In “ChatGPT, Education, and Understanding” (2025), Federica Isabella Malfatti provides a thought-provoking account of what it would take for a Large Language Model (LLM) such as ChatGPT to count as a good teacher, insofar as teachers are fosterers of understanding,… Read More ›
phenomenology
Critical Phenomenology and Functional Neurological Disorder: A Commentary on Carel and Kidd’s Conception of Vulnerabilisation, Kevin Aho
As a method, phenomenology is known for providing rigorous qualitative descriptions of first-person experience with the goal of shedding light on the underlying meaning-structures that make experience possible. But these structures are not fixed and static, they are subject to… Read More ›
Native Dance and Embodied Epistemology: A Review of Welch’s The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System, Alejandro Santana
When I received the request to review this book by long-time scholar in Native American philosophy, aerial dancer, and choreographer, Dr. Shay Welch, I must admit I became quite nervous. I am no dance theorist, have no experience in choreography,… Read More ›
Theory and Reflexivity in Carceral Settings: A Response to Kiconco, Ariel Ludwig
Milliam Kiconco’s article “Reflexive Research Practice in Women’s Prison Research in Uganda” (2023) highlights the importance of reflexivity in carceral research. This article arises from her dissertation research aimed at producing explanations of women’s crime in the “first [known] qualitative… Read More ›
Reviewing Nolen Gertz’s Nihilism and Technology, Frank Scalambrino
Author Information: Frank Scalambrino, Duquesne University, franklscalambrino@gmail.com. Scalambrino, Frank. “Reviewing Nolen Gertz’s Nihilism and Technology.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 12 (2018): 22-28. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-44B There are three (3) parts… Read More ›
Humanity’s Halting Problem, Adam Riggio
Author Information: Adam Riggio, Royal Crown College, serrc.digital@gmail.com. Riggio, Adam. “Humanity’s Halting Problem.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 9 (2018): 45-52. The pdf of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-40X Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger have… 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 ›
Inaccurate Ambitions and Missing Methodologies: Thoughts on Jeff Kochan and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, Pablo Schyfter
Author Information: Pablo Schyfter, University of Edinburgh, p.schyfter@ed.ac.uk Schyfter, Pablo. “Inaccurate Ambitions and Missing Methodologies: Thoughts on Jeff Kochan and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 8-14. The pdf of the article gives… Read More ›
One Thing is Testimonial Injustice and Another Is Conceptual Competence Injustice, Manuel Padilla Cruz
Author Information: Manuel Padilla Cruz, Universidad de Sevilla, mpadillacruz@us.es Padilla Cruz, Manuel. “One Thing is Testimonial Injustice and Another Is Conceptual Competence Injustice.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 3 (2018): 9-19. The pdf of the article gives specific page… Read More ›
Reflections on Problems, Politics and Knowledge: Replies to the Discussants of ‘Democratic Problem-Solving’, Justin Cruickshank, Part 2
Author Information: Justin Cruickshank, University of Birmingham, j.cruickshank@bham.ac.uk Cruickshank, Justin. “Reflections on Problems, Politics and Knowledge: Replies to the Discussants of Democratic Problem-Solving.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6, no. 12 (2017): 25-38. Please refer to: Bacevic, Jana. “Solving the Democratic… Read More ›