For those unfamiliar, street epistemology is a conversational method of calmly examining an interlocutor’s claims through the socratic method as opposed to contesting the evidence. Practitioners, called street epistemologists, take care to avoid being argumentative, insulting or condescending in any way. The goal is to make people think. This method originated in a book by grievance study hoaxer and former Portland State professor
You're in luck. Starting next week, Nathan (Abstract Activist) and I will be on Peter Boghossian's Reverse Q&A tour where we'll be visiting eight universities in a month to ask students how Critical Social Justice has affected their education. Mark Solomon (Being Reasonable) will also join for two events. So stay tuned. 👍
This article starts well describing the issues that should be weighted when deciding the pros and cons of Street Epistemology. But it has been proven to be way off when analyzing the actual context today that serves as input to these calculations. Abortion rights, gay rights are being forcefully attacked by religious people and given the current context we should be pushing back hard against all kinds of religious views.
Thanks for this article and yes I will be joining both Reid and Nathan to hold some civil SE convos about these sorts of beliefs. And we do have these convos when they are introduced from our ILs. https://youtu.be/tN_rIxP7SLA
How sure are you that there isn’t a God? How did you come to this knowledge for yourself? What would you think if I told you that my personal experiences lead me to the opposite conclusion? 😉
You're in luck. Starting next week, Nathan (Abstract Activist) and I will be on Peter Boghossian's Reverse Q&A tour where we'll be visiting eight universities in a month to ask students how Critical Social Justice has affected their education. Mark Solomon (Being Reasonable) will also join for two events. So stay tuned. 👍
https://youtu.be/OPf9YgFXvQc
This article starts well describing the issues that should be weighted when deciding the pros and cons of Street Epistemology. But it has been proven to be way off when analyzing the actual context today that serves as input to these calculations. Abortion rights, gay rights are being forcefully attacked by religious people and given the current context we should be pushing back hard against all kinds of religious views.
Thanks for this article and yes I will be joining both Reid and Nathan to hold some civil SE convos about these sorts of beliefs. And we do have these convos when they are introduced from our ILs. https://youtu.be/tN_rIxP7SLA
How sure are you that there isn’t a God? How did you come to this knowledge for yourself? What would you think if I told you that my personal experiences lead me to the opposite conclusion? 😉
My unsolicited thoughts on science and religion: https://trocb.blogspot.com/2022/03/transcendence-and-physicalism.html