Social Epistemology Journal
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Social Epistemology is an academic journal and forum for philosophical and social scientific enquiry that incorporates the work of scholars from a variety of disciplines who share a common concern with the production, assessment and validation of knowledge
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"Particularism Reaffirmed: Why Conspiracy Theories (Variously Defined) Should Be Judged on Their Own Merits" by Kurtis Hagen, M R. X. Dentith & Charles Pigden
doi.org/10.1080/0269... #socialepistemology #journal #article #conspiracytheory #generalism #particularism #expertise #article #academia
Particularism Reaffirmed: Why Conspiracy Theories (Variously Defined) Should Be Judged on Their Own Merits
In the philosophical debate over the epistemic status of conspiracy theories, the view that each theory ought to be judged on its own merits, ‘particularism’, has the upper hand. But challenges to ...
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"Building Extended Minds" by Paul Smart
doi.org/10.1080/0269... The mind–technology problem refers to issues that lie at the intersection of technology development and the philosophy of mind. #socialepistemology #journal #mind #engineering #extendedmind #constitutiverelevance #knwoledge
Building Extended Minds
The mind–technology problem refers to issues that lie at the intersection of technology development and the philosophy of mind. In the present paper, I explore one aspect of the mind–technology pro...
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"What Groups Can Tell Us About Expertise" by Benedikt Leitgeb
doi.org/10.1080/0269... The nature of expertise is usually discussed only within the confines of individualistic epistemology [...]. #socialepistemology #journal #groups #veritism #expertise #epistemicauthority #authority #research
What Groups Can Tell Us About Expertise
The nature of expertise is usually discussed only within the confines of individualistic epistemology, despite the fact that many tasks typically performed by individual experts are now performed b...
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"Beyond Fact-Checking: The Importance of Logic-Checking in Public Discourse" by Shane Ryan & Matthew Hammerton
doi.org/10.1080/0269... This paper makes the case for what we call ‘logic-checking’. #socialepistemology #journal #criticalthinking #factchecking #facts #fakenews #researcg #academia
Beyond Fact-Checking: The Importance of Logic-Checking in Public Discourse
This paper makes the case for what we call ‘logic-checking’. The paper begins by providing an overview of the development of fact-checking and of how fact-checking functions. As part of this discus...
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💡 [NEW ISSUE] Special Issue. Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025)
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#socialepistemology #epistemology #academia #research #journal #publication #narratives #pedagogy #obstetrics #chatbots #ai
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[OPEN ACCESS] "Conspiracy Theories, Resistance to Evidence, and Propaganda: How Conspiracy Theories Advance Political Causes" by M. Giulia Napolitano doi.org/10.1080/0269... [A]ppeals to alleged conspiracies seem to advance political causes... #socialepistemology #conspiracytheories #propaganda
Conspiracy Theories, Resistance to Evidence, and Propaganda: How Conspiracy Theories Advance Political Causes
Whether deliberate or not, appeals to alleged conspiracies seem to advance political causes in an extraordinarily powerful way. In this paper, I offer an account of why this is so. I argue that som...
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OPEN ACCESS-> "Flexible or Rigid? A Functionalist Approach to Epistemic Standards" by Enno Fischer & Tammo Lossau doi.org/10.1080/0269... Discussions on epistemic standards typically lack a more general approach to what standards are #socialepistemology #journal #research #functionalism #standards
Flexible or Rigid? A Functionalist Approach to Epistemic Standards
Epistemic standards have attracted some attention in recent discussions in social epistemology and philosophy of science. Yet these discussions typically lack a more general approach to what standa...
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[OPEN ACCESS] "Betting on Scams" by Neil Levy doi.org/10.1080/0269... Scams [...] are responsible for huge financial and psychological harms. Up to now, however, there’s been no philosophical investigation of how they work. #socialepistemology #journal #scams #misinformation #epistemicvigilance
Betting on Scams
Scams of all sorts are responsible for huge financial and psychological harms. Up to now, however, there’s been no philosophical investigation of how they work. I argue that while the success of so...
