The Motivated Sceptic
Robin McKennaPolitics, philosophy and psychology from a slightly sceptical and cynical perspective.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 19 | Subscribers | Read | rbnmckenna86.substack.com |
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Latest Issues
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Science Communication as Propaganda
A few months ago I wrote a series of posts on propaganda: how we should think about it, why we should be worried about it, and its historical entanglement with advertising and public relations. This post continues this theme, but with a new...
A Pathology of Analytic Philosophy
This Substack is mostly about things I think people who aren’t academic philosophers will be interested in. This is a post that will probably only be of interest to academic philosophers, and perhaps not even then.
Against "Epistemic Injustice"
If you spend any time on the bits of social media inhabited by philosophers, you will have seen the jokes about epistemic injustice. A sample:
2025 Reading (Part 2)
I have been neglecting this Substack since the summer, for the simple reason that I started it when I was on research leave and, as it turns out, I don’t have as much time for it when I’m not supposed to be doing research. I do hope to get ...
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Scottish philosopher at the University of Liverpool. I am an epistemologist, but don't ask me what the word "epistemic" means.
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