In recent weeks and months SERRC has published a number of contentious articles and replies which focus on vaccines: vaccines which combat COVID-19. Making the latter statement so definitively makes me suspect my writing will be taken by readers as… Read More ›
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ― Eric Blair[1] In this brief note we examine an interesting if perhaps unusual reply to Kurtis Hagen’s, “Vaccination and Intellectual Honesty: Reflections on a Theme in Recent… Read More ›
Sometime last year, I had the pleasure of reviewing Ekaterina Lukianova and Igor Tolochin’s “Citizens in Search of Facts: A Case Study from the Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review on Measure 82” (2022). This response offers an opportunity to return to… Read More ›
Editor’s Note: Beginning in 2012, I asked Steve Fuller to provide a Christmas greeting—or, end-of-year reflection. As the SERRC grew, I invited contributions from our members. In this tradition, and at this time of resolutions, Steve asks us to consider… Read More ›
What is striking as you turn the final page of Steve Fuller’s (2020) A Player’s Guide to the Post-Truth Condition: The Name of the Game, is the enormous ‘weight’ of the text despite its slim one-hundred and forty pages. Without… Read More ›
When writing my last review of the prequel to this latest book by Steve Fuller, Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game (2018), I was on the Greek Island of Zakynthos. I said what a surreal experience that was, as we… Read More ›
Volume 9, Issue 12, December 2020 Articles, Replies, and Reviews ❧ Giles, Kendall. 2020. “Reflections on Academic Agonies and How to Avoid Them by Joseph Agassi.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 9 (12): 37-39. https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-5zB. ❧ Cibralic, Beba. 2020…. Read More ›
Editor’s Note: Beginning in 2012, I asked Steve Fuller to provide a Christmas greeting—or, end-of-year reflection. As the SERRC grew, I invited contributions from our members. In this tradition, and at this time of resolutions, Steve again challenges us to… Read More ›
Reviewing Steve Fuller’s book, Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game, from the Greek island of Zakynthos, in the middle of a global pandemic is a surreal experience…. [please read below the rest of the article]. Article Citation: Hewitt, Des. 2020…. Read More ›
(Video) “Perhaps the most interesting feature of the post-truth condition is the extent to which it has taken academics and other political and economic elites by surprise. Nevertheless, it should have been expected, given higher levels of educational attainment and… Read More ›