"Certain Doubts" has been started by three philosophers interested in epistemology at the University of Missouri at Columbia (a department, by the way, that has improved dramatically in the last few years): Jonathan Kvanvig, Matthew McGrath, and Peter Markie. So this new epistemology blog joins other recent topical blogs devoted to philosophy of religion and philosophy of action--as well as, a few months back, a blog devoted to philosophy of criminal law (though this one appears not to be very active any longer...perhaps a sign?). It will be interesting to see how these enterprises fare, and whether there is a large enough community of on-line philosophers--and, more importantly, philosophers willing to do some philosophy on-line--to sustain interest and activity.
I've opened comments again, because I'd be curious to hear thoughts from philosophers (faculty and students): what do you think of these topical blogs? Are they good for philosophy? Do you find them instructive, informative, philosophically stimulating? Would you like to see more of them? Are topical blogs preferable to/more interesting than departmental blogs (like those at Arizona, Brown, Rochester, Syracuse)?
