Volume 12, Issue 3, 1-65, March 2023 Podcasts ❧ Knowledge for Breakfast, Episode 4: “‘Realizing Knowledge Together’ and Reimagining Academic Futures.” Guest: Jim Collier. Hosts: Fabien Medvecky and Michiel van Oudheusden. Topics: Knowing and academic practice, Social Epistemology Review and… Read More ›
In this episode of “Knowledge for Breakfast”, we are joined by SERRC founder, Jim Collier, to discuss the what he means by ‘realizing knowledge together’, and, as academics, what we take our role to be in this knowledge making enterprise…. Read More ›
Jesper Kallestrup (2022b) has provided an insightful response to our paper, “Epistemic Structure in Non-Summative Social Knowledge” (Hiller and Randall 2022). Kallestrup identifies some important issues pertaining to our non-summative, non-supervenient (NSNS) account of group knowledge which we did not… Read More ›
The core of the problem of whether institutions of scientific knowledge can hold onto their legitimacy is a matter of trust. When I take a COVID vaccine, I do so trusting that the institutions and organizations involved in developing and… Read More ›
2. Unwitting Complicity: The Curse of Neoliberal Propaganda Given that the discourse on epistemic injustice neglects class issues, some may say: “so what? We’re all intersectional now.” There be good reason, some may hold that ‘we’ have evolved beyond a… Read More ›
Abstract This paper argues that the current discourse on epistemic injustice in social epistemology itself perpetuates epistemic injustice, namely hermeneutic injustice with regards to class and classism. The main reason is that debates on epistemic injustice have foremost focussed on… Read More ›
Gary Abbott The reason for my email concerns problems of morals. I am sure that you face this question a lot, but it is something that bothers me, and I can’t seem to square it so would appreciate your insight/reflections… Read More ›
As a scholar of both religion and conspiracy theories, it was perhaps inevitable that Nicholas Smith’s (2022) recent article would catch my attention. Happily, I agreed with his conclusions in the main, but I was moved to respond nonetheless, as… Read More ›
Can knowledge claims be used to attack? Yes. What should be done about it? That depends. These questions are inspired by Adam Riggio’s article “The Dangers of Intellectual Honesty in a World of Lies” (2022). There is quite a bit… Read More ›
“My argument … is fundamentally practical, but no less universal: that too many of our populations are unable to understand this truth [of the origins of HIV].” — Adam Riggio … [please read below the rest of the article]. Article Citation: Basham,… Read More ›