Vices of the mind: fake news, conspiracy theories, bullshit etc…

Richard Marshall interviews Quassim Cassam at 3:AM Magazine: Quassim Cassam is interested in epistemology, conspiracy theories, terrorism and counterterrorism and medicine. Here he discusses disappearing knowledge, conspiracy theories, how we can protect knowledge from threats of erosion, epistemic vice as Obstructionism, whether epistemic vices might sometimes be ok, Trump and Brexit, the role of expertise, comparing epistemic … Continue reading Vices of the mind: fake news, conspiracy theories, bullshit etc…