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• Critiquing the Social Construction of Technology: Now Redundant? Dhritiman Barman

  By SERRC on March 3, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Sumitran Basu’s article, “Three Decades of Social Construction of Technology: Dynamic Yet Fuzzy? The Methodological Conundrum” (2022), brings a critical outlook on what the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) is and how it should be.[1] Basu’s piece not only recognizes… Read More ›

• Humanity 8.0 Podcast: Season Two, Episodes 1 and 2

  By SERRC on March 2, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Humanity 8.0 is back with two new episodes to kick off its second season. Listen to Dr. Paolo Narciso, Vice President of Products and Program Development at The AARP Foundation, where he is engaged in hands-on work with Virtual Reality… Read More ›

• SERRC: Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2023

  By SERRC on March 1, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Volume 12, Issue 2, 1-56, February 2023 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Hazan, Haim and Raquel Romberg. 2023. “‘Suicide Cultures’: A Contradiction in Terms?” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 12 (2): 1-4. ❧ Desmond, Hugh. 2023. “Expanding on Status… Read More ›

• On the Limits of the Imaginary: A Reply to Jacobetty and Orton-Johnson’s “Blockchain Imaginaries and Their Metaphors”, Quinn DuPont

  By SERRC on February 27, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  In their article on blockchain imaginaries, Pedro Jacobetty and Kate Orton-Johnson (2023) propose a tripartite analysis of metaphors associated with “blockchain.” They offer the “substantial” metaphor of gold and its materiality, the “morphological” principle of (proof of) work, and the… Read More ›

• Do Scientists Need Mitigating Agents and Who is Responsible for Providing Them? Musings on Vučković and Sikimić’s “How to Fight Linguistic Injustice in Science”, Vitaly Pronskikh

  By SERRC on February 23, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  The recent paper by Aleksandra Vučković and Vlasta Sikimić (2023) delves into an important issue for modern science and humanities fields:[1] the linguistic privileges of native English speakers and perceived injustice toward non-native speakers when publishing research and participating in… Read More ›

• Open-Mindedness, Rational Confidence, and Belief Change, Katia Vavova

  By SERRC on February 21, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Abstract It’s intuitive to think that (a) the more sure you are of something, the harder it’ll be to change your mind about it, and (b) you can’t be open-minded about something if you’re very sure about it. If these… Read More ›

• Review: John Troyer’s Technologies of the Human Corpse, Mark D. West

  By SERRC on February 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  In some ways, we moderns are as much in the dark as were the ancients when we contemplate death. Currently holding sway in the West is the “metabolic definition,” as laid out by Schrödinger in 1944, which suggests that life… Read More ›

• Science and Art: An Epistemological Analysis, Bonaventure Balla

  By SERRC on February 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Abstract Some researchers look at others from other fields condescendingly and contemptuously. For instance, some regard poetry, poets, and art in general as useless. They have not yet understood that every epistemic area can contribute to the quest for truth… Read More ›

• Review: Daisy B. Herndon’s American Nuclear Deception: Why the Port Chicago Experiment Must be Investigated , Lee Basham

  By SERRC on February 10, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  As the African proverb says, until the Lion tells the story, the glory goes to the hunter. — Daisy B. Herndon As I understand, the Lion was needlessly assassinated, and the hunter thought the hero.[1] Epistemology studies the acquisition and… Read More ›

• Expanding on Status Distrust, Hugh Desmond

  By SERRC on February 8, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Are status differences really the difference-makers for stubborn distrust? And can stubborn distrust not be explained in many other ways as well? These are the two main questions raised by Sven-Ove Hansson (2022) in his thoughtful response to my article… Read More ›

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