Substantive Disagreement in the Le Monde Debate and Beyond: Replies to Duetz and Dentith, Basham, and Hewitt

Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (11):18-25 (2022)
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I reply to criticisms from Duetz and Dentith, Basham, and Hewitt. I argue that the central disputes on this topic concern how ordinary people understand conspiracy theories and how to evaluate concrete conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists.

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Are Conspiracy Theorists Irrational?David Coady - 2007 - Episteme 4 (2):193-204.
A Revised Defense of the Le Monde Group.Scott Hill - 2022 - Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 11 (8):18-26.
Conspiracy theory as heresy.David Coady - 2023 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 55 (7):756-759.

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