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A Defense of the Le Monde Group, Scott Hill
On January 7th, 2015 two French brothers shot, injured, and killed staff in the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine, in Paris, France. Over the next several days, connected attacks followed. The brothers pledged their allegiance to the Islamic… Read More ›
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SERRC: Volume 11, Issue 6, June 2022
Volume 11, Issue 6, 1-76, June 2022 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Radenović, Ljiljana. 2022. “Weaving Faith into a Moral Life.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (6): 1-6. ❧ Bouzid, Ahmed. 2022. “Of Foxes and Lions.” Social Epistemology… Read More ›
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Honesty is the Best Policy: Why the Science of Vaccination Matters, Des Hewitt
In recent weeks and months SERRC has published a number of contentious articles and replies which focus on vaccines: vaccines which combat COVID-19. Making the latter statement so definitively makes me suspect my writing will be taken by readers as… Read More ›
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The Weak-Willed Heart of Transhumanism’s Dreaming, Adam Riggio
What is most interesting about Calamity Theory is the irony at its heart. Using the problematics of the existentialist tradition to critique Nick Bostrom’s existential risk project is fruitful. Despite the coincidence of word choice, existentialist philosophy has so little… Read More ›
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The Salvation of the State is in Watchfulness of the Citizens: A Reply to Ahmed Bouzid, Lee Basham
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ― Eric Blair[1] In this brief note we examine an interesting if perhaps unusual reply to Kurtis Hagen’s, “Vaccination and Intellectual Honesty: Reflections on a Theme in Recent… Read More ›
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A Reply to Fulvio Mazzocchi’s “Diving Deeper into the Concept of ‘Cultural Heritage’ and Its Relationship with Epistemic Diversity,” Aleksandra Łukaszewicz
Fulvio Mazzocchi’s article “Diving Deeper into the Concept of ‘Cultural Heritage’ and its Relationship with Epistemic Diversity” (2022) presents a very well-weighted and interesting proposal on cultural heritage. Here, I want to praise the way Mazzocchi approaches tangible and intangible… Read More ›
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What is to be Done with Eurasianism—or the ‘Promised Heartland’—as Someone Who is a Real Eurasian? Andrey Ivanov
The problem with ‘Eurasianism’ as an idea in Russia (Fuller 2022) boils down both to the words ‘Euro’ and ‘Asia’ and to their ordering. Do Russians actually identify themselves as a part of Europe or Asia? Do they have any… Read More ›
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The Academy: From Divinity to Bovinity, Steve Fuller
What follows is the Salutatory Address delivered by Steve Fuller to the 1979 graduating class of Columbia College, Columbia University, New York. US college graduating ceremonies are traditionally opened by the person who graduated no. 2 in his or her… Read More ›
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Critique Without Normative Foundations: Response to Vogelmann and Prusik, Iaan Reynolds
August 4, 2022
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On Epistocracy’s Epistemic Problem: Reply to Méndez, Adam F. Gibbons
August 2, 2022
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A Cento on Plagiarism, Brian L. Frye
July 28, 2022
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“A Republic, If You Can Keep It”, Kenneth R. Westphal
July 14, 2022