I sincerely appreciate Professor Levy’s continued engagement with my work. I’ll keep things short this time by offering direct responses to crucial passages in his reply (2024b). There are four of…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
“Let us show a little more compassion in our caring, an important lesson that this book advocates” (2024, 289). Like much of Kathryn Waddington and Bryan Bonaparte’s previous work, this book offers numerous practical insights into teaching with compassion at the University level. This collection of chapters engages with three overarching questions:| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Blake Roeber and I are arguing at cross-purposes, and it’s at least partly my fault. He complains that my defence of the rationality of ordinary people, including their rationality when it comes to answering political questions (however we understand ‘political’), is irrelevant to his concern which is their reliability (Roeber 2024a). He points out that rationality doesn’t entail reliability. It’s plausible, however, that if we’re not reliable in the domain of politics, we can’t...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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 should engage humbly, in full awareness of how little we can know. In this critical essay, I won’t take issue with Roeber’s prescriptions. Perhaps we should engage in politics humbly. I will, however, take issue with his arguments. I am sceptical of almos...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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. … [please read below the rest of the article].| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
It’s Hard to be Humble, Neil Levy| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Book Review contributions are single-authored or multiple-authored reviews of recent books in the area of social epistemology.| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
