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In reply to boydstun. Ah, the good old days, when I actually had time to read things and attend summer seminars. That’s quite a blast from the past. I wish I had records as detailed as that. The 1993 seminar was indeed the one at Roger Williams C…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Irfan, You are correct. My memory of how much Brown had discussed Kelley’s book in Brown’s paper had gotten exaggerated in my memory. You wrote a letter to me from Notre Dame in July of 1993. You had evidently read a paper at…

In reply to boydstun. I don’t recall an in-depth discussion of Kelley by Brown, but if he has one, it’s likely to be in items #5 and/or 10 under his article listing, and/or in his book on perception. One philosopher who has a substantive cr…

Thanks, Irfan. That one does touch on Kelley at a couple of points, and the year 1992 sounds right for the paper I am recalling. However, in the paper I recall, Brown really took on addressing Kelley’s book head-on. But this paper is also helpful…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Harold I. Brown, “Direct Realism, Indirect Realism, and Epistemology,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 52, 1992, pp. 341-363. LikeLike

In reply to boydstun. I believe it’s item #23 under “Articles and Book Chapters”: https://niu.academia.edu/HaroldIBrown/CurriculumVitae LikeLike

Irfan, do you recall a paper by Harold I. Brown that included considerable discussion of Kelley’s book ES? You had told me of it a thousand years ago. I have a hardcopy somewhere, but haven’t been able to locate it. If I knew the title, I c…