Some of the most problematic human behaviors involve vices of the mind such as
arrogance, closed-mindedness, dogmatism, gullibility, and intellectual cowardice, as well as …

Why do historians so often talk about objectivity, empathy, and fair-mindedness? What roles
do such personal qualities play in historical studies? And why does it make sense to call …

Although the discipline of vice epistemology is only a decade old, the broader project of
studying epistemic vices and failings is much older. This paper argues that contemporary …

According to the Dutch chemist Gerrit Jan Mulder (1802–1880), the principal aim of
university education was character building and moral edification. Professional training was …

Historians of science have described various cases of disciplines influencing one another.
Such exchanges across disciplinary boundaries often signal innovation, intellectual change …

We start by introducing the idea of echo chambers. Echo chambers are social and epistemic
structures in which opinions, leanings, or beliefs about certain topics are amplified and …

I am greatly indebted to those who read previous versions of my manuscript so carefully and
who so generously provided suggestions and comments: I would like to thank the …

String theorists are certain that they are practicing physicists. Yet, some of their recent critics
deny this. This paper argues that this conflict is really about who holds authority in making …

Academic training, especially at the undergraduate level, is a marginal topic in science
studies today. Scientific practices have commonly been approached through studies of …

This paper encourages greater engagement between contemporary vice epistemology and
the work of intellectual and social historians of the vices. I argue that studies of the nature …