For Marx, capital is the ‘general illumination which bathes all the other colours and modifies their particularity’ (Marx 1973, 107; Bonefeld 1987, 35). Luis Arboledas-Lerida’s “The Gap Between Science and Society and the Intrinsically Capitalistic Character of Science Communication” (2022a)… Read More ›
The Feudal University in Neoliberal Times The rise of neoliberalism has meant declining resources from the state and intensified competition. As a consequence of this: casualisation has increased to increase profits or surplus; pressure on staff to ensure the university… Read More ›
In a recent issue of Social Epistemology, Luis Arboledas-Lérida (2021) developed a Marxist analysis of the requirement universities place on science academics to use social media to promote their research findings, with this being conceptualised as an instance of the… Read More ›
While science is typically expected to be neutral and objective, critical approaches have their established place in the social sciences. All social scientists are aware of the critical difference that their research can or should make in society, and some… Read More ›
After reading the stimulating exchange between Chris Drain (2020; 2021) and Siyaves Azeri (2020; 2021), I wanted to reply to Drain from a slightly different angle. Drain’s latest response (2021) takes aim at what Vygotsky calls his general genetic law… Read More ›
Siyaves Azeri’s “On Reality of Thinking” (2021) is yet another informative contribution to the philosophical deployment of Vygotskian psychology. I’m grateful to Mr. Azeri for taking the time to reply to my comments and for the opportunity to continue this… Read More ›
Chris Drain’s response “Ideality and Cognitive Development” (2020) to my “The Match of Ideals” (2020) aims for further analysis of the phylogenesis of conceptual cognition. Drain suggests complementing Vygotsky’s and Leontiev’s accounts of higher mental functions and specifically human consciousness… Read More ›
This article addresses ongoing questions regarding the conception and practice of social engineering. Social engineering appeals to a set of diverse concepts which marks the beginning of professional sociology and scientific management in America and Western Europe. I trace the… Read More ›
Author Information: Jim Butcher, Canterbury Christ Church University, jim.butcher@canterbury.ac.uk. Butcher, Jim. “Questioning the Epistemology of Decolonise: The Case of Geography.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 11 (2018): 12-24. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-42E … Read More ›
Author Information: Raphael Sassower, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, rsassowe@uccs.edu. Sassower, Raphael. “Imagining a Different Political Economy.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 9 (2018): 7-11. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-40v One cannot… Read More ›