Social Epistemology of Argumentation
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Social Epistemology of Argumentation
@erc_sea
The SEA project studies how argumentation produces, circulates, shapes, and suppresses knowledge. ERC funded @VUPhilosophy Tweets: @cdutilhnovaes @elias_anttila







My latest interview with the great @DavidPZone1 for the Philosopher's Zone podcast is now available. Good overview of my recent work: I talk about adversarial & non-adversarial conceptions of argumentation, the role of trust in argumentation, and more 😊 abc.net.au/radionational/…



1/ My paper with @ridderjeroen on fake news is forthcoming in a @OUPPhilosophy volume, 'The Epistemology of Fake News' (ed. Bernecker, Flowerree & Grundmann). Here's the pre-print version, in case anyone is interested; abstract pasted below. drive.google.com/open?id=1W_Ixe…

THREAD on 'following the experts' 1/ @NewYorker piece w detailed discussion of the differences btw how Seattle and NYC each reacted to covid19. Seattle followed advice of experts, whereas in NYC politicians, esp. @NYCMayor made a complete mess of things. newyorker.com/magazine/2020/…

At Mass this morning, Pope Francis says: "In Poland, a university student asked me: "But in university I have many atheist companions. What do I say to convert them?" - “Nothing, dear, nothing! The last thing you need to do is say something. Start by living and they will see.""


This article starts with some strange assumptions (strict separation between science & politics, which is well-known to be an illusion), but then it takes a more interesting turn: Dutch gov. is listening to experts who agree too much with each other. nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/04…

On the difficult balance between 'trusting the expert' & being a citizen with a critical stance, I am reminded of this article of last year (by @toniemudde), where I claim that it's not a contradiction to trust science & remain critical at once. volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/stu…