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The Le Monde Declaration: Can Suppression of Conspiracy Theory be Conspiratorial? Lee Basham
Remarkably, with a dash of amusement, the answer to the question posed in the title is “yes”. The irony of the Le Monde declaration lives on. Let’s turn our thoughts to plagiarism. Of course, we need to take plagiarism and… Read More ›
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Being at the Crossroads: On the Mission of the Social Philosopher of Science | Review of Kasavin’s A Social Philosophy of Science, Lada V. Shipovalova and Yulia V. Shaposhnikova
The work of a philosopher of science, just as any other cognitive and social activity, can and should be accompanied by reflexivity. This accompaniment provides an opportunity to think oneself in the place of the Other, to step constructively beyond… Read More ›
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The Beauty of Understanding: Scientific Understanding as Aesthetic Experience, Bridget Ritz and Brandon Vaidyanathan
Our standard images of science and scientists fail to portray the way in which scientists themselves experience science—as an aesthetic quest. They ignore the way in which scientists are driven by a passion for beauty and a childlike thirst to… Read More ›
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Postmaterialism, Anyone? Brian Martin
Conventional scientific theories can’t explain telepathy and precognition. Nor can they provide a convincing explanation for consciousness. The usual scientific assumption is that the material world is all there is. To explain anomalous evidence, should this assumption be superseded by… Read More ›
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Knowledge for Breakfast, Episode 4: “‘Realizing Knowledge Together’ and Reimagining Academic Futures”
In this episode of “Knowledge for Breakfast”, we are joined by SERRC founder, Jim Collier, to discuss the what he means by ‘realizing knowledge together’, and, as academics, what we take our role to be in this knowledge making enterprise…. Read More ›
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Regarding Dispositional Belief: A Further Reply to Hiller and Randall, Jesper Kallestrup
In my reply (2023) to Hiller and Randall (2023a), I suggested that since dispositional belief is arguably what knowledge in general requires, their (NSNS) view of group knowledge should account for how groups dispositionally believe p, as opposed to having… Read More ›
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The Next Step after Three Decades: A Reply to Basu, Tsung-Yen Tsou
Sumitran Basu’s “Three Decades of Social Construction of Technology: Dynamic Yet Fuzzy? The Methodological Conundrum” (2022) provides insightful comments and builds a solid cornerstone for us to review and reflect on the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT). It is an… Read More ›
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Critiquing the Social Construction of Technology: Now Redundant? Dhritiman Barman
Sumitran Basu’s article, “Three Decades of Social Construction of Technology: Dynamic Yet Fuzzy? The Methodological Conundrum” (2022), brings a critical outlook on what the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) is and how it should be.[1] Basu’s piece not only recognizes… Read More ›
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Humanity 8.0 Podcast: Season Two, Episodes 1 and 2
Humanity 8.0 is back with two new episodes to kick off its second season. Listen to Dr. Paolo Narciso, Vice President of Products and Program Development at The AARP Foundation, where he is engaged in hands-on work with Virtual Reality… Read More ›
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SERRC: Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2023
Volume 12, Issue 2, 1-56, February 2023 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Hazan, Haim and Raquel Romberg. 2023. “‘Suicide Cultures’: A Contradiction in Terms?” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 12 (2): 1-4. ❧ Desmond, Hugh. 2023. “Expanding on Status… Read More ›