Experiments in New Directions for Humanity and Philosophy—Technologies of the Future Self: An Ethics for Transhuman Flourishing, Adam Riggio Prologue This piece is my own reaction to the ideas and arguments in a fascinating volume of transhumanist scholarship and research, Technologies of the…

A Commentary on Edelsztein and Cormick’s “If It’s Too Good to be True, It Ain’t”, Leonardo González Galli I begin by noting that my remarks are primarily motivated by my concern with science education (and, in connection with the topic of the article, with the nature of science) and, more broadly,…

A Response to West’s “Usable Antiquity”, Joseph I. Breidenstein Jr I would thank Mark D. West for taking the time to read and review my first book Nietzschean, Feminist, and Embodied Perspectives on the Presocratics: Philosophy as Partnership (henceforth NFEP), and I appreciate several of West’s…

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Science Denial, Post-Trust, and Epistemic Blame: A Review of Contessa’s Science Denial, Maya Goldenberg One of the most distinctive features of Gabriel Contessa’s Science Denial is that its critique of the science‑denial framework reorients where epistemic failure is located. Having shown that the…

Beyond an Add-On: Regarding the Role of Social Sciences and Humanities in Interdisciplinary Research, Anita Välikangas The institutional standing of the social sciences and humanities (SSH) has significantly weakened over the past few decades in several countries. Numerous universities have…

An Epistemology for Concealing the Crime: A Review of Altanian’s The Epistemic Injustice of Genocide Denialism, Arshak Balayan Melanie Altanian’s The Epistemic Injustice of Genocide Denialism is an insightful application of the epistemic injustice paradigm to unveil social-epistemic processes,…

On the Epistemology of Public Discourse: A Reply to Ryan and Hammerton, Marko-Luka Zubčić “I ain’t no physykist, but I knows what matters.” — Popeye The Problem of Public Discourse While there is an abundance of disagreements in contemporary epistemology—obviously, philosophy is the business of…

"The State’s Violent Little Tools: Over the Dead Bodies of Whales and/or Fish," Kevin Pijpers, wp.me/p1Bfg0-b2V

"No Choice But Choose: A Reply to Fairhurst" Youssef Aguisoul, wp.me/p1Bfg0-b2C

"The Idea of Tradition and Language: Thinking Through Talal Asad," Aboobacker M A, wp.me/p1Bfg0-b2c

"How We Build Our World to Build Our Knowledge," Adam Riggio wp.me/p1Bfg0-b1H

Mark D. West, “Usable Antiquity: On Breidenstein’s Nietzschean, Feminist, and Embodied Perspectives on the Presocratics." wp.me/p1Bfg0-b14

When Epistemology and Ethics Converge: Reflections on Jarczewski’s “Making Sense of Epistemic Authority”, Aleksandra Vučković Abstract This article examines Dominik Jarczewski’s (2025) account of epistemic authority and its reliance on the Pre-emption thesis. While critics of this thesis suggest…

SERRC Volume 15, Issue 3, 1–90, March 2026 Volume 15, Issue 3, 1–90, March 2026 ❧ Pongiglione, Francesca. 2026. “Further Reflections on Epistemic Hubris: A Reply to Lanius.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 15 (3): 1–6. ❧ Mizrahi, Moti. 2026. “No Such Thing as Reliable Bullshit…

I Believe, Therefore I am Right? Against Epistemic Egocentrism, János Tőzsér This paper is the sixth stage in my debate with Bálint Békefi in the pages of SERRC about my book, The Failure of Philosophical Knowledge (previous papers: Békefi 2024; Tőzsér 2025a; Békefi 2025a; Tőzsér 2025b; Békefi…

We Are All Suicide Cult Sky Pilots: A Reply to West, Lee Basham What does my death matter, if thousands are stirred to action? –Sophie Scholl, White Rose Resistance[1] Jews have always been on trial, and if current circumstances are any guide, they will continue to be. It’s hard to imagine a…

Review: Steve Fuller’s Media and the Power of Knowledge, Rubén Martínez Steve Fuller's book Media and the Power of Knowledge offers a broad, critical and thought-provoking reflection on the relationship between communication, knowledge and power in Western history and in the contemporary context.…

On Critical Cyborg Literacy: A Reply to Azamnia, Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau Our book Cyborg, which was published in 2024 as part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series, set out to revisit and extend feminist cyborg theories for the 21st century. We argue that it is possible to understand…

