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Op-eds and such

Vísir.is, April 3, 2023. Op-ed on the nature and purpose of universities in contempoary societies.

Hvenær og hvernig skal ræða siðferðileg álitamál?

Fréttablaðið, February 24, 2021. Coauthored with Eyja Margrét Brynjarsdóttir, Hlynur Orri Stefánsson, Sigurður Kristinsson and Vilhjálmur Árnason.

Áleitnar um spurningar um Ísland sem tilraunaland

Fréttablaðið, February 9, 2021. Coauthored with Vilhjálmur Árnason, Eyja Margrét Brynjarsdóttir, Hlynur Orri Stefánsson and Sigurður Kristinsson.


Writings for Vísindavefurinn (Web of Science)

2020, encyclopedia entry on fake news at Vísindavefurinn.

2019, encyclopedia entry on denialism about anthropogenic climate change at Vísindavefurinn.

2019, encyclopedia entry on the difference between hypotheses and theories at Vísindavefurinn.

2016, encyclopedia entry on the epistemological problem of skepticism at Vísindavefurinn.

2016, encyclopedia entry on Ockham’s razor at Vísindavefurinn.

2016,  encyclopedia entry on scientific facts and theories at Vísindavefurinn.

2016,  encyclopedia entry on “scientific proof” at Vísindavefurinn.

2016, encyclopedia entry on scientific methodology at Vísindavefurinn.

2016, encyclopedia entry on laws of nature at Vísindavefurinn.

2016, encyclopedia entry on violating laws of nature at Vísindavefurinn.

2016, encyclopedia entry on the generality of laws of nature at Vísindavefurinn.

Hvað eru vísindi? (with Jón Ólafsson)

2016, encyclopedia entry on the nature of science at Vísindavefurinn.

2016, encyclopedia entry on the disciplinary classification of mathematics at Vísindavefurinn.

2014, encyclopedia entry on the work of Bertrand Russell at Vísindavefurinn.

2014, encyclopedia entry on naive realism at Vísindavefurinn.

Book: Múrbrot

In 2008, Ármann Jakobsson and I edited and co-authored a book containing a selection of articles from Múrinn, which was an online leftist political magazine that was published between 2000 to 2007. Besides Ármann and myself, the articles are authored by, among others, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Kolbeinn Proppé, Stefán Pálsson, Steinþór Heiðarsson, and Sverrir Jakobsson. It's still available here.