In “Reflections on Boundary Work on Social Epistemology”, Hanna Kiri Gunn offers an analysis of the pros and cons of academic boundary work. I argue that this is an aspect of a larger issue, i.e. specifying the most productive organizational… Read More ›
“Boundary work” refers to the practice of establishing and defining research areas, which in part involves locating research questions or topics within particular disciplines. As a consequence, boundary work also involves practices that put boundaries around ourselves as researchers of… Read More ›
Otto Neurath’s (1944) oft-quoted simile about the battered sailors gives a precise depiction of the human condition. Like other animals, humans face constant threats to their survival, but, unlike them, we are not adapted to a particular natural environment in… Read More ›
This year-end reflection will return to the state of social epistemology and how it might go forward in light of the post-truth condition. Its point of departure is threefold. First is the recent assessment made by our field’s ‘honest broker’,… Read More ›
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Alvin Goldman’s Knowledge in a Social World (Goldman 1999), the editors of the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective have invited me to write an update of my 2013… Read More ›
Author Information: Jim Collier, Virginia Tech, jim.collier@vt.edu. Collier, James H. “Social Epistemology for the One and the Many: An Essay Review.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 15-40. Jim Collier’s article “Social Epistemology for the One… Read More ›
Author Information: Mark West, University of North Carolina, west@unca.edu, Miika Vähämaa, University of Helsinki, miika.vahamaa@gmail.com West, Mark and Miika Vähämaa. “La Nouvelle Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes: The Analytic and Critical Tendencies in Social Epistemology.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply… Read More ›
Author Information: Lyudmila A. Markova, The Russian Academy of Science, markova.lyudmila2013@yandex.ru Markova, Lyudmila A. “Material Carriers of Thought.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6, no. 3 (2017): 11-20. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3tC… Read More ›
Author Information: Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick, S.W.Fuller@warwick.ac.uk Fuller, Steve. “Social Epistemology: The Future of an Unfulfilled Promise.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 3, no. 7 (2014): 29-37. The PDF of the article… Read More ›
Author Information: Lyudmila A. Markova, Russian Academy of Sciences, markova.lyudmila2013@yandex.ru Markova, Lyudmila A. 2013. “On the Individualistic Orientation of Social Epistemology: A Reply to Sanford Goldberg.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (9) 17-21 The PDF of the article… Read More ›