❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER | PREFACE | PROLOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS | PART II: ETIOLOGY | | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS | PART IV: PROGNOSIS | EPILOGUE | And do not tell them, “make your opinions like… Read More ›
Books and Book Reviews
Book Review contributions are single-authored or multiple-authored reviews of recent books in the area of social epistemology.
Preface, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi
❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER | PREFACE | PROLOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS | PART II: ETIOLOGY | | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS | PART IV: PROGNOSIS | EPILOGUE | PREFACE I began writing the following pages in summer… Read More ›
Prologue, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi
❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER | PREFACE | PROLOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS | PART II: ETIOLOGY | | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS | PART IV: PROGNOSIS | EPILOGUE | PROLOGUE ❧ 1. The Publisher To The Learned Reader… Read More ›
Part I: Diagnosis, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi
❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER | PREFACE | PROLOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS | PART II: ETIOLOGY | | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS | PART IV: PROGNOSIS | EPILOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS ❧ 1. Anything Wrong? Not Really… Read More ›
Part II: Etiology, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi
❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER | PREFACE | PROLOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS | PART II: ETIOLOGY | | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS | PART IV: PROGNOSIS | EPILOGUE | PART II: ETIOLOGY ❧ 1. The Tyranny of the… Read More ›
Part III: Prescriptions, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi
❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER | PREFACE | PROLOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS | PART II: ETIOLOGY | | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS | PART IV: PROGNOSIS | EPILOGUE | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS ❧ 1. How to Avoid Professional… Read More ›
Part IV: Prognosis, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi
❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER | PREFACE | PROLOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS | PART II: ETIOLOGY | | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS | PART IV: PROGNOSIS | EPILOGUE | PART IV: PROGNOSIS ❧ 1. The Academic and the… Read More ›
Epilogue, Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them, Joseph Agassi
❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER | PREFACE | PROLOGUE | PART I: DIAGNOSIS | PART II: ETIOLOGY | | PART III: PRESCRIPTIONS | PART IV: PROGNOSIS | EPILOGUE | EPILOGUE The Aims and Structure of Academe We are… Read More ›
The Epistemic Challenge of Religious Disagreement: Responding to Matheson, John Pittard
I am grateful for Jonathan Matheson’s recent review (Matheson 2020) of my book, Disagreement, Deference, and Religious Commitment (Pittard 2019). Matheson’s excellent summary reflects a very careful reading, and his critical commentary offers important objections that deserve reflection and response…. Read More ›
A Critical Review of Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game by Steve Fuller, Des Hewitt
Reviewing Steve Fuller’s book, Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game, from the Greek island of Zakynthos, in the middle of a global pandemic is a surreal experience…. [please read below the rest of the article]. Article Citation: Hewitt, Des. 2020…. Read More ›