In this article I argue that the prevalence of intersubjective disagreement in epistemology poses a serious problem for Epistemic Externalism. I put the problem in the form of a dilemma: either Epistemic Externalism is not a complete account of epistemic justification or it’s implausible to claim that the belief that Epistemic Externalism is true is itself an externalistically justified belief.

The study of technology affordances for intersubjective learning is proposed as the thematic agenda for CSCL. Work that does not consider intrinsically interactional mechanisms of learning or does not study affordances specific to technology support is still valuable but is not considered central to the CSCL agenda. A fusion of experimental, ethnographic and design methodologies is also propose...

This is a review of research on educational technology from a particular historical and theoretical perspective. It focuses on the research field of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) and does so based on the author’s personal experiences in that field. Starting with an overview of the changing role of technology in educational design, it then looks at the shifting function of ind...

This is a review of research on educational technology from a particular historical and theoretical perspective. It focuses on the research field of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) and does so based on the author’s personal experiences in that field. Starting with an overview of the changing role of technology in educational design, it then looks at the changing role of individ...

As problems of understanding arise in conversational interaction, we must find a means to indicate to our interlocutor the reason for our misunderstanding. However, we are simultaneously constrained by social interactive practices that limit face threat and adhere to epistemic rights. Thus, the challenge is to communicate our own misunderstanding as specifically as possible while avoiding expli...

The aim of this paper to present some items of emergence in the foresight that should be meant and handled scientifically. It highlights three resources of social emergence. One of them is originated from the development of shared future views at a community level from the individual future shapes. The second one is originated from the relations among the foresight and its social environment an...