I would like to begin by thanking Jamie Watson (2020) and Martin Hinton (2020) for their charitable treatments of my paper (2020) and their illuminating replies. They are right to even further temper my already reserved optimism about novices’ capabilities… Read More ›
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Can Novices be Taught to Choose Trustworthy Experts? Optimism for Reasoning—A Reply to Johnny Brennan, Martin Hinton
In his article “Can Novices Trust Themselves to Choose Trustworthy Experts? Reasons for (Reserved) Optimism” (2020), Johnny Brennan does two things. He illustrates the problem of the identification of experts, which has caused a great deal of head-scratching for scholars… Read More ›
Hunting the Expert: The Precarious Epistemic Position of a Novice, Jamie Carlin Watson
In Lewis Carroll’s poem, “The Hunting of the Snark,” ten adventurers set out to find an elusive, likely dangerous, and possibly mythical, creature called a “Snark.” They plot their course with a map that shows only ocean—no land—and their captain… Read More ›
Transparency, Well-Ordered Science, and Paternalism, Stephen John
Author Information: Stephen John, Cambridge University, sdj22@cam.ac.uk John, Stephen. “Transparency, Well-Ordered Science, and Paternalism.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 7 (2018): 30-33. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3Zf See also: Moore, Alfred. “Transparency and the… Read More ›
Philosophers and Scientists Are Social Epistemic Agents, Seungbae Park
Author Information: Seungbae Park, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, nature@unist.ac.kr Park, Seungbae. “Philosophers and Scientists are Social Epistemic Agents.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 6 (2018): 31-40. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3Yo Please… Read More ›
Transparency and the Dynamics of Trust and Distrust, Alfred Moore
Author Information: Alfred Moore, University of York, UK, alfred.moore@york.ac.uk Moore, Alfred. “Transparency and the Dynamics of Trust and Distrust.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 4 (2018), 26-32. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3W8 Please refer… Read More ›
Combes on McCraw on the Nature of Epistemic Trust: A Rejoinder, Benjamin W. McCraw
Author Information: Benjamin W. McCraw, University of South Carolina Upstate, bmccraw@uscupstate.edu McCraw, Benjamin W. “Combes on McCraw on the Nature of Epistemic Trust: A Rejoinder.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 8 (2016): 28-31. The PDF of the… Read More ›
McCraw on the Nature of Epistemic Trust—Part II, Richard Combes
Author Information: Richard Combes, University of South Carolina Upstate, rcombes@uscupstate.edu Combes, Richard. “McCraw on the Nature of Epistemic Trust—Part II.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 6 (2016): 7-10. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers…. Read More ›
Thinking Through Social Epistemology: A Reply to Combes, Smolkin, and Simmons, Benjamin McCraw
Author Information: Benjamin McCraw, University of South Carolina Upstate, bmccraw@uscupstate.edu McCraw, Benjamin. “Thinking Through Social Epistemology: A Reply to Combes, Smolkin, and Simmons.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 4 (2016): 1-12. The PDF of the article gives… Read More ›
Existence and Epistemic Trust, J. Aaron Simmons
Author Information: J. Aaron Simmons, Furman University, aaron.simmons@furman.edu Simmons, J. Aaron. “Existence and Epistemic Trust.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 4, no. 12 (2015): 14-19. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-2uR Please refer to:… Read More ›