3. Some Alternative Proposals If it isn’t reasonable to expect individuals to avoid social media altogether, and if merely supplementing your social media use with high-quality news consumption doesn’t largely protect you from the negative impacts of misinformation, then perhaps… Read More ›
Abstract The issue of how best to combat the negative impacts of misinformation distributed via social media hangs on the following question: are there methods that most individuals can reasonably be expected to employ that would largely protect them from… Read More ›
In “Caliphate and the Social Epistemology of Podcasts”, Josh Habgood-Coote (2021) writes that the New York Times’ (referred to as the Times throughout) podcast Caliphate’s central flaw is that it “failed to accurately represent the credibility of someone whose speech… Read More ›
In “Caliphate’ and the Problem of Testimony,” Beba Cibralic (2020) argues that the New York Times (NYT) podcast Caliphate represents an epistemic failure that is similar in kind to its failures in reporting on weapons of mass destruction in the… Read More ›
In 2004, the New York Times apologised for its misleading reporting on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. After an internal review, the Times acknowledged the swamp of mistakes that resulted in the spread of misinformation: journalists did not confirm… Read More ›
Author Information: Pankaj Jain, University of North Texas, pankaj.jain@unt.edu. Jain, Pankaj. “Taking Philosophy Back: A Call From the Great Wall of China.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 9 (2018): 60-64. The pdf of the article gives specific page references…. Read More ›
Author Information: Carlos Elías Pérez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, celias@hum.uc3m.es and Jesús Zamora Bonilla, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, jpzb@fsof.uned.es Elías, Carol Pérez and Jesús Zamora Bonilla. “From Science in the Papers to Science in the News.” Social… Read More ›