The SEA project studies how argumentation produces, circulates, shapes, and suppresses knowledge. ERC funded @VUPhilosophy Tweets: @cdutilhnovaes @elias_anttila
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Joined April 2020
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Social Epistemology of Argumentation retweeted
My article 'Carnap meets Foucault: conceptual engineering and genealogical investigations' is now available online. It was supposed to be Open Access, but somehow it is not (I've contacted #TaylorandFrancis @tandfstem about the problem). Abstract ⬇️
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
For @ConversationUK, @lisabortolotti & @annaichino argue that conspiracy theories are
1) attempts to protect mental health
2) rooted in trying to find explanations rooted in people's intentions
3) effective bc of certain existing group identities. ⤵️
theconversation.com/conspira…
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Zelic and Milos "With a little help from our civic friends?" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…
John Greco talks social epistemology and polarization on the Open for Debate blog: (EA)
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…
First meeting of the SEA team with its new members! From right to left: Silvia Ivani, Merel Talbi, Caglar Dede, Colin Rittberg on screen, Hein Duijf, @elias_anttila and @cdutilhnovaes So happy to have these awesome people working with us! (CDN)
The project having 'impact' overseas 😁
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/pro…
New @erc_sea project output!
SEA's Hein Duijf discusses digital contract tracing technologies and the issues they need to address with regard to Covid-19 in our newest research blog post, check it out! (EA)
seavuerc.wixsite.com/ercsea/…
SEA's Hein Duijf discusses digital contract tracing technologies and the issues they need to address with regard to Covid-19 in our newest research blog post, check it out! (EA)
seavuerc.wixsite.com/ercsea/…
S Dubinsky, KE Smith, & M Gavin: there is evidence of language-based discrimination related to corona. L-B discrimination could to be v important wrt the circulation of knowledge, but is totally underrepresented in the epistemic injustice literature. (EA) undark.org/2020/05/05/covid-…
SEA research output spotted! (CDN)
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_…
Is 'following the science' a straightforward matter? Short answer: no. (CDN)
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/…
First blog post of the project! Elias' preliminary thoughts on the two 'What is Enlightenment?' essays by Kant and Foucault 👇
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Religious conversion aside, let's remember that there are often epistemic benefits to good-faith [sic] discussion and argumentation from points of epistemic diversity! (EA)
Social Epistemology of Argumentation retweeted
A few things worth keeping in mind they don't really discuss (it's a short piece):
1. When to engage in argumentation with conspiracy theorists and when engaging can have adverse effects.
2. Dissuading from conspiracy is not just abt content of argument, eg affects matter. (EA)
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Nice piece in @ConversationUK by @STWorg and John Cook. Conspiracy theories use both faulty information and faulty reasoning, and they offer some ways to latch onto the reasoning component. (EA) theconversation.com/coronavi… via @ConversationUK
Nice piece in @ConversationUK by @STWorg and John Cook. Conspiracy theories use both faulty information and faulty reasoning, and they offer some ways to latch onto the reasoning component. (EA) theconversation.com/coronavi… via @ConversationUK
On the importance of disagreement & dissent in science and scientifically informed policy-making.
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/2020/04/18/exp…
On transparency and accountability of scientific work towards citizens at large. (CDN)
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…