The Constraints of Technical Practices or Epistemological Commitment? A Reply to Ting and Montgomery, Jill Morawski Carol Ting and Martin Montgomery (2024) ground their perceptive analysis of experimental social science in its optimistic albeit problematic adoption of the experimental methods of…

On Atkins’s Average Believer: Reflection, Inquiry, and Epistemic Responsibility, Jeff Kasser “Apology for an Average Believer” (2024) casts judgment on those who would judge our ordinary fellow citizens “irrational” for believing “demonstrably false” claims such as that significant irregularities…

Truths Beyond Our Ken: Responding to McCraw, Peter Baumann I am very grateful to Benjamin McCraw for his recent contribution and continuation of our discussion of the “Reidian Transcendental Argument” (RTA) (see McCraw 2026). I think that McCraw is bringing up a new and very important point: one…

Beyond Representation: Systemic Epistemic Alterity and the Architecture of Knowledge in the Contemporary Academy, Part II, Wael Saleh 3. Productive Intersections Between Systemic Epistemic Alterity and Other Traditions in the Study of Knowledge and Power Placing Systemic Epistemic Alterity in…

Beyond Representation: Systemic Epistemic Alterity and the Architecture of Knowledge in the Contemporary Academy, Part I, Wael Saleh Abstract This article advances Systemic Epistemic Alterity as a critical analytical framework rather than a comprehensive empirical model. It does not claim to…

Intellectual Vices: Perhaps More is More? A Reply to Matheson, Francesca Pongiglione Abstract Jonathan Matheson’s critique (2025) of my paper “Epistemic Hubris” (2025) hinges on the claim that the vice I describe is not novel, but rather a variation of familiar epistemic vices—namely, intellectual…

No Such Thing as Reliable Bullshit Machines: A Reply to Hauswald, Moti Mizrahi Abstract In Mizrahi (2025a), I sketch two arguments against the claim that LLMs should be granted the status of epistemic authorities worthy of epistemic respect. Rico Hauswald (2026) objects to the second premise (2,…

Further Reflections on Epistemic Hubris: A Reply to Lanius, Francesca Pongiglione In commenting on my paper “Epistemic Hubris” (2025), David Lanius (2025) makes several interesting observations, all of which point to the need for a deeper exploration and clearer definition of this epistemic…

SERRC Volume 15, Issue 2, 1–106, February 2026 Volume 15, Issue 2, 1–106, February 2026 ❧ Hauswald, Rico. 2026. “Why Shouldn’t There be Reliable ‘Bullshit Machines’? A Response to Mizrahi on Artificial Epistemic Authorities.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 15 (2): 1–7. ❧ McCraw,…

Why Epistemic Criteria Are Not Primary and Not Enough: A Response to Holst’s Epistemic Approach to Democratising Expertise, Hannah Hilligardt Within the values in science debate, it is a popular position to allow for social values and aims to shape scientific research as long as they do not…

Radical Universalism: A Review, Mark D. West The Enlightenment’s universalist wager now faces coordinated assault from positions that ostensibly oppose one another. On the right, nationalism and civilizational particularism treat universality as a naïve fiction or, worse, as a solvent of the…

Maintenance, Repair, and the Nature of Artifacts: Comments on Lawler and Vega-Encabo, Tim Juvshik Two recent trends have emerged in two separate subfields of philosophy which have increased our understanding of the nature of artifacts—things like cellphones, chairs, and hammers. First, analytic…

Dialectical Neglect, Principles, and Pragmatic Deep Disagreement Optimism: A Second Reply to Serebrinsky, Scott F. Aikin and Alison Emery Abstract In “Epistemic Principles and Dialectical Neglect,” Dalila Serebrinsky defends her development of the principles approach to deep disagreements, noting…

Knowledge Management Against Scientific Autonomy? An Interview with Steve Fuller, Yang Yang This interview engages with Steve Fuller’s analysis of knowledge management (KM), focusing on its implications for scientific autonomy, epistemic values, and the governance of innovation under contemporary…

How to Respond to Generalism about Contrarian Conspiracy Theories: A Reply to Duetz, Kurtis Hagen Arguably the most contested area in the epistemology of conspiracy theories is the epistemic status of conspiracy theories that conflict with an “official account” (variously defined). In a recent…

Structure, Culture, and Norms: A Further Dialogue with Mangraviti, Colin R. Caret In “The Logician’s Responsibility: A Response to Caret” (2025), Franci Mangraviti takes me to task (Caret 2025) for underplaying logic’s contribution to epistemic injustice. My skepticism is said to be “stuck between…

