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Socially Extended Epistemology: Introduction
I guess Hayek, the granddaddy of modern extended- and distributed- knowledge and cognition theorizing, is persona non grata — at least here. active externalismdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeFriedrich Hayeksocial epistemology
EPISTEME 14(3)
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The Embedded Epistemologist
I was startled to read, in the 6th edition of a well-known textbook, McCormick on Evidence, that the “reasonable doubt” formula “points to what we are really concerned with, the state of the jury’s mind,” whereas “preponderance of the evidence” and “clear and convincing evidence” “divert attention to the evidence.” This has things exactly backwards:…
EPISTEME 14(1) now available
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Academic Hacks
The pun of the headline was unintended. Anyway, here is a short interview with Susan in Psychology Today — BTW, I highly recommend her Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate. The quote below captures the bind that befalls many humanities academics and is therefore a major driver of their hackery — ostrich-ism: So, in the crudest career terms, yes,…
A Case of the Politicization of “Science”
Though there is nothing new in this phenomenon here’s a nice example of good science reporting by Jesse Singal, someone who has consistently taken on the left and the right on at best questionable or at worst outright junk science, the worst offenders these days emanating from the intersectional identitarians. It would be interesting to see how…
