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Dive into the Book Review section and read single-authored or multiple-authored reviews of recent books in the area of social epistemology. Launched in November 2011, the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective (SERRC) provides an open-access forum for intellectual inquiry and dialogue concerning issues of knowledge, society, science, technology, politics, economics, and ecology.
Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
5d ago
I want to start by thanking Professor Levy for his illuminating discussion (2024) of my book. Levy is an excellent philosopher, who consistently notices things that other people miss, and it’s an honor to have him write about my work.... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
2w ago
In this monograph on metaphilosophy, János Tőzsér reckons earnestly with a disturbing fact; that while many philosophers aspire to discover the truth, they can’t seem to agree on anything. Ambitious in scope, careful in layout, impassioned and despairing in tone,... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
3w ago
In Who Should We Be Online? A Social Epistemology for the Internet (2023), Karen Frost-Arnold tackles some of the ethically and epistemically fraught issues that give shape to our online lives, developing a social epistemology to help navigate these issues,... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
1M ago
I am reviewing Carl Elliot’s The Occasional Human Sacrifice a few months after an announcement of the sudden death of two Boeing whistleblowers. A month ago a video confession of a former neurosurgeon (Goobie @GoobieAndDoobie) went viral on YouTube (with... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
1M ago
Recently, I reviewed Casey R. Johnson’s excellent book, Epistemic Care, for the SERRC; Professor Johnson and I have since, in these pages, engaged in the sort of pleasant exchange that makes one believe that there is hope for the academic... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
1M ago
Blake Roeber’s new book (2024) is an impressive achievement. In just 150 or so pages of highly readable and accessible prose, Roeber argues for a novel view of how we should engage with politics in our highly polarized societies.[1] We... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
2M ago
Mark D. West has written a very helpful review (2024) of my recent book, Epistemic Care: Vulnerability, Inquiry, and Social Epistemology. I appreciate the review and this opportunity to respond to it. I agree with much of what West says... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
2M ago
One of the classic challenges of philosophy has been to prove the existence of the outside world. G. E. Moore, who is known for his defense of common-sense realism, believed that it was possible to prove the outside world using... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
3M ago
Nursing Epistemology: Then, and Now Healthcare organizations like universities are highly dynamic organizations “made up of multiple, complex, and overlapping subgroups with variably shared assumptions, values, beliefs, and behaviours” (Mannion and Davies 2018, 2). They are often the largest employer... Read More ›
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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective » Book Reviews
4M ago
Lisa Herzog’s wonderful book Citizen Knowledge: Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy (Herzog 2023), examines how democratic market societies should deal with the tension that can arise between democracy and capitalism when it comes to our epistemic practices. One... Read More ›
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