Volume 12, Issue 4, 1-26, April 2023 Podcasts ❧ Humanity 8.0, Season 2, Episodes 5 and 6: “Transhumanism: An Islamic Perspective”. Guest: Ebrahim Moosa. Host: Ahmed Bouzid. Topics: Transhumanism, Radical Life Extension, Islam, The Qur’an, The Hadiths, Ethics ❧ Humanity… Read More ›
How can a philosopher of science contribute to the social good? Posing this question performs a step in the ethic of science. It is more than a question, it is a problem, and not only a theoretical but also a… Read More ›
Volume 12, Issue 3, 1-65, March 2023 Podcasts ❧ Knowledge for Breakfast, Episode 4: “‘Realizing Knowledge Together’ and Reimagining Academic Futures.” Guest: Jim Collier. Hosts: Fabien Medvecky and Michiel van Oudheusden. Topics: Knowing and academic practice, Social Epistemology Review and… Read More ›
The work of a philosopher of science, just as any other cognitive and social activity, can and should be accompanied by reflexivity. This accompaniment provides an opportunity to think oneself in the place of the Other, to step constructively beyond… Read More ›
In my paper (Kasavin 2020), I responded to the question “what is the value of science” in the way that invites further clarification. I assume that the value of science is its special epistemological status. Yet, this value is not justified by… Read More ›
Max Weber’s ‘Science as a Vocation’ caused considerable controversy in the early 1920s across German academe. Significant critics weighed in on all sides including Ernst Curtius, a leading philologist, philosopher Heinrich Rickert (a close personal friend of the Webers), Arthur… Read More ›
Author Information: Lyudmila Markova, Russian Academy of Sciences, l.a.markova@yandex.ru. Markova, Lyudmila. “The Place of the Notion of the Weird in Today’s Thinking.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 5 (2019): 48-51. The pdf of the article gives specific… Read More ›
Author Information: Ilya Kasavin, Russian Academy of Science, itkasavin@gmail.com Kasavin, Ilya. “Why so Romantic and A Priori? A Reply to Bakhurst and Sismondo.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6, no. 5 (2017): 20-22. The PDF of the article gives… Read More ›
Author Information: David Bakhurst and Sergio Sismondo, Queen’s University at Kingston, bakhurst@queensu.ca; sismondo@queensu.ca Bakhurst, David and Sergio Sismondo. “Commentary on Ilya Kasavin’s ‘Towards a Social Philosophy of Science: Russian Prospects’.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6, no. 4 (2017):… Read More ›
Author Information: Ilya Kasavin, Russian Academy of Sciences, itkasavin@gmail.com Kasavin, Ilya. “A Brief Comment on the Moodey – Collins Exchange on Knowledge.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 9 (2016): 18. The PDF of the article gives specific… Read More ›