Epistemic Responsibility and Culpable Ignorance: About Editorial and Peer Review in Practical Philosophy

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Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

Año: 2021 vol. 10 p. 29 - 36

In the last decades, some practical issues that traditionally were not part of the classicalrepertoire of philosophy have gradually won their place in universities and congresses. Transissues are among them. The growing interest they have received has also been reflected inacademic publications, which began to include articles applied to different aspects ofpersonal, collective and political identity of subjects who identify with a gender other thanthat assigned at birth. Unfortunately, neither the popularity of the topics, nor the politicalcommitment manifested by their authors, nor the prestige of the journals that have hostedthem seem to have been enough to guarantee the quality and rigor that characterizesphilosophy in other areas. On the contrary, it is my contention that journals that enjoy a verygood reputation tend to lower their standards considerably when it comes to publishingarticles on these subjects. This conclusion is the result of careful reading of the sources andextended evaluation experience, which finds trans scholars raising presenting negativereviews that are then discarded because of the journals? interest in ?incorporating theseissues?.