Author Archives
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A Response to “Uptake of a Conspiracy Theory Attribution: Part 1 and 2” by Brian Martin, Samantha Vanderslott
The two-part article by Brian Martin contains two main points. The first is his argument of Conspiracy Theory Attribution (CTA) as a method of denigration, which I have little to disagree with. The second is the example given of the… Read More ›
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Native Dance as Epistemology: A Review of Shay Welch’s The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System, Sebastian Purcell
Native dancing practices are not thought to be a philosophical topic, except perhaps as worthy of reflection for specific aesthetic considerations. Shay Welch’s book will convince you otherwise. Dancing does, the book argues, have epistemic properties because, in a philosophically… Read More ›
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Chain Reaction: Critical Theory Needs Critical Mass—Contradiction, Crisis and the Value-Form, Mike Neary
Krystian Szadkowski and Jakub Krzeski have written a significant paper, In, Against and Beyond: A Marxist Critique for Higher Education in Crisis (2019), setting out a critical framework ‘to render visible what lies beyond the current form of higher education’ (1)…. Read More ›
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The Aims of Reliable Knowledge: A Reply to Seungbae Park, Richard A. Healey
As a scientific realist, Seungbae Park in his (2019) paper “The Disastrous Implications of the ‘English’ View of Rationality in a Social World” seeks to repel an anti-realist attack from Bas Van Fraassen by turning his opponent’s new epistemology against… Read More ›
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From Transcendental Dopes to Transhumanists: Prolegomena to a Futurist Take on the History and Philosophy of Science, Steve Fuller
It is now fashionable to condemn our species’ exalted self-regard for precipitating that apocalypse in waiting known as the ‘Anthropocene’. Nevertheless, I shall heretically argue that we really know more than we normally think we do. But I don’t mean… Read More ›
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Debating the Computerization of Financial Markets: A Reply to Gasparin, Schinckus, & Green, Franck Jovanovic
Gasparin, Schinckus, & Green (2019) discuss a stimulating idea regarding financial flash crashes: regulators based their decisions on a framework inherited from the financial economics mainstream, while its models and theories haven’t demonstrated their capability to forecast and prevent such… Read More ›
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The Scientism Debate: A Battle for the Soul of Philosophy? Moti Mizrahi
I have been thinking and writing about scientism for a few years now (since my (2017a) and most recently, an entry on scientism for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy), but I continue to be taken aback by the ferociousness of… Read More ›
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Examining Innovation Culture: Review of Does America Need More Innovators?, Lai Ma
Does America Need More Innovators? is comprised of fifteen contributions about innovation, innovators, and innovation programs in America. The contributions are organized in three sections: Champions, Critics, and Reformers. The diverse perspectives offer a balanced and rich examination and reflection… Read More ›
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In Search of Terrestrials: A Review of Bruno Latour’s Down to Earth, Adam Briggle
I want you to picture Bruno Latour on a tightrope. He is way up there near the top of the big circus tent. You will need binoculars to see his face, the sweat on his straining brow. All necks are… Read More ›
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Out-of-This-Book: A Review of Bruno Latour’s Down to Earth, Travis Wright
Bruno Latour’s Down to Earth is, functionally, a call to rethink and re-describe our political reality in accordance with the changing forces that shape it. Latour lays out his argument in 20 brief sections, each deceptively quick to read. Section… Read More ›
