“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 ›
meta-philosophy
Scientism or Interdisciplinarity? Robert C. Bishop
Moti Mizrahi’s “The Scientism Debate: A Battle for the Soul of Philosophy?” frames the introduction of scientific methods into philosophy as scientism (specifically a kind of weak scientism). This contrasts with the view that scientific methods only have their place… Read More ›
Against Empirical-ish Philosophy: Reply to Mizrahi, Jeroen de Ridder
Is the debate about scientism ‘a battle for the soul of philosophy’, as Moti Mizrahi (2019) contends? If it is, it is unlikely that the proponents of scientism would be inclined to put it this way … [please read below… Read More ›
Regarding Scientism and the Soul of Philosophy, Catherine Wilson
Moti Mizrahi’s immediate problem is to understand the resistance to scientism that is evident in the many critical references and prophecies of doom that appear in philosophers’ writings in this connection. Hobbes, Spinoza, and Hume, as he notes, and I… Read More ›
Scientism and the ‘Soul of Philosophy,’ Ian James Kidd
In his interesting recent contribution to SERRC, Moti Mizrahi (2019)—who’s done much recently to advance our understanding of the relations of science and philosophy—asks the question of what debates about scientism are really about … [please read below the rest… Read More ›
Will We Ever Have a Genuine African Philosophy?, John Lamola
Author Information: John Lamola, University of Fort Hare, jlamola@mweb.co.za. Lamola, John. “Will We Ever Have a Genuine African Philosophy.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 1 (2019): 39-45. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-45K … Read More ›
Immovable Presumptions as Philosophical Limit, Adam Riggio
Author Information: Adam Riggio, Royal Crown College, serrc.digital@gmail.com. Riggio, Adam. “Immovable Presumptions as Philosophical Limit.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 1 (2019): 19-25. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-45d The essay collection Relations:… Read More ›
Heidegger Today, Paolo Palladino
Author Information: Paolo Palladino, Lancaster University, p.palladino@lancaster.ac.uk Palladino, Paolo. “Heidegger Today: On Jeff Kochan’s Science and Social Existence.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 41-46. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-40b I have… Read More ›
The Problem of Method in African Philosophy, Bruce Janz
Author Information: Bruce Janz, University of Central Florida, bruce.janz@ucf.edu Janz, Bruce. “The Problem of Method in African Philosophy.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 1-7. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3ZC Edwin… Read More ›
More in Defense of Weak Scientism, Moti Mizrahi
Author information: Moti Mizrahi, Florida Institute of Technology, mmizrahi@fit.edu Mizrahi, Moti. “More in Defense of Weak Scientism: Another Reply to Brown.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 4 (2018): 7-25. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3W1… Read More ›