I have learned a great deal from Karin Kukkonen’s (2024) account of literary works as ‘boundary objects’, including her discussion of how these objects may play a role in facilitating interdisciplinary exchanges. While I find Kukkonen’s argument convincing overall, I have a few qualifications and complications that I would like to formulate in my response to “Designing an Expert-Setting for Interdisciplinary Dialogue: Literary Texts as Boundary Objects.” … [please read below the...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Jodi Newman has written an extremely careful and generous review of my recent book (2024), for which I am very grateful. Toward the end, she points to a series of topics that she found herself wishing I had directed more attention to, noting my stated intention to do so in other works. These topics include the use of dogwhistles and figleaves for misogyny and transphobia, and the use of dogwhistles by people other than the far-right. … [please read below the rest of the article].| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Apparently, if you have "women" or "female" somewhere in your scientific research grant from the National Science Foundation or National Institutes of Health, watch out.| Forbes
Jennifer Mather Saul’s Dogwhistles & Figleaves: How Manipulative Language Spreads Racism and Falsehood (2024) is an important contribution to the domains of philosophy of language, social epistemology and political philosophy. As the title indicates, Saul’s primary focus is on the nature and rhetorical effects of two linguistic devices: (1) dogwhistles and (2) figleaves. These specific linguistic techniques are often employed by political leaders to manipulate a target audience and influe...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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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
