The list below provides the articles, replies, reviews, and interviews most viewed during 2022. As you will see, these pieces were published at different times over the last decade. We invite you to read a sample of the exceptional range… Read More ›
The list below represents the eight most viewed pieces published on the SERRC in 2020. These pieces reflect the extraordinary range of genres, topics, and authors we have the great privilege to support. In one case, our readers referred to… Read More ›
Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2020 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Diehl, Paula. 2020. “Democracy, Its Contradictions, and the Political Imaginary.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 9 (8): 71-78. ❧ Watson, Jamie Carlin. 2020. “Coalitions of Trust: Using Epistemic… Read More ›
Imagine a philosopher steeped in scholasticism reacting to the Newtonian world picture: Newton’s Principia Mathematica, illustrates what can happen when one doesn’t really reflect on the foundations of what one is thinking and claiming …[please read below the rest of… Read More ›
Alexander Rosenberg’s newest book, How History Gets Things Wrong. The Neuroscience of our Addiction to Stories, is a frustrating read. After presenting an overview of the book, I explain why. I end by suggesting a more promising route…. [please read… Read More ›
Rosenberg begins by distinguishing between narrative history and other forms of history where historical subjects are treated in ways shaped by social science research. It is the first type of history, which offers explanations of historical events and the actions… Read More ›
Scientism is defined by those who reject it as a brace of theses: 1. The unwarranted confidence in the methods of science as the only way to secure knowledge; 2. The unwarranted acceptance of the implications of contemporary natural science… Read More ›