Synthese Topical Collection on “Epistemic Vices: From the Individual to the Collective” Deadline: 31st August 2022 Guest Editors: Robin McKenna (University of Liverpool) and Ian James Kidd (University of Nottingham) Topical Collection Description: A central theme of contemporary vice epistemology… Read More ›
In “Fake News, Conspiracy, and Intellectual Vice” Marco Meyer (2019) presents findings from an investigation of the role of intellectual vices—intellectual arrogance, intellectual vanity, boredom, and intellectual fragility—in the uptake of conspiracy theories and fake news. Using online survey tools,… Read More ›
In Vices of the Mind: From the Intellectual to the Political, I reflect on the claim that personal qualities like closed-mindedness, prejudice and wishful thinking are epistemic vices. This is not, in itself, a controversial claim. The interesting question is:… Read More ›
Fake news and conspiracy theories spreading over the internet are a major challenge to public debate. How can we address this challenge? I focus on the dispositions of individuals, as there is some evidence that there are strong individual differences… Read More ›
In Vices of the Mind, Cassam provides an accessible, engaging, and timely introduction to the nature of epistemic vices and what we can do about them. Cassam provides an account of epistemic vices and explores three broad types of epistemic… Read More ›
Author Information: Brent J. C. Madison, United Arab Emirates University, brent.m@uaeu.ac.ae Madison, B. J. C. “On the Nature of Intellectual Vice.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6, no. 12 (2017): 1-6. The pdf of the article refers to specific page numbers…. Read More ›
Author Information: Quassim Cassam, University of Warwick, UK, q.cassam@warwick.ac.uk Cassam, Quassim. “Vice Ontology.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6, no. 11 (2017): 20-27. The pdf of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3QE Please refer to: Kidd, I., “Capital Epistemic Vices.”… Read More ›
Author Information: Ian James Kidd, University of Nottingham, i.j.kidd@durham.ac.uk Kidd, Ian James. “Capital Epistemic Vices.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6, no. 8 (2017): 11-16. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3GH Please refer to:… Read More ›
Author Information: Quassim Cassam, University of Warwick, q.Cassam@warwick.ac.uk Cassam, Quassim. “Stealthy Vices.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 4, no. 10 (2015): 19-25. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-2na Please refer to: Sherman, Benjamin R…. Read More ›