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• Substantive Disagreement in the Le Monde Debate and Beyond: Replies to Duetz and Dentith, Basham, and Hewitt, Scott Hill

  By SERRC on November 10, 2022 • ( 28 )

  

  I agree with much of what J.C.M. Duetz and M R.X. Dentith have to say in “Reconciling Conceptual Confusions in the Le Monde Debate on Conspiracy Theories” (2022). They have given me a lot to think about and have caused… Read More ›

• What Difference Does the Digital Era Make to Authority and Power Structures? A Reply to Beatriz Buarque, William Gopal and Federica Russo

  By SERRC on November 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Beatriz Buarque (2022) provides a very insightful analysis of how conspiracy theories spread in the digital era. She carries out a thorough analysis of video that was distributed and circulated on social media, issuing the notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke… Read More ›

• “Humanity 8.0”: A Podcast

  By SERRC on November 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Announcing Humanity 8.0: A Podcast Host: Dr. Ahmed Bouzid, CEO, Witlingo To listen to the first eight episodes of “Humanity 8.0”, please go here: ❧ The Humanity 8.0 Podcast: Audio Only ❧ The Humanity 8.0 Podcast: Video If you would like… Read More ›

• Can We Tell Whether Philosophy is Special? Chad Gonnerman and Stephen Crowley

  By SERRC on November 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  In “Is Philosophy Exceptional? A Corpus-Based, Quantitative Study” (2022), Moti Mizrahi and Michael Adam Dickinson use corpus methods to determine the kinds of arguments that turn up in philosophical writing. They use the results to contribute to debates on philosophy’s… Read More ›

• SERRC: Volume 11, Issue 10, October 2022

  By SERRC on November 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Volume 11, Issue 10, 1-50, October 2022 Podcast Knowledge for Breakfast, Episode 2: “Cyborg Epistemology in the Air”. Hosts: Fabien Medvecky and Michiel van Oudheusden. Guest: Ranj Ilangantileke. Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Mazzocchi, Fulvio. 2022. “Valuing Epistemic Heritage without… Read More ›

• Reconciling Conceptual Confusions in the Le Monde Debate on Conspiracy Theories, J.C.M. Duetz and M R. X. Dentith

  By SERRC on October 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  As philosophers in the business of a very multifaceted research domain—i.e., Conspiracy Theory Theory—we believe that the interdisciplinarity of our research is not just important, but can promote and advance the fruitfulness of integrative (and thereby more resourceful) research endeavors… Read More ›

• Knowledge for Breakfast, Episode 2: “Cyborg Epistemology in the Air”

  By SERRC on October 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  In this second episode of “Knowledge for Breakfast”, we chat with Ranj Ilangantileke, a former US military pilot, now flying commercial cargo. According to Ranj, “Technology is so advanced these days. Planes can fly themselves”. One way to think of… Read More ›

• More on Ego-Dominance in Modern Civilization: Author Comment on Brian Martin’s Review of Escaping Maya’s Palace, Richard Sclove

  By SERRC on October 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I am grateful to Brian Martin for his thoughtful review of my book, Escaping Maya’s Palace. Yet there is more to say about the hidden psychological underbelly of modern civilization and capitalism and about the prospects for social transformation. …… Read More ›

• Is Convergent Realism an Appropriate Method for Evaluating Ethics? Muki Haklay

  By SERRC on October 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  This article serves an invited response to Chris Santos-Lang’s “The Method of Convergent Realism” (2022). I respond from a social constructionist position, mixed with critical realism, that challenges some of the premises of Santos-Lang’s paper. I question if the use… Read More ›

• Reimagining Suicide Research: The Limits and Possibilities of Suicide Cultures, Amy Chandler, Joe Anderson, Rebecca Helman, Sarah Huque, Emily Yue

  By SERRC on October 14, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The ‘cultural turn’ in some parts of suicide studies has long roots (Douglas 1967), and has recently begun to proliferate (Lester et al. 2013). Particularly within sociology, anthropology, and—more recently—critical suicide studies, culture has been and is taken seriously—understood to… Read More ›

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