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• Seumas Miller on Knowing-How and Joint Abilities, Yuri Cath

  By SERRC on December 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Seumas Miller (2020) develops a rich set of interconnected views on abilities, joint abilities, knowing-how, joint knowing-how, epistemic abilities, joint epistemic abilities, and collective knowledge. As this list indicates, Miller covers quite a lot of ground in his paper, and… Read More ›

• In and Beyond the Era of COVID-19

  By SERRC on December 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  In this forum, members and associates of the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective examine significant issues and contestations arising in and beyond the era of COVID-19. A focal point arises as we consider whether or not to think of… Read More ›

• Interview With Steve Fuller on State 2.0, Tikhon Sysoev

  By SERRC on December 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Interview With Steve Fuller on State 2.0 The following interview with Steve Fuller, conducted by Tikhon Sysoev, appeared in the 23 November 2020 edition of Expert, the Russian equivalent of Economist magazine. The interview appeared under the title: “Стив Фуллер:… Read More ›

• SERRC, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2020

  By SERRC on November 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2020 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Park, Seungbae. 2020. “The Appearance and the Reality of a Scientific Theory.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 9 (11): 59-69. ❧ Mason, Sharon E. 2020. “Closing the Hermeneutical… Read More ›

• The Appearance and the Reality of a Scientific Theory, Seungbae Park

  By SERRC on November 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Abstract Scientific realists claim that the best of successful rival theories is (approximately) true. Relative realists object that we cannot make the absolute judgment that a theory is successful, and that we can only make the relative judgment that it… Read More ›

• Closing the Hermeneutical Gap in STEM Education: A Reply to Lawrence Torcello, Sharon E. Mason

  By SERRC on November 23, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Education has a plurality of aims, one of which is to increase knowledge and decrease ignorance. The relation between knowledge and ignorance, however, turns out to be surprisingly complicated. Sometimes ignorance is actively held in place by various forces that… Read More ›

• Some Devils in the Details: Methodological Concerns Regarding Mizrahi’s “The Scientism Debate”, Amanda Bryant

  By SERRC on November 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “The Scientism Debate” in Summary In his article “The Scientism Debate: A Battle for the Soul of Philosophy?” (2019), Moti Mizrahi sets out to empirically test two hypotheses that putatively explain why philosophers find scientism threatening. The hypotheses are: H1:… Read More ›

• Ideality and Cognitive Development: Further Comments on Azeri’s “The Match of Ideals,” Chris Drain

  By SERRC on November 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In his recent article, Siyaves Azeri (2020) responds to “Wigner’s riddle,” i.e., how it is that mathematics can be so “unreasonably” effective at explaining physical law, especially considering how so many advanced mathematical concepts—unlike those of elementary arithmetic and geometry—originate so… Read More ›

• SERRC, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2020

  By SERRC on October 31, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Books ❧ Agassi, Joseph. 2020. Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them: Advice to Young People on Their Way to Academic Careers. Blacksburg, VA: Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2020 Articles, Replies, and Reviews… Read More ›

• Table of Contents, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi

  By SERRC on October 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them: Advice to Young People on Their Way to Academic Careers Joseph Agassi © Joseph Agassi, Published 2020 Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective Blacksburg, VA TABLE OF CONTENTS ◈ Academic Agonies and How… Read More ›