In 2016, as Professor Steve Fuller will tell you whenever he is given a chance (and almost never without a hint of giddiness in his voice), Oxford Dictionaries selected “post-truth” as its “word of the year.” It did so because,… Read More ›
Gary Abbott The reason for my email concerns problems of morals. I am sure that you face this question a lot, but it is something that bothers me, and I can’t seem to square it so would appreciate your insight/reflections… Read More ›
In recent weeks and months SERRC has published a number of contentious articles and replies which focus on vaccines: vaccines which combat COVID-19. Making the latter statement so definitively makes me suspect my writing will be taken by readers as… Read More ›
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ― Eric Blair[1] In this brief note we examine an interesting if perhaps unusual reply to Kurtis Hagen’s, “Vaccination and Intellectual Honesty: Reflections on a Theme in Recent… Read More ›
Sociology is often defined as the study of the relationship between the individual, the economy and the state, and the institutions and cultures that arise as a consequence of this relationship.[1] What holds this relationship together is usually called the… Read More ›
The temperatures registered in the summer of 2022 were among the highest on record in Europe, central and eastern China, and North America (ECMWF, ERA5 2022). The summer of 2022 is, however, unlikely to be an exceptional one. Similar heat… Read More ›
In “Epistemic Structure in Non-Summative Social Knowledge” (2022), Avram Hiller and R. Wolfe Randall argue that not only is not all group knowledge summative, the knowledge that groups have also fails to supervene on mental states of their members. That… Read More ›
The core of the problem of whether institutions of scientific knowledge can hold onto their legitimacy is a matter of trust. When I take a COVID vaccine, I do so trusting that the institutions and organizations involved in developing and… Read More ›
To be is to be an object. Objects are not to be identified with any particular entity, such as material things, spiritual things, abstractions, qualities, qualia, essences. Nor can objects be completely defined by a finite set of disjunctive statements…. Read More ›
I agree with much of what J.C.M. Duetz and M R.X. Dentith have to say in “Reconciling Conceptual Confusions in the Le Monde Debate on Conspiracy Theories” (2022). They have given me a lot to think about and have caused… Read More ›
Beatriz Buarque (2022) provides a very insightful analysis of how conspiracy theories spread in the digital era. She carries out a thorough analysis of video that was distributed and circulated on social media, issuing the notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke… Read More ›
Announcing Humanity 8.0: A Podcast Host: Dr. Ahmed Bouzid, CEO, Witlingo To listen to the first eight episodes of “Humanity 8.0”, please go here: ❧ The Humanity 8.0 Podcast: Audio Only ❧ The Humanity 8.0 Podcast: Video If you would like… Read More ›
In “Is Philosophy Exceptional? A Corpus-Based, Quantitative Study” (2022), Moti Mizrahi and Michael Adam Dickinson use corpus methods to determine the kinds of arguments that turn up in philosophical writing. They use the results to contribute to debates on philosophy’s… Read More ›
Volume 11, Issue 10, 1-50, October 2022 Podcast Knowledge for Breakfast, Episode 2: “Cyborg Epistemology in the Air”. Hosts: Fabien Medvecky and Michiel van Oudheusden. Guest: Ranj Ilangantileke. Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Mazzocchi, Fulvio. 2022. “Valuing Epistemic Heritage without… Read More ›