Let us start by examining a couple of assumptions which, albeit not explicitly, seem to inform Mizrahi’s text. He writes that “many philosophers seem to think that scientism poses a threat to them as teachers” and also that “scientism is… Read More ›
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Replies to Healey’s Comments Regarding van Fraassen’s Positions, Seungbae Park
Richard Healey makes four useful comments on my paper (2019a) where I criticized Bas van Fraassen’s positions. The four comments concern the issues of whether ‘disbelief’ is appropriate or inappropriate to characterize van Fraassen’s position, what the relationship between a… Read More ›
Scientism in the Philosophy of Implicit Bias Research, Part 1, Kamili Posey
Author Information: Kamili Posey, Kingsborough College, Kamili.Posey@kbcc.cuny.edu. Posey, Kamili. “Scientism in the Philosophy of Implicit Bias Research.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 10 (2018): 1-16. Kamili Posey’s article will be posted over two instalments. The pdf of the article… Read More ›
Why Scientific Knowledge Is Still the Best, Moti Mizrahi
Author Information: Moti Mizrahi, Florida Institute of Technology, mmizrahi@fit.edu. Mizrahi, Moti. “Why Scientific Knowledge Is Still the Best.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 9 (2018): 18-32. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-40I For context,… Read More ›
On the Limits of Any Scientism, Bernard Wills
Author Information: Bernard Wills, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, bwills@grenfell.mun.ca. Wills, Bernard. “On the Limits of Any Scientism.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 7 (2018): 34-39. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3Zn See… Read More ›
Weak Scientism Defended Once More, Moti Mizrahi
Author Information: Moti Mizrahi, Florida Institute of Technology, mmizrahi@fit.edu Mizrahi, Moti. “Weak Scientism Defended Once More.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 6 (2018): 41-50. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3Yx See also: Wills, Bernard. “Why… Read More ›
Heidegger and the Sociologists: A Forced Marriage?, Raphael Sassower
Author Information: Raphael Sassower, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, rsasswe@uccs.edu Sassower, Raphael. “Heidegger and the Sociologists: A Forced Marriage?.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 5 (2018): 30-32. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3X8 … Read More ›
Science as a Culture in Culture with Deep-Structure Across Empirical Studies in Psychology, Kwang-Kuo Hwang
Author Information: Kwang-Kuo Hwang, National Taiwan University, kkhwang@ntu.edu Hwang, Kwang-Kuo.2013. “Science as a Culture in Culture with Deep-Structure Across Empirical Studies in Psychology” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (10): 38-51. The PDF of the article gives specific page… Read More ›