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"Existential Testimonial Injustice" by Emily Goldbeck doi.org/10.1080/0269... Existential testimonial injustice occurs if a testifier is wronged in their capacity as a giver of knowledge... #trans #epistemology #injustice #artice #socialepistemology #journal #article #academia
Existential Testimonial Injustice
Existential testimonial injustice occurs iff a testifier is wronged in their capacity as a giver of knowledge due to the audience’s systematic nullification of the testifier’s social identity. An a...
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"Liberational Historical and Philosophical Arc to Queer Liberation Theory" by Nick J. Mulé & Kuir ë Garang doi.org/10.1080/0269... Queer liberation is a concept that is derived from the tenets of the late 1960s and early ‘70s. #socialepistemology #queer #article #philosophy #liberation #research
Liberational Historical and Philosophical Arc to Queer Liberation Theory
Queer liberation is a concept that is derived from the tenets and principles of the gay liberation movement of the late 1960s and early ‘70s. The notion of liberation has a much longer history and ...
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"Trusting Conspiracy Theories" by Dean Joseph doi.org/10.1080/0269... Conspiracy theories have mainly been of interest to social epistemologists in terms of whether one can be warranted in believing them. #socialepistemology #article #academia #conspiracy #distrust #belief #publication #research
Trusting Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories have mainly been of interest to social epistemologists in terms of whether one can be warranted in believing them. In this literature, believing a conspiracy theory is often und...
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[NEW ISSUE] Special Issue. Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025). "Liminal Identities and Epistemic Injustice". Guest editors: Anna Boncompagni & Annalisa Coliva www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsep20/3... #socialepistemology #publication #academia #research #article #scholarship #epistemicinjustice #identity
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"Stop Calling It ‘Revenge Porn’. Hermeneutical Injustice in Image-Based Sexual Abuse" by Marco Viola & Eleonora Volta doi.org/10.1080/0269... Scholars and activists have introduced the notion of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA)... #gender #injustice #socialepistemology #objectification #misogyny
Stop Calling It ‘Revenge Porn’. Hermeneutical Injustice in Image-Based Sexual Abuse
Scholars and activists have introduced the notion of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) to describe any act involving the non-consensual production, distribution, or threat of distribution of private ...
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🔓 ➡️ [OPEN ACCESS] "The Testimonial Double Bind for Disabled People" by Avram Hiller doi.org/10.1080/0269...
Disabled people face a testimonial double bind about being believed and giving testimony #disability #identity #testimonial #injustice #socialepistemology #journal #article
The Testimonial Double Bind for Disabled People
Disabled people face a testimonial double bind: Either (1) they give entirely positive testimony about their disability, which may not be believed, or (2) they give some negative testimony about th...
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[OPEN ACCESS] "The Vice of Nepotism: The Moral and the Epistemic" by Paul O. Irikefe doi.org/10.1080/0269... Nepotism forms a core part of our everyday moral and socio-political vocabulary... #Nepotism #epistemicvices #institutionalepistemology #echochamber #socialepistemology #journal #academia
The Vice of Nepotism: The Moral and the Epistemic
Nepotism forms a core part of our everyday moral and socio-political vocabulary, yet we lack a coherent account of it. The aim of this paper is to provide that account. I argue that nepotism (i.e. ...
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➡️🔓[OPEN ACCESS] Research Letter: "Chatbot Epistemology" by Susan Schneider doi.org/10.1080/0269...
Considering epistemological challenges that arise with increasingly widespread use of AI chatbots. #epistemology #largelanguagemodels #llms #chatbots #AIethics #AI #ethics #socialepistemology #journal
Chatbot Epistemology
This piece considers the epistemological challenges that arise with the increasingly widespread use of AI chatbots. I articulate a problem that they present—the ‘boiling frog problem’. According to...
