SinsJean Nightingalepage 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1002/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, June 1959, Vol. 1 no. 3

Vol. 1, No. 3 Table of Contents FrustrationNeil Parkerpage 3 Public FigureBert Browderpage 8 To a Young LadyNeil Parkerpage 8 Eastern -- YesterdayLinda Lyonspage 9 Glosing Won\u27t ServeD.E. Fullerpage 10 D. Linkwant at the BarD. Linkwantpage 10 The Wedgewood CupBarbara Wilson Dautpage 11 The SymptomsBert Browderpage 14 On a Charge for Over-DrawingD.E. Fullerpage 14 Information, PleaseD.E. Fullerpage 14 Query from Row Two, Seat ThreeHunkelheimerpage 15 DeceptionBarbara Wilson Dautpage 15 Binge in Mind?Anon.page 15 A CommaJean Nightingalepage 16 Miss Me, Kate!A.B. Carterpage 16 My SinsJean Nightingalepage 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1002/thumbnail.jp

National drinking water targets – trends and factors associated with target-setting

We examine how national targets change with time and show that no consistent pattern exists across all countries examined for this article during the 1980–2013 period. Instead, countries fall into different trend types including constant, increasing, and decreasing national targets with time. We found that level of coverage is one likely factor in determining the national target of a country, where countries with low coverage levels set lower national targets compared to countries with high levels of coverage. In general, most countries set ambitious national targets that require the future rate of change to be more than 20% greater than the current rate. Setting ambitious targets is related to greater progress in increasing coverage, as long as the national target does not require countries to more than triple their current rate of change. Changes in national standards of safe water were shown to have occurred, where improved technology type was not used in national standards in 1994 but was present in 2011 and 2013. Comparison of national and international targets suggests that international targets may influence national targets, with approximately 70% of countries having national targets equal to, higher than, or converging towards international targets