Volume 12, Issue 5, 1-71, May 2023 Symposium on Moti Mizrahi’s For and Against Scientism: Science, Methodology, and the Future of Philosophy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022): ❦ Vrahimis, Andreas. 2023. “Algorithmic Opinion Mining and the History of Philosophy: A Response… Read More ›
Juha Räikkä
Why a Pejorative Definition of “Conspiracy Theory” Need Not Be Unfair, Juha Räikkä
Abstract Because of the pejorative connotation of the concept of “conspiracy theory”, many philosophers have proposed that the concept should be redefined. Their worry is that if conspiracy theories are considered implausible by definition, then the theories cannot get fair… Read More ›
SERRC: Volume 11, Issue 12, December 2022
Volume 11, Issue 12, 1-81, December 2022 Podcast Knowledge for Breakfast, Episode 3: “Faith, Knowing, and Believing.” Guest: Sister Mary Magdalene; Hosts: Fabien Medvecky and Michiel van Oudheusden. Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Sassower, Raphael 2022. “Why Does Latour the… Read More ›
On the Rationality of Word-Taking, Part II, Juha Räikkä
Testimony and Morality Let us now turn to the second objection. According to it, it can be rational to take another person’s word and believe her even in cases where one does not vindicate one’s view about the speaker’s trustworthiness… Read More ›
On the Rationality of Word-Taking, Part I, Juha Räikkä
Abstract It is rather commonly assumed that “trustworthiness” is a trait among others and can be appraised with evidence, although trust may go beyond evidence in some cases. It is also rather commonly assumed that a sort of estimation of… Read More ›
An Autopsy of the Origins of HIV/AIDS, Lee Basham
Abstract This note introduces to a wider audience the hypothesis that global HIV infection is, on an inference to the best explanation model, a result of mistakes made in the production of the Hilary Koprowski (CHAT) Oral Polio Vaccine that… Read More ›