Volume 11, Issue 8, 1-99, August 2022 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Gibbons, Adam F. 2022. “On Epistocracy’s Epistemic Problem: Reply to Méndez.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (8): 1-7. ❧ Reynolds, Iaan. 2022. “Critique Without Normative Foundations:… Read More ›
Finn Collin
Returning to Bloor and the Strong Program: A Brief Rejoinder to Shahryari, Finn Collin
In his article, “The Strong Program and Asymmetrical Explanation of the History of Science: A Reply to Collin” (Shahryari 2022b), Shahram Shahryari responds to my comments (in Collin 2022) upon his original article, “A Tension in the Strong Program: The… Read More ›
The Strong Program and Asymmetrical Explanation of the History of Science: A Reply to Collin, Shahram Shahryari
In the article “A Tension in the Strong Program: The Relation between the Rational and the Social,” I stated that David Bloor, citing the principle of symmetry, expresses that rational and irrational beliefs must be explained in the same way,… Read More ›
SERRC: Volume 11, Issue 3, March 2022
Volume 11, Issue 3, 1-84, March 2022 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ West, Mark D. 2022. “Embodying ‘Necro-Waste’: On Toxic Discourse.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (3): 1-12. ❧ Balla, Bonaventure. 2022. “The Quest for Truth in the… Read More ›
Shahryari on Bloor and the Strong Program, Finn Collin
In “A Tension in the Strong Program: The Relation between the Rational and the Social”, Shahram Shahryari (2021) advances the following thesis: In his Strong Program in the sociology of science, David Bloor blames traditional philosophy of science for adopting… Read More ›
SERRC, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2020
Books ❧ Agassi, Joseph. 2020. Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them: Advice to Young People on Their Way to Academic Careers. Blacksburg, VA: Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2020 Articles, Replies, and Reviews… Read More ›
On Gunn on Boundary Work, Finn Collin
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 ›
Reflections on Boundary Work on Social Epistemology, Hanna Kiri Gunn
“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 ›
Neurath’s Ship Meets Social Epistemology, Finn Collin
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 ›
Social Epistemology at the Dawn of a New Decade, Steve Fuller
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 ›