conspiracies. - Argumenta - Journal of Analytic Philosophy https://www.argumenta.org Journal of Analytic Philosophy Tue, 22 May 2018 20:55:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 The Problem of Conspiracism [Special Issue] https://www.argumenta.org/article/problem-conspiracism-special-issue/ Tue, 22 May 2018 20:53:40 +0000 https://www.argumenta.org/?post_type=article&p=883 When is a conspiracy theorist not a conspiracy theorist? When she is a government minister! Or, if that punchline does not work for you, how about: When she is a respected member of the press! Or: When she is an academic who writes on conspiracy theories! Typically, when we think of conspiracy theorists we do […]

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]]> Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule on Conspiracy Theories [Special Issue] https://www.argumenta.org/article/cass-sunstein-adrian-vermeule-conspiracy-theories-special-issue/ Tue, 22 May 2018 20:42:11 +0000 https://www.argumenta.org/?post_type=article&p=879 In this paper I will criticise Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule’s work on conspiracy theories. There are several reasons I think such a critique is worthwhile. First, their original essay on the subject appeared in a highly prestigious philosophy journal, The Journal of Political Philosophy. Second, Sunstein is not merely another academic contributing his two […]

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