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Launched on 15 November 2011, the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective provide an open-access forum for intellectual inquiry and dialogue concerning issues of knowledge, society, science, technology, politics, economics, and ecology. We maintain an editorial policy of actively seeking responses to and continuing dialogues on our posts whenever possible and appropriate.
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2d ago
(Mis) Reading the History of Petitionary Prayer and Superstition The worlds of Antiquity and the Middle Ages were profoundly different from ours. Martin (2004) correctly says it does not make sense to divide the world(s) of the past into the... Read More ›
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2d ago
Volume 13, Issue 4, 1–52, April 2024 ❧ Lockard, Claire A. 2024. “Critical Retrospective: An Open Letter to Commemorate the 10-Year Anniversary of Dotson’s ‘Conceptualizing Epistemic Oppression’.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 13 (4): 1–11. ❧ Censon, Francesco. 2024.... Read More ›
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1w ago
I am grateful to Francesco Censon (2024) for his thoughtful and very interesting paper. I agree with almost everything he says. Here, however, I will focus on the one thing I disagree with in his valuable contribution. … [please read... Read More ›
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1w ago
In Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Dennett (2013) offers some advice when criticizing others’ views. He says, “You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, ‘Thanks, I wish I’d... Read More ›
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2w ago
Whether we like it or not, we live in interesting times for democracy. We aspire to rule by the people but for the people to rule they need to have knowledge both of political institutions and practices and of the... Read More ›
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2w ago
In the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective (SERRC), a debate has taken place since November 2016 on one of the hottest and most complex topics to hit contemporary news: conspiracy theories… [please read below the rest of the article].... Read More ›
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3w ago
Dear Dr. Kristie Dotson, It is an honor to write to you. To commemorate the 10-year-anniversary of your paper “Conceptualizing Epistemic Oppression,” Jim Collier, the Editor of the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, asked me to write a Critical... Read More ›
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1M ago
Volume 13, Issue 3, 1–38, March 2024 ❧ Martin, Brian. 2024. “Censorship in Science: Deeper Processes.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 13 (3): 1–5. ❧ Rider, Sharon. 2024. “The Contemporary Research University: Freedom and Force.” Social Epistemology Review and... Read More ›
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1M ago
In ‘Censorship Bubbles Vs Hate Bubbles,’ I have proposed one way of locating the epistemic badness of hate speech. As I have suggested, such badness can be located in the epistemic effect of hate speech, and in particular, in the... Read More ›
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1M ago
Is it Possible to Develop a Timely Theory of Reading as Dwelling Within the Page? Reading models are not invented in a scientific vacuum. Therefore, the discussion of reading is interdependent with how people engage with symbolic material at a... Read More ›
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