The “question of science” consists of many tiny, though rather complicated questions; but defining science, or at least the continuous attempts to characterize science in a unique way, has always had a peculiar socio-cultural implication. The question of what science… Read More ›
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Epistemic Harm, Social Consequences: A Reply to Torcello on Climate Change Disinformation, Francesca Pongiglione and Carlo Martini
The temperatures registered in the summer of 2022 were among the highest on record in Europe, central and eastern China, and North America (ECMWF, ERA5 2022). The summer of 2022 is, however, unlikely to be an exceptional one. Similar heat… Read More ›
Climate Change Disinformation and Culpability: A Sympathetic Reply to Pongiglione and Martini, Lawrence Torcello
Misinformation has hampered action on climate change for decades. Climate researchers who have been concerned with the dissemination of climate science in the public sphere know the problem well. Not least of all because it often confronts them directly, in… Read More ›
Science is a Quantum Phenomenon and Scientism is its Observer Effect, Steve Fuller
“Science is a Quantum Phenomenon and Scientism is its Observer Effect” Steve Fuller, University of Warwick, S.W.Fuller@warwick.ac.uk Nature published a letter of mine in response to Nathaniel Comfort’s piece, written for the journal’s 150th anniversary, entitled ‘How science has shifted… Read More ›
Was Feyerabend Right in Defending Astrology? A Commentary on Kidd, Massimo Pigliucci
Author Information: Massimo Pigliucci City College of New York, platofootnote.org, mpigliucci@ccny.cuny.edu Pigliucci, Massimo. “Was Feyerabend Right in Defending Astrology? A Commentary on Kidd.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 5 (2016): 1-6. The PDF of the article gives… Read More ›
Saffronized Science: Rampant Pseudoscience in “Vedic Garb” in the Indian Subcontinent, Meera Nanda
Author Information: Meera Nanda, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali [1] meerananda@iisermohali.ac.in Nanda, Meera. “Saffronized Science: Rampant Pseudoscience in ‘Vedic Garb’ in the Indian Subcontinent.” [2].” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 1 (2016): 39-47. The… Read More ›