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Seumas Miller on Knowing-How and Joint Abilities, Yuri Cath
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 ›
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SERRC, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2020
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 ›
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The Appearance and the Reality of a Scientific Theory, Seungbae Park
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 ›
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Closing the Hermeneutical Gap in STEM Education: A Reply to Lawrence Torcello, Sharon E. Mason
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 ›
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Some Devils in the Details: Methodological Concerns Regarding Mizrahi’s “The Scientism Debate”, Amanda Bryant
“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 ›
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SERRC, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2020
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 ›
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Table of Contents, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi
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 ›