Social Epistemology

Essential Readings
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-533461-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 559 g

This volume is the most comprehensive work on contemporary social epistemology, with classic papers, previously unpublished papers, and a systematic taxonomy of the subject
The selections provide an up-to-date overview of where the field has been, making it suitable for courses on the topic, as well as new papers that push the field forward

What if anything justifies us in believing the testimony of others? How should we react to disagreement between ourselves and our peers, and to disagreement among the experts when we ourselves are novices? Can beliefs be held by groups of people in addition to the people composing those groups? And if so, how should groups go about forming their beliefs? How should we design social systems, such as legal juries and scientific research-sharing schemes, to promote knowledge among the people who engage in them? When different groups of people judge different beliefs to be justified, how can we tell which groups are correct? These questions are at the heart of the vital discipline of social epistemology. The classic articles in this volume address these questions in ways that are both cutting-edge and easy to understand. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and students in epistemology.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of epistemology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldman, Alvin I.

Goldman, Alvin

Whitcomb, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
By Dennis Whitcomb
I. Conceptions of Social Epistemology
1.: Alvin I. Goldman, "A Guide to Social Epistemology".
2.: . Paul Boghossian, "Epistemic Relativism Defended".
3.: Miranda Fricker, "Rational Authority and Social Power: Towards a Truly Social Epistemology".
II. Trust in Testimony and Experts
4.: Jennifer Lackey, "Testimony: Acquiring Knowledge from Others" .
5.: Sanford C. Goldberg, "If that Were True I Would Have Heard It By Now".
6.: Alvin Goldman, "Experts: Which Ones Should You Trust?".
III. Reasonable Peer Disagreement
7.: Richard Feldman, "Reasonable Religious Disagreement".
8.: Adam Elga, "Reflection and Disagreement".
9.: Thomas Kelly, "Peer Disagreement and Higher Order Evidence" (selections).
IV. Judgment Aggregation
10.: Christian List, "Group Knowledge and Group Rationality".
11.: Philip Pettit, "Groups with Minds of Their Own".
V. Systems Design
12.: Larry Laudan, "Thinking about Error in the Law".
13.: Don Fallis, "Wikipistemology".
14.: Cass R. Sunstein, "Deliberating Groups vs. Prediction Markets (or Hayek's Challenge to Habermas)".
15.: . Kevin J. S. Zollman, "The Communication Structure of Epistemic Communities".

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Alvin Goldman, Department of Philosophy and Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, and Edited by Dennis Whitcomb, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Western Washington University

Contributors:
Paul Boghossian; Adam Elga; Don Fallis; Richard Feldman; Miranda Fricker; Sanford C. Goldberg; Alvin I. Goldman; Thomas Kelly; Jennifer Lackey; Larry Laudan; Christian List; Philip Pettit; Cass R. Sunstein; Kevin J. S. Zollman