The two-part article by Brian Martin contains two main points. The first is his argument of Conspiracy Theory Attribution (CTA) as a method of denigration, which I have little to disagree with. The second is the example given of the… Read More ›
social psychology
“They” are Back (and still want to cure everyone): Psychologists’ Latest Bid to Curtail Public Epistemology, Part Two, Lee Basham
Wagner-Egger et al. (2019) continue to defend a project of pathologizing and “curing” the public of doubts about the reliability of government, media and corporate statements and actions. They envision a mass psychological engineering project to curtail rational social epistemology, one particularly, but not limited to, targeting children in public schools. The… Read More ›
“They” are Back (and still want to cure everyone): Psychologists’ Latest Bid to Curtail Public Epistemology, Part One, Lee Basham
Wagner-Egger et al. (2019) continue to defend a project of pathologizing and “curing” the public of doubts about the reliability of government, media and corporate statements and actions. They envision a mass psychological engineering project to curtail rational social epistemology, one particularly, but not limited to, targeting children in public schools. The… Read More ›
More on Bad Social Science, Brian Martin
In “Bad Social Science,” (2019) I pointed to the phenomenon of non-specialists in the social science domain making claims that fall very far short of what social scientists consider best practice. I identified “several facets of bad social science: ad… Read More ›
Refusing Evil by (Sociotechnical) Design (Revised), Kelly Moore
Author Information: Kelly Moore, Loyola University Chicago, kmoore11@luc.edu. Moore, Kelly. “Refusing Evil by (Sociotechnical) Design: A Comment on Martin (Revised).” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 4 (2019): 19-23. The pdf of the article gives specific page references…. Read More ›
Refusing Evil by (Sociotechnical) Design, Kelly Moore
Author Information: Kelly Moore, Loyola University Chicago, kmoore11@luc.edu. Moore, Kelly. “Refusing Evil by (Sociotechnical) Design: A Comment on Martin.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 4 (2019): 14-18. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink:… Read More ›
Bad Social Science, Brian Martin
Author Information: Brian Martin, University of Wollongong, bmartin@uow.edu.au. Martin, Brian. “Bad Social Science.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 3 (2019): 6-16. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-47a Articles in this dialogue:… Read More ›
On the Pragmatic and Conversational Features of Venting, Manuel Padilla-Cruz
Author Information: Manuel Padilla-Cruz, Universidad de Sevilla, mpadillacruz@us.es. Padilla-Cruz, Manuel. “On the Pragmatic and Conversational Features of Venting: A Reply to Thorson and Baker.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 2 (2019): 21-30. The pdf of the article gives specific… Read More ›
On Political Culpability: The Unconscious?, Raphael Sassower
Author Information: Raphael Sassower, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, rsassowe@uccs.edu. Sassower, Raphael. “On Political Culpability: The Unconscious?” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 1 (2019): 26-29. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-45p In the… Read More ›
Between Forteana and Skepticism, Matthew R. X. Dentith
Author Information: Matthew R. X. Dentith, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Bucharest, m.dentith@episto.org. Dentith, Matthew R. X. “Between Forteana and Skepticism: A Review of Bernard Wills’ Believing Weird Things.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 11 (2018):… Read More ›