Nadja El Kassar (2021) argues that collective intellectual self-trust can both block the negative effects of epistemic injustice and support active resistance to it. Collectives enable those who might otherwise suffer the corrosive effects of having their epistemic capacities routinely… Read More ›
The connections between echo chambers, on the one hand, and epistemic injustice and ignorance, on the other hand, are important to identify and theorize, and have indeed started to draw the attention of philosophers working on these issues (Nguyen 2020;… Read More ›
Nadja El Kassar (2020) argues that intellectual self-trust, both individual and especially collective, is a central tool for countering epistemic injustice. It can help individuals and collectives to defend themselves against the effects of epistemic injustice, and especially collective intellectual… Read More ›
I am truly honored that Venkatesh Vaditya found my article “’The Local Consultant Will Not Be Credible’: How Epistemic Injustice is Experienced and Pracised in Development Aid” worthy of being discussed on the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, and… Read More ›
The following YouTube video—”Humanities Center’s Virtual Book Launch: William T. Lynch”—recorded on April 1 (2021) at Wayne State University—offers an engaging discussion—initially among Bill Lynch and Steve Fuller—about the issues and arguments raised in Lynch’s Minority Report: Dissent and Diversity… Read More ›
Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2021 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Schwengerer, Lukas. 2021. “Revisiting Online Intellectual Virtues.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 10 (3): 38-45. ❧ Catala, Amandine. 2021. “Echo Chambers, Epistemic Injustice, and Ignorance.” Social Epistemology Review… Read More ›
Virtual Book Launch & Presentation Thursday, April 1, 2021, 1 p.m. EST Join us on Zoom at: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94502303155?pwd=QXlUZlJxLy9XeEhkemg3MkFVVlJSdz09 Zoom Meeting ID: 945 – 0230 – 3155 Password: 076775 Join author William T. Lynch and moderator Steve Fuller for a conversation… Read More ›
Paul Smart’s and Robert Clowes’s “Intellectual Virtues and Internet-Extended Knowledge” (2021) in response to my “Online Intellectual Virtues and the Extended Mind” (2020) raises some important questions for the proposal of intellectual virtues in an online environment. These questions aim… Read More ›
After reading the stimulating exchange between Chris Drain (2020; 2021) and Siyaves Azeri (2020; 2021), I wanted to reply to Drain from a slightly different angle. Drain’s latest response (2021) takes aim at what Vygotsky calls his general genetic law… Read More ›
In his fascinating article Pablo Schyfter (2020) draws our attention to an often neglected topic in social epistemology and sociology of knowledge: not how knowledge is produced, but how it is used. The article mobilizes empirical research on synthetic biology… Read More ›
Siyaves Azeri’s “On Reality of Thinking” (2021) is yet another informative contribution to the philosophical deployment of Vygotskian psychology. I’m grateful to Mr. Azeri for taking the time to reply to my comments and for the opportunity to continue this… Read More ›
Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2021 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Miller, Seumas. 2021. “Regarding Joint Abilities and Joint Know-How: A Reply to Yuri Cath.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 10 (2): 36-42. https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-5Hh. ❧ Habgood-Coote, Joshua. 2021. “Caliphate… Read More ›
Yuri Cath (2020) has made a number of substantive and interesting comments in relation to my article, “Joint Abilities, Joint Know-How and Collective Knowledge” (2020), that warrant a sustained reply.[1] … [please read below the rest of the article]. Article… Read More ›