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Socrates Tenured
Professional philosophy has strayed so far from its roots that Socrates wouldn’t stand a chance of landing tenure in most departments today. After all, he spent his time talking …
Minority Report
In Philip K. Dick’s The Minority Report, ‘precogs’, who are imaginary individuals capable of seeing the future are relied upon to stop crime, with a consensus report synthesized …
Social Epistemology and Epistemic Agency
The field of epistemology is undergoing significant changes. Primary among these changes is an ever growing appreciation for the role social influences play on one’s ability to …
The Future of Social Epistemology
The Future of Social Epistemology: A Collective Vision sets an agenda for exploring the future of what we – human beings reimagining our selves and our society – want, need and …
Epistemic Paternalism
This volume considers forms of information manipulation and restriction in contemporary society. It explores whether and when manipulation of the conditions of inquiry without the …
Social Epistemology and Technology
How has technology changed what it means to be human and to be a member of a human society? How has technology changed the way we acquire knowledge of the world we inhabit? In …
Heraclitus Redux: Technological Infrastructures and Scientific Change
Scientific change is often a function of technological innovation – new instruments show us new things we could not see before and we then need new theories to explain them. One …