As I commit my thoughts to ink on paper, I hear a fly buzzing around my ear. The fly happened to fly from a workshop about relativism, and its varieties, as it occurs in today’s society. Needless to say, I… Read More ›
post-truth
An Interview with Steve Fuller on Conspiracy Theories and Post-Truth, Chantelle Gordon
I am a year 12 high school student from Sydney, Australia. For one of my subjects, ‘Society and Culture’, I am currently completing a large scale major work, called a ‘Personal Interest Project’. For this project I have decided to… Read More ›
What’s the Fuss about Post-Truth? Brian Martin
You can learn a lot by reading books about post-truth, but conclusive answers on several key issues remain elusive. In 2016, two events shocked many observers. The first was the passing of the Brexit referendum in Britain… [please read below… Read More ›
So What if ‘Fake News’ is Fake News? Jeroen de Ridder
David Coady (2019), in his contribution to this issue, joins a small but growing number of people expressing misgivings about the current hype surrounding fake news, alternative facts, and other post-truthy phenomena in society and academia (cf. also Habgood-Coote 2019)…. Read More ›
The Place of the Notion of the Weird in Today’s Thinking, Lyudmila Markova
Author Information: Lyudmila Markova, Russian Academy of Sciences, l.a.markova@yandex.ru. Markova, Lyudmila. “The Place of the Notion of the Weird in Today’s Thinking.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 5 (2019): 48-51. The pdf of the article gives specific… Read More ›
On Political Culpability: The Unconscious?, Raphael Sassower
Author Information: Raphael Sassower, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, rsassowe@uccs.edu. Sassower, Raphael. “On Political Culpability: The Unconscious?” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 1 (2019): 26-29. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-45p In the… Read More ›
Ethics, Cogenetic Logic, and the Foundation of Meaning, Luca Tateo
Author Information: Luca Tateo, Aalborg University & Federal University of Bahia, luca@hum.aau.dk. Tateo, Luca. “Ethics, Cogenetic Logic, and the Foundation of Meaning.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 12 (2018): 1-8. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-44i… Read More ›
Post-Truths and Inconvenient Facts, Raphael Sassower
Author Information: Raphael Sassower, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, rsasswe@uccs.edu. Sassower, Raphael. “Post-Truths and Inconvenient Facts.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 47-60. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-40g If nothing else,… Read More ›
Impoverishing Critical Engagement, James H. Collier
Author Information: Jim Collier, Virginia Tech, jim.collier@vt.edu. Collier, James H. “Social Epistemology for the One and the Many: An Essay Review.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 15-40. Jim Collier’s article “Social Epistemology for the One… Read More ›
A Conspiracy Theory is Not a Theory About a Conspiracy, Claus-Christian Carbon
Author Information: Claus-Christian Carbon, University of Bamberg, ccc@experimental-psychology.com Carbon, Claus-Christian. “A Conspiracy Theory is Not a Theory About a Conspiracy.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 6 (2018): 22-25. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3Yb See also:… Read More ›