NEW SPECIAL ISSUE: Social Epistemology, Volume 40, Issue 1 (2026) The Mind-Technology Problem in the Age of GenAI; Guest Editors: Robert W. Clowes, Klaus Gärtner, and Georg Theiner www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsep20/4...

➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "Meaning Dominance – When Polysemy Creates Hermeneutical Injustice" by Sonja Riegler and Sophie Juliane Veigl www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... In this paper, the authors introduce a novel type of "polysemy-based" hermeneutical injustice.

"Democracy as an Epistemic System: From the Athenian Polis to a New Polity of Knowledge—A Dialogue with Josiah Ober" by Luca Sciortino www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... In conversation with Luca Sciortino, Josiah Ober reflects on the effectiveness and stability of Western democracies today.

"Digital Epistemology Reconsidered" by Sean Hermanson and Murray Clarke www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This paper surveys various proposals within Environmental Epistemology with the aim of clarifying what exactly is being proposed and how this viewpoint might be defended and applied.

"Racism, Meta-Lucidity, and Epistemic Burdening: Learning from James Baldwin" by Pierre Le Morvan www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... This paper builds on two of James Baldwin’s insights concerning the epistemic effects of American racism on Black Americans.

➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] 📹 [VIDEO ABSTRACT] "What Is Interesting About Conspiracy Theories?" by Melina Tsapos www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This paper highlights how competing frameworks—normative cultural biases versus objective scientific inquiry—shape our understanding of rational belief.

"Counter-Closure Principles in the Age of Complex Software Systems: A Generalized Challenge from AI" by Matteo Baggio www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This article explores whether AI can effectively transmit knowledge or understanding or can it generate these epistemic goods for human users?

[OPEN ACCESS] "Epistemic Dispossession in Platform Capitalism: Insights from Iris Marion Young’s Five Faces of Oppression" by Chi Kwok www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This article develops the concept of epistemic dispossession as a distinctive structural form of epistemic injustice.

➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "Resisting Reclamation: Intra-Community Hierarchies and the R-Slur" by Erica Bigelow www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This paper offers a critique of nascent efforts to reclaim the r-slur grounded in Linda Martín Alcoff’s groundbreaking ‘The Problem of Speaking for Others’.

"Rejection of Expert Testimony: A Patterned Testimonial Injustice" by Carline Julie Francis Klijnman www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This paper analyses distorted perceptions of experts’ trustworthiness using Miranda Fricker’s concept of ‘testimonial injustice’. #epistemicinjustice #testimony

[OPEN ACCESS] "Understanding Doxastic Injustice: The Role of Intrapersonal Factors in Epistemic Disempowerment" by Zhixuan Li doi.org/10.1080/0269... This paper introduces the concept of doxastic injustice, a novel form of epistemic injustice #socialepistemology #injustice #feministepistemology

[OPEN ACCESS] "Norm Violations in Online Discourse: Epistemic and Civil Foundations for Platform Design and Moderation" by Aviv Barnoy, Ori Freiman, Arnon Keren & Boaz Miller doi.org/10.1080/0269... Fostering healthy online conversations #misinformation #norms #socialmedia #socialepistemology

[OPEN ACCESS] "Trusting Despite Oneself: Stated, Introspected, and Revealed Epistemic Trust" by Keith Raymond Harris doi.org/10.1080/0269... ...a crisis of trust characterised in part by a lack of epistemic trust in experts and mainstream media institutions. #socialepistemology #testimony #trust

"Racism, Meta-Lucidity, and Epistemic Burdening: Learning from James Baldwin" by Pierre Le Morvan doi.org/10.1080/0269... This paper builds on two of James Baldwin’s insights concerning the epistemic effects of American racism on Black Americans. #Metalucidity #epistemicburdening #racism #knowledge

➡️🔐 [OPEN ACCESS] "Social Epistemology as an Epistemological Foundation for Library and Information Science" by Dominic Dixon doi.org/10.1080/0269... Library and Information Science lacks a clearly articulated epistemological foundation #socialepistemology #journal #library #normativity #article

NEW ISSUE: Social Epistemology, Volume 39, Issue 6 (2025). www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsep20/c... New Waves in the Philosophy of Epistemic Authority and Expert Testimony; Guest editors: Rico Hauswald and Pedro Schmechtig #socialepistemology #journal #issue #research #routledge #epistemology #authority

"A Challenge to the Distributive Paradigm of Testimonial Injustice" by Lisa Madura doi.org/10.1080/0269... This article challenges the distributive paradigm of testimonial injustice #epistemicinjustice #testimony #injustice #credibility #socialepistemology #journal #academia #article #discourse

"Making Sense of Epistemic Authority" by Dominik Jarczewski doi.org/10.1080/0269... This paper explores the debate surrounding epistemic authority. #epistemicauthority #preemption #expertise #Zagzebski #socialepistemology #journal

➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "Respectful Disposal: Spatial and Material Practices of Incinerating Necro-Waste" by Mark Shtanov doi.org/10.1080/0269... The article inquires into the methods used for incinerating discarded human remains #waste #respect #socialepistemology #journal Viewer discretion advised

➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "The University, Epistemic Power, and Institutional Epistemic Responsibilities" by Iris M. Lechner, Jeroen de Ridder, René van Woudenberg & Solmu Anttila doi.org/10.1080/0269... #epistemicpower #responsibilities #universities #MichelFoucault #socialepistemology #journal #article

"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

"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

"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

"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

"Artificiality for Balanced Integration: A Virtue-Epistemological Framework Bridging Scientific Objectivity and Social Values" by Zhiqing Wang doi.org/10.1080/0269... Veritistic governance in science marginalises epistemic minorities [...] #socialepistemology #journal #epistemicjustice

💡 [NEW ISSUE] Special Issue. Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025) www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsep20/3... #socialepistemology #epistemology #academia #research #journal #publication #narratives #pedagogy #obstetrics #chatbots #ai

[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

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

[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

"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

"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

"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

[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

"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

🔓 ➡️ [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

[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

➡️🔓[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

"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

"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

➡️ 🔓 [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

"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

"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...

➡️ 🔓 [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

➡️ 🔓 "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

"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

"𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗵: (𝗡𝗼𝘁) 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺" 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗘𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻. Can we maintain that all knowledge is relative to specific frameworks? #socialepistemology #journal #paper #article #academia #research doi.org/10.1080/0269...

➡️ 🔓 [𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦] "𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜" 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗥. 𝗘𝗸𝗯𝗶𝗮. We relate the Mind-Technology Problem to contemporary AI in the spirit of Descartes’ meditations, where the original Mind-Body Problem was born. doi.org/10.1080/0269... #socialepistemology #journal #academia

➡️ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "Taking Virtuous Acts, not Virtuous Traits, as Evaluatively and Conceptually Primary" by Nastasia Müller doi.org/10.1080/0269... #socialepistemology #journal #academia #publication #article #research #scholarship #tayloreandfrancis #knowledge #culture #policy

"Intellectual Hubris and Moral Opprobrium" by Geoffrey M. Cox doi.org/10.1080/0269... Some theories of virtue epistemology appear to sanction an equivalence between intellectual disagreement and moral opprobrium. #virtue #hubris #polarization #socialepistemology #journal #article #academia #research

"𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 & 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗻 doi.org/10.1080/0269... Humans and machines have co-evolved to a point of mutual entwinement... #socialepistemology #journal #academia #research #publication