#Epistemology

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

Came across this very Southern religious guy talking about biblical interpretation, and it's probably one of the most confused things I've ever heard because he's mashing together his own views

I was about to make a joke mixing epidemiology & epistemology, but I didn’t know who would get it. More people got this than expected. In truth, a well-handled joke.

Steak-umm is taking it to Neil deGrasse Tyson and I am here for this battle of the titans. Whoever runs the Steak-umm account is not backing down and I'm enjoying

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As an actual person engaged in science education and with a few peer reviewed publications as a grad student and postdoc, I agree with Ted's reply here. You get better

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

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The authentic-chasing camp mischaracterise the medieval Muslim debates on epistemological certainty, apodictic knowledge, and historical truth. The ḥadīth scholars of early Islam understood the nuances of this debate -- unlike

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Epistemology - Thinking consists of generalization and discrimination, so both are illegal, naturally Social construction is not your enemy. Understand what it means and use it to fight your enemieshttps://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/112690

Daniel Yokomizo

1/N. On knowledge and subjectiveness, a thread.There's a common belief about truth being relative and that subjective experience is a superior to gain understanding.This manifests in several ways and leads

My favorite takeaways from the book "How to Have Impossible Conversations" https://www.amazon.com/How-Have-Impossible-Conversations-Practical-ebook/dp/B07NL74KR2 Before entering an argument, identify your priority: is it the relat

This comes back to my point about how impoverished K-12 and university education is about the *social* epistemology of science. We teach students it's about the labs, but the strength

Michael E. Skyer

"Disability" (as epistemology/word/theory/construct) is not ableism in the same way that race is not racism, and queer is not homophobia. The former being social constructs and the latter, discriminatory ideologies

Which philosopher-signaling term/s are most likely to instead reveal the opposite? #philosophyBuckle in. A thread. (It’s OK to unbuckle. That was just clickbait.)OK, back to question.Options:A) Using the term “epistemology”

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I see many evangelicals on here incredibly frustrated by the state of their churches. The problem is that it's not going to get any better. Starting more parachurch ministries won't

I see you have a personal philosophy. Now, print it and pin on your bedroom wall. My philosphy is 'ikigai', finding purpose, pursuing it through learning and transmitting the knowledge

This is really good. And I have some thoughts about it -- thoughts that are, if possible, even more pessimistic than Jay's about the prospects for better political media.https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1265847315685933056 First,

is traditional news media "liberal"? I think you can make a case for yes and no. I lean "No" (I think the term "liberal bias" is construct of conservative epistemology

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it's more performant to believe — or at least say — that you never incur collateral damage in pursuit of your righteous cause. so people do! the falsity doesn't negate