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Shené de Rijk

Shené de Rijk

Shené de Rijk is a PhD candidate at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. She is affiliated with the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS). Her dissertation is centred on investigating the phenomenon of toxic positivity in the field of social epistemology. Other than toxic positivity and social epistemology (and epistemic injustice in particular), her research interests include applied ethics, especially bioethics on which she has also written.

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Toxic Positivity

Toxic Positivity

Posted on 22 September 2025 by

Optimism is generally thought to be desirable and useful and there is ample evidence that shows the benefits of optimism (see for example Gallagher, Lopez and Pressman 2013; Andersson 1996; […]