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I always thought that the opposition between positivism and constructivism was a false dilemma. We need both. But not as a mere addition. We need to integrate them in a more comprehensive epistemology of social sciences, such as dialectical and critical realist approaches, with attention to the constraining power of social structures, the core social conflicts and hierarchies at stake, and historical social change. Hence I wrote a simple 900-words essay in my blog to shed light on these ideas. Welcome to read and discuss! https://lnkd.in/d8rXH4Mv

Our latest issue has new articles on political epistemology, epistemic justice, and knowledge production in the social sciences. Many are available open access! Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eFGyxFcj Taylor & Francis Group #socialepistemology #academia #research #journal #epistemicjustice

Did you know that the Political Epistemology network brings together scholars working at the intersection of epistemology and political philosophy, as well as related fields like political science, cognitive psychology, and journalism? Find out more about the network here: https://lnkd.in/eHZSESKi #WeAreUon #UoNHumanities #Philosophy #Research The networks are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result may change for reasons of, for example, research developments or legislative changes. The networks displayed here are an example of typical networks, not a definitive list.

Please see Lorraine Pangle's "Plato's Political Epistemology" in The Political Science Reviewer! https://lnkd.in/eRitf8BY

This is a published scientific paper. Based on philosophical theories by french post-modernists, Guetarri & Deleuze whose life’s work was to deconstruct rationalization and epistemology as they are the main obstacles to ideology (hence evidence based as « microfascism »). It’s about time we save scientific thinking from academia humanities.

One thing that never dies is the quest for knowledge; the frontiers of knowledge are continuously beckoning to be widened by honest and rigorous research. To this effect, I share with you, a call for papers by The Nuntius, a philosophical journal targeted at rich investigations into core tenets of human society, knowledge, and customs. This call is themed around law and morality, and manifests a predilection for the African treatment of these topics. African philosophy has a wide range of views: established and burgeoning, which could be explored to far ends. There have been frames of thought developed by such colleagues as Aribiah Attoe, Edwin Etieyibo, Dr Mirian Ngozi Alike PhD, Professor Philip Edema, Elvis Imafidon PhD, Björn Freter, Ph.D., Professor Anselm Jimoh, and many others. I thus invite you to publish your thoughts on these topics, in this journal.

Much discussions over what is "science" of late. In the 1880s, Matthew Arnold, poet and educator, and Thomas Huxley, biologist, engaged in a fierce curriculum debate. The issue was whether college curriculums, which at that time focused on classical literature, should be expanded to include the natural sciences. 1959, and the "Two Cultures" lecture by CP Snow highlighted the chasm between spheres of knowledge - the humanities and sciences. The lecture was subsequently published as "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution". The 1996 Sokal Hoax continued to fuel the discussion. Complexity studies, the multidisciplinary study of complex systems, from cells to societies, seem to offer potential for some mediation. How do systems of knowledge affect how we attempt to comprehend the world?

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Philosophy has many branches and subfields, which are neither mutually exclusive nor exhaustive. Some major branches include: Epistemology: Knowledge and truth Metaphysics: Reality and being Logic: Argumentation and reason Axiology: Aesthetics and ethics Political philosophy: The state and government

FLASH BACK OF (2021/09/27) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE Philosophy is questionability of criticality of understandability of rationality and reasonability or perceptive reasonability in a Reminiscencingly-transcendented conception, consummation of thoughtfulness, and finality of understandability, while science is rigorous experimentation of perceptive reasonability to arrive at a Reminiscencingly-transcendented conception, consummation of thoughtfulness, and finality of understandability. ISN-ODP/FMP: Nebeolism-Igweism (2024/09/28)