Is it plausible or useful to talk of the main response to the Covid pandemic as being a paradigm? To find out, it’s worth exploring key elements of the concept of paradigm as applied outside of science … [please read… Read More ›
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Covid Information Struggles, Brian Martin
Some viewpoints about COVID-19 are being censored, especially by tech companies such as Facebook and Google. Some of those being censored are calling foul. To understand more about struggles over information about Covid, it is useful to look at tactics… Read More ›
A Dialogue on a Paradigm Case of Bad Science, Alan Sokal
Author Information: Alan Sokal, New York University, sokal@nyu.edu. Sokal, Alan. “A Dialogue on a Paradigm Case of Bad Science: Comment on Brian Martin.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 5 (2019): 36-47. The pdf of the article gives… Read More ›
Scientific Consensus and the Discursive Dilemma, Helen Lauer
Author Information: Helen Lauer, University of Dar es Salaam, helenlauer@yahoo.com. Lauer, Helen. “Scientific Consensus and the Discursive Dilemma.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 9 (2018): 33-44. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-40R Global… Read More ›
The Costs and Consequences of Teaching and Analyzing Alternative Medicine, Beth Landau-Halpern
Author Information: Beth Landau-Halpern, beth.landauhalpern@gmail.com Landau-Halpern, Beth. “The Costs and Consequences of Teaching and Analyzing Alternative Medicine.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 9 (2016): 42-45. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3dD Please… Read More ›
Public Health and Academic Freedom, Brian Martin
Author Information: Brian Martin, University of Wollongong, bmartin@uow.edu.au Martin, Brian. “Public Health and Academic Freedom.” [1] Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 6 (2016): 44-49. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-347 Image credit:… Read More ›
Reply to “What Constitutes ‘Good’ Evidence for Public Health and Social Policy Making? From Hierarchies to Appropriateness”, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
Author Information: Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, University of Glasgow, vittal.katikireddi@glasgow.ac.uk Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal. “Reply to ‘What Constitutes “Good” Evidence for Public Health and Social Policy Making? From Hierarchies to Appropriateness’.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 4, no. 8 (2015): 51-55…. Read More ›