Brian Talbot’s new book The End of Epistemology As We Know It (2023)[1] represents a challenge to mainstream analytic epistemology that goes well beyond its defiant title. Talbot argues that “standard”…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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…| 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
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 in the review—questions of autonomy, independence, and obligation are central to understanding communities of inquiry and the duties incumbent upon their members. In this response, I aim to clarify a couple of issues brought to light by West’s comments and...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
In her challenging book Epistemic Care (2023), Casey Rebecca Johnson argues that we have epistemic obligations to one another that stem from our social interdependence as knowers.| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
In his review, Uwe Peters (2024) challenges my claim that we currently have no satisfactory social epistemology of AI-based science. He argues that the situation is not as dire as I take it to be…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective