The Social Epistemology of Apologetics: Appendix
Table of Contents I. Social Epistemic Mechanisms Introduction 1. Epistemic Bubbles 2. Echo Chambers 3. Evidential Preemption 4. Inoculation Theory 5. Controlled Exposure 6. Epistemically Pernicious Groups 7. Groupstrapping 8. Internal Trust Hierarchies 9. Boundary Policing 10. Epistemic Outsourcing Concluding Note to Section I II. Propaganda and Information Management Introduction 11. Manufactured Controversy 12. False Balance 13. Consensus Simulation 14. Information Laundering 15. Persecution Framing 16. Conspiracy Framing 17. Outsider Pathologizing 18. Strategic Ambiguity 19. Motive Attribution Asymmetry 20. Perpetual Siege Narrative Concluding Note to Section II III. Rhetorical and Argumentative Mechanisms Introduction 21. Selective Skepticism 22. Asymmetric Standards of Evidence 23. Special Pleading 24. Moving the Goalposts 25. Self-Sealing Logic 26. God-of-the-Gaps Reasoning 27. Category Smuggling 28. Strategic Vagueness 29. Gish Gallo...