The core of the problem of whether institutions of scientific knowledge can hold onto their legitimacy is a matter of trust. When I take a COVID vaccine, I do so trusting that the institutions and organizations involved in developing and… Read More ›
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Vaccination and Intellectual Honesty: Reflections on a Theme in Recent SERRC Articles, Kurtis Hagen
Should we be honest about vaccines? That is a serious question. Common sense says that “honesty is the best policy,” and I maintain that topics related to vaccination are not exceptional in this regard. However, some serious and well-intentioned people… Read More ›
SERRC: Volume 11, Issue 4, April 2022
Volume 11, Issue 4, 1-96, April 2022 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Bouzid, Ahmed. 2022. “A Reply to Steve Fuller’s ‘Eurasianism as the Deep History of Russia’s Discontent’.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (4): 1-4. ❧ Gilks, Mark…. Read More ›
The Suppression of Dissent During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Mitchell B. Liester
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided fertile ground for an ever-growing number of controversies—and an expanding list of cases of suppression of dissent. Fueling scientific and medical disputes are institutional, political, cultural, and economic factors that employ a wide range of… Read More ›
Disagreeing and Getting to the Truth: A Reply to Sartwell, Jake Wojtowicz
Author Information: Jake Wojtowicz, King’s College London, jake.wojtowicz@kcl.ac.uk Wojtowicz, Jake. “Disagreeing and Getting to the Truth: A Reply to Sartwell.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 4, no. 9 (2015): 46-50. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers…. Read More ›