Author Archives
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“Philosophy of the Social Sciences,” Joseph Agassi and Ian Jarvie, University of Trento, May 10-11, 2022: Videos
A two-day symposium on the philosophy of the social sciences, held at the Department of Sociology of the University of Trento, Italy, on May 10-11, 2022. “The Problem of the Persistence of Magical Thinking” May 10, 2022, Trento, Department of… Read More ›
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Power—not Knowledge—is Power: A Tale of Two Naïvetés and the Depredations of First Amendment Fundamentalism, Ahmed Bouzid
Donald J. Trump, still very much deep in the throes and the long bloom of his psychopathic narcissism, late in life as his full-on flowering may be taking place, has taught me, and continues to teach me, several very important… Read More ›
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Grounding Critical Theory, Frieder Vogelmann
In a recent article in Social Epistemology, Iaan Reynolds (2021) weights in on the discussion about normative foundations and progress in critical theory. Despite my sympathies for his overall account of critical theory, that takes its cues from early Frankfurt… Read More ›
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Philosophy of the Social Sciences, May 10-11, 2022
A two-day symposium on the philosophy of the social sciences, to be held at the Department of Sociology of the University of Trento, Italy, on May 10-11. On Tuesday, May 10 (3-5 pm, Italian time), Joseph Agassi and Ian Jarvie… Read More ›
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Review of Modelwork: The Material Culture of Making and Knowing, Mark D. West
What do we mean when we talk about models? We mean simulacra, miniatures, objects which serve as physical abstractions in order to make a point or test a theory. More broadly speaking, models are mental or physical objects that belong… Read More ›
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Reply to Iaan Reynolds: “The Dialectic of Progress and the Cultivation of Resistance in Critical Social Theory,” Charles A. Prusik
Among the many concepts that have fallen under suspicion in critical theory, the concept of progress may be the most contested. In “The Dialectic of Progress and the Cultivation of Resistance in Critical Social Theory,” Iaan Reynolds focuses on the… Read More ›
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Becoming Gestalt: Human and Algorithmic Intelligence—Review of Machine Habitus, Adam Riggio
Books like Massimo Airoldi’s Machine Habitus contain radical, transformative ideas in accessible, professional prose. Airoldi’s ideas are radical because he advocates a shift of fundamental categories in what sociologists must consider the objects of their analysis in understanding modern society…. Read More ›
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SERRC: Volume 11, Issue 4, April 2022
Volume 11, Issue 4, 1-96, April 2022 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Bouzid, Ahmed. 2022. “A Reply to Steve Fuller’s ‘Eurasianism as the Deep History of Russia’s Discontent’.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (4): 1-4. ❧ Gilks, Mark…. Read More ›
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Knowledge as a Weapon? Brian Martin
Can knowledge claims be used to attack? Yes. What should be done about it? That depends. These questions are inspired by Adam Riggio’s article “The Dangers of Intellectual Honesty in a World of Lies” (2022). There is quite a bit… Read More ›
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Vaccination Disasters: The People v. Adam Riggio, A Reply, Lee Basham
“My argument … is fundamentally practical, but no less universal: that too many of our populations are unable to understand this truth [of the origins of HIV].” — Adam Riggio … [please read below the rest of the article]. Article Citation: Basham,… Read More ›