The history of modern-day philosophical counseling is short. It starts in the 1980s of the last century. Its official founder is the philosopher Gerd Achenbach, who became the first philosophical…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Recently, I wrote a review (2025) of Brian Talbot’s The End of Epistemology as We Know It. As I hope the review suggests, there was much to admire in that monograph. The book made me wonder about the…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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On encountering Charles Lassiter’s article (2024a) “Reading the Signs: From Dyadic to Triadic Views for Identifying Experts,” I felt totally in tune with his vision. A few years ago, I too had published an article in the Italian journal Prometeo on the crisis of competence (Censon 2020) which, although it did not have the theoretical breadth of the one written by Lassiter, touched on the same points. … [please read below the rest of the article].| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
On the Difficulty of Compromises| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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I was listening to a podcast the other day where yet another overwrought artist was furious that her work had been used to train a generative AI model. “They used my paintings without permission,” she said. “They owe me!” I completely understood her anger and I was full of empathy. I sincerely was. But I couldn’t help the feeling that she was making the wrong demand. Or rather, that she was fretting about losing a skirmish while fighting the wrong battle. … [please read below the ...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Pathology and Psychocentrism| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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Is Post-Truth a Permanent State of Emergency? This Christmas message is written amid a chapter I’m writing for a Russian volume on the current ‘Crisis of Truth’. The context is perhaps significant.| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Abstract New Public Management (NPM) can be classified within the naturalist philosophy of science. I introduce naturalist philosophers that laid out the framework for NPM including Bacon, Galileo…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Zombie movies express for us the horror that would take place if the dead did not go away so that the living could pursue existence unimpeded by the dead hand of history. The horror is an inversion of…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
In a year with many twists and turns, the significance of one event may outlast its hype, namely, Mark Zuckerberg’s rebranding of Facebook as ‘Meta’, to coincide with the launch of the ‘Metaverse’, as the main platform for its future development. The event, which took place at the end of October 2021, was notable in two ways from a business standpoint. First, it mirrored Google’s 2015 self-transcendence into ‘Alphabet’, especially with the comparably more abstract name, which ...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
This [2019] year-end reflection will return to the state of social epistemology and how it might go forward in light of the post-truth condition. Its point of departure is threefold.| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
I deny your holy footage.—Alexander Baker We should consider a reevaluation of the epistemic usefulness of video and audio evidence in momentous national and global political events and our response…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Epistemic injustice wrongs someone in their “capacity as a knower” (Fricker 2007). One way to suffer epistemic injustice is to be subject to deficits of intelligibility. That is to be prevented from…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Steve Fuller (2024) conducted a comparative analysis of Western and Chinese philosophy and civilization from a Western perspective. His focus was on identifying differences between the two civilizations at their foundational starting points, with a goal of fostering mutual understanding, rather than viewing China as merely “the other” of the West. Some of his observations align with core aspects of Chinese philosophy and civilization. In the following, I will respond to Fuller’s interpr...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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Delivered on the eve of the country’s 247th celebration of Independence Day (4 July), the constitutional confusion exhibited and exacerbated by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) majority opinion regarding…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Technology and language are good places to start when thinking about what makes humans unique, and between them, language triumphs. Language is a prerequisite for technology, science…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Abstract Naturalistic modes of research are interpretive for several reasons. Scientific observation is theory-laden (Yanow and Schwartz-Shea 2006). Facts are both theory- and value- laden (Goulding…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.—Matthew 26:39.| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
In the preface to Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche famously said Christianity is Platonism for the people. This was not meant to be a compliment to Plato or Christianity. On the contrary…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
The story of modernity, including its successes and failures, often revolves around several crucial points that arguably represent a break with the pre-modern past. Depending on our political…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss Li Zehou’s work in this interdisciplinary forum, particularly because Li’s ideas are well suited to a cross-cultural and multi-perspectival approach.| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
The career of Li Zehou has been shaped by its, at times, fortunate timing. He was able to establish his reputation as one of China’s leading philosophers during a time, after the death of Mao Zedong…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Glengarry Glen Ross is arguably the award-winning American playwright David Mamet’s masterpiece. The piece is set in a real estate office and revolves around the struggles and strategies…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
An abridged version of this article appears (in Chinese) in the 9 July 2024 edition of the Chinese Academy of Sciences publication, Chinese Social Sciences Today, translated by Zhixian Lian.| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
In 2023, M R. X. Dentith edited a special issue—”Conspiracy Theory Theory”—of Social Epistemology (37:4). SERRC readers are familiar with Dentith’s philosophical work on conspiracy theory theory—work…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
In 2023, M R. X. Dentith edited a special issue—”Conspiracy Theory Theory”—of Social Epistemology (37:4). SERRC readers are familiar with Dentith’s philosophical work on conspiracy theory theory—work…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
(Mis) Reading the History of Petitionary Prayer and Superstition| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