If It’s Too Good to be True, It Ain’t: On Feminist Epistemology and a Historical Myth, Part II, Valeria Edelsztein and Claudio Cormick Section 4: … And Its Philosophical Uptake According to Natalie Ashton and Robin McKenna (2018), it is: [N]ow accepted that the peak in sexual activity during…

If It’s Too Good to be True, It Ain’t: On Feminist Epistemology and a Historical Myth, Valeria Edelsztein and Claudio Cormick According to an account popularized by Kim Wallen (and, more importantly, according to the appropriation of this story by feminist epistemologists), it was only since 1976…

On Reasonable Cooperation and Vaccine Hesitancy Among Ethnically Marginalized Communities: A Reply to Kelsall and Sorell, Tarun Kattumana In “Two Kinds of Vaccine Hesitancy”, Joshua Kelsall and Tom Sorell (2025) consider whether it is reasonable to be vaccine hesitant. The paper discusses a number…

Will the Anti-Skeptic Ever Go Away? A Continuing Dialogue with Baumann, Benjamin W. McCraw I want to extend an additional and deeper thanks to Peter Baumann for the continued dialogue stemming from my paper. Baumann’s charitable, yet critical, continued discussion models what is best in the…

Why Shouldn’t There be Reliable “Bullshit Machines”? A Response to Mizrahi on Artificial Epistemic Authorities, Rico Hauswald In a recent contribution to SERRC, Moti Mizrahi criticizes current attempts to make conceptual space for the idea of artificial epistemic authorities (AEAs), that is, large…

SERRC Volume 15, Issue 12, 1–80, January 2026 Volume 15, Issue 1, 1–80, January 2026 ❧ Kukkonen, Karin. 2026. “A Response to Caracciolo’s Reply to ‘Designing an Expert Setting for Interdisciplinary Dialogue’.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 15 (1): 1–6. ❧ Shajahan, Muhammed Shah.…

Measures of Epistemic Autonomy: Remarks on Beebe’s Scales, Heather Battaly James Beebe’s “The Pitfalls of Epistemic Autonomy without Intellectual Humility” (2024) asks whether intellectual humility can prevent epistemic autonomy from becoming an extreme form of intellectual individualism. More…

Death as an Epistemological Foundation, Ilina Marinova Debates over brain death and organ donation are often framed as technical or ethical disputes. This article argues that something more fundamental is at stake. It examines death as a functional epistemic category that modern societies rely on…

Gnostic Populism or What I Learned on X, Bernard N. Wills One of the most striking things about our contemporary culture (and its assumed ‘secularity) is the degree to which it recapitulates mythic and theological patterns long assumed lost and superseded.  This is especially true in the political…

A “Parasitology” of Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Theorizing the Add-on Role of Social Sciences and Humanities, Judith Igelsböck Abstract Anita Välikangas’s analysis of a broad selection of interdisciplinary funding programs shows that the Social Sciences and Humanities’ (SSH) relegation to…

Understanding, Teaching, and Phenomenology in the Age of LLMs: Critical Reply to Malfatti’s “ChatGPT, Education, and Understanding”, Jacob Rump In “ChatGPT, Education, and Understanding” (2025), Federica Isabella Malfatti provides a thought-provoking account of what it would take for an Large…

What Are We to Do About Vicious Distrusters? A Reply to Carter and Meehan, Johnny Brennan The pursuit of knowledge can go wrong in many ways. It can go wrong when trying to gain knowledge through reasoning. We jump to conclusions, ignore disconfirming evidence, improperly interpret evidence,…

Interstitial Justice and Erasure: A Response to Richardson, Ásta A lot of philosophical work in the last two decades has been at the intersection of theoretical and practical philosophy, especially concerning social aspects of epistemic, linguistic, or ontological phenomena. Although the…

Restricting AI to Its Proper Sphere: A Response to Blok, Jonas Hallström In his fine and philosophically well-argued article “Economics and Politics in the Age of AI” (2025), Vincent Blok asserts that the “technological advancements in digital technologies like AI raise societal concerns about the…

Thinking Dwelling with Heidegger and Asad: Existence, Authority, and the Problem of Home, Muhammed Shah Shajahan Muhammed Nishad’s reflections on Martin Heidegger’s notion of dwelling (wohnen) to interpret the social and political significance of Mosques in the South Indian region of Malabar open…