Volume 13, Issue 4, 1–52, April 2024 ❧ Lockard, Claire A. 2024. “Critical Retrospective: An Open Letter to Commemorate the 10-Year Anniversary of Dotson’s ‘Conceptualizing Epistemic Oppression’.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 13 (4): 1–11. ❧ Censon, Francesco. 2024…. Read More ›
Month: April 2024
On Petitionary Prayer, Part I, Ljiljana Radenovic
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.—Matthew 26:39. In Aldous Huxley’s… Read More ›
The Dominant Ordinary Use of ‘Conspiracy Theory’ is Narrow: A Reply to Censon, Scott Hill
I am grateful to Francesco Censon (2024) for his thoughtful and very interesting paper. I agree with almost everything he says. Here, however, I will focus on the one thing I disagree with in his valuable contribution. … [please read… Read More ›
A Reply to Watson’s “Follow the Signs: Taking Direction from Semiotics on How to Identify Experts”, Charles Lassiter
In Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Dennett (2013) offers some advice when criticizing others’ views. He says, “You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, ‘Thanks, I wish I’d… Read More ›
Review: Lisa Herzog’s Citizen Knowledge, Alfred Archer
Whether we like it or not, we live in interesting times for democracy. We aspire to rule by the people but for the people to rule they need to have knowledge both of political institutions and practices and of the… Read More ›
An Interdisciplinary Drama: Conspiracist Philosophers versus Conspiring Social Scientists? Francesco Censon
In the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective (SERRC), a debate has taken place since November 2016 on one of the hottest and most complex topics to hit contemporary news: conspiracy theories… [please read below the rest of the article]…. Read More ›
Critical Retrospective: An Open Letter to Commemorate the 10-Year Anniversary of Dotson’s “Conceptualizing Epistemic Oppression”, Claire A. Lockard
Dear Dr. Kristie Dotson, It is an honor to write to you. To commemorate the 10-year-anniversary of your paper “Conceptualizing Epistemic Oppression,” Jim Collier, the Editor of the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, asked me to write a Critical… Read More ›
SERRC: Volume 13, Issue 3, 1–38, March 2024
Volume 13, Issue 3, 1–38, March 2024 ❧ Martin, Brian. 2024. “Censorship in Science: Deeper Processes.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 13 (3): 1–5. ❧ Rider, Sharon. 2024. “The Contemporary Research University: Freedom and Force.” Social Epistemology Review and… Read More ›