Month: June 2020

Towards a sociology of knowledge practices?

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This post outlines an emerging direction in my thinking and which I believe needs to be further developed: a sociology of knowledge practices. This sociology would mobilise social theory and adopt a view of humans consistent with sociological understandings in seeking to better understand a particular set of human activities: ‘knowledge practices.’ Two recent theoretical … [Read more…]

Pandemics as epistemological ordeals

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The other day I was listening to a recent episode of Sam Harris’s podcast (in which he’s in conversation with Jonathan Haidt). Something Harris said got my attention. In reference to the current coronavirus pandemic he stated that “this has been an interesting ordeal of epistemology, really”, and Haidt quickly concurred with this view. Harris … [Read more…]