ABSTRACT A great deal of conspiracy theory research presupposes a falsehood–that
conspiracy theories as such are irrational to believe–and that conspiracy theorists as such …

Central to the particularist project, one that has become the consensus in the philosophy of
conspiracy theory theory, is the claim that a general dismissal of these things …

Philosophers who study conspiracy theories have increasingly addressed the questions of
where conspiracy theories come from, what such theories do, and what to do about them …

The distinction between generalist vs. particularist approaches to how we talk about
conspiracy theories (both with regard to the theories and belief in said theories) has been …

This introduction to this special issue of Inquiry looks at recent work in the philosophy of
conspiracy theory theory. Looking at two related worries expressed in the wider conspiracy …

In a recent paper, Nader Shoaibi (2024) makes a valuable contribution to the discussion on
genealogies and conspiracy theories (CTs) by focusing on a particular kind of genealogy …