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"Misplaced Trust in Expertise: Pseudo-Experts and Unreliable Experts" by Michel Croce & Neri Marsili doi.org/10.1080/0269... The persistence of scientific misconceptions is often attributed to a decline in trust in experts. #socialepistemology #journal #article #trust #expertise #misinformation
Misplaced Trust in Expertise: Pseudo-Experts and Unreliable Experts
The persistence of scientific misconceptions is often attributed to a decline in trust in experts. Against this simplistic picture, we emphasise that misplaced trust in expertise plays a crucial ro...
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"Epistemology of Folk-Lore" by Til Eyinck doi.org/10.1080/0269... Testimony is a central concept in the epistemological debate on knowledge and learning. #socialepistemology #folklore #culture #journal #heritage #intangibleculturalheritage #epistemology
Epistemology of Folk-Lore
Testimony is a central concept in the epistemological debate on knowledge and learning. It is therefore surprising that testimony plays a minor role in the empirical literature on cultural learning...
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➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "Conscious Perception as Augmented Reality" by Wanja Wiese doi.org/10.1080/0269... I suggest that conscious perception can usefully be regarded as a form of augmented reality (AR). #socialepistemology #journal #article #academia #research #knowledge #AI #AR #perception #reality
Conscious Perception as Augmented Reality
I suggest that conscious perception can usefully be regarded as a form of augmented reality (AR). The AR metaphor can be motivated by considering perception within the framework of predictive proce...
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"How Deep is Your Disagreement?" by Dalila Serebrinsky doi.org/10.1080/0269... Deep disagreements have been described as controversies that are not just about some propositions, but also about the right method... #socialepistemology #journal #academia #research #article #publication #epistemology
How Deep is Your Disagreement?
Deep disagreements have been described as controversies that are not just about some propositions, but also about the right method to evaluate those propositions and, thus, cannot be rationally res...
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"The Insertion of Islamic Psychology as a Decolonial Epistemological Proposal in the Field of Psychology" by Sálua Omais & Manoel Antônio dos Santos
#socialepistemology #journal #academia #research #psychology #psychologyofreligion #decoloniality #muslims #publication doi.org/10.1080/0269...
The Insertion of Islamic Psychology as a Decolonial Epistemological Proposal in the Field of Psychology
The predominance of psychological theories that were developed upon the inspiration of a hegemonic Western lifestyle highlights a number of gaps marked by the exclusion of the specificities of othe...
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➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "New Waves in the Philosophy of Epistemic Authority and Expert Testimony: An Introduction to the Special Issue" by Rico Hauswald & Pedro Schmechtig doi.org/10.1080/0269... #socialepistemology #journal #academia #knowledge #publication #research #epistemology #philosophy #expert
New Waves in the Philosophy of Epistemic Authority and Expert Testimony: An Introduction to the Special Issue
The introduction to this special issue briefly looks at the history of socio-epistemological reflection on epistemic authority and expert testimony, and identifies four major sets of questions that...
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➡️ 🔓 "Generative AI, Quadruple Deception & Trust" by Judith Simon doi.org/10.1080/0269... [T]ools employing Generative AI are ceaselessly used and abused for a wide variety of purposes. #generativeAI #deception #trust #trustworthiness #socialepistemology #journal #publication #academia #AI #article
Generative AI, Quadruple Deception & Trust
Generative AI has taken the world by storm. With millions of regular users, billions of requests and corresponding results, tools employing Generative AI are ceaselessly used and abused for a wide ...
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"𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲" –Raphaël Künstler doi.org/10.1080/0269... The term ‘post-truth’ refers, at least in part, to factual disagreements that continue to exist despite free speech and unrestricted access to information and argumentative discourse. #socialepistemology #posttruth
Two Ways of Seeing Post-Truth as a Stance
The term ‘post-truth’ refers, at least in part, to factual disagreements that continue to exist despite free speech and unrestricted access to information and argumentative discourse. One of the ma...
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