Social epistemology has been flourishing in recent years, expanding
and making connections with political philosophy, virtue epistemology,
philosophy of science, and feminist philosophy. The philosophy of the
social world too is flourishing, with burgeoning work in the
metaphysics of the social world, collective responsibility, group
action, and group belief. The new philosophical vista now more clearly
presenting itself is collective epistemology—the epistemology of
groups and institutions. Groups engage in epistemic activity all the
time—whether it be the active collective inquiry of scientific
research groups or crime detection units, or the evidential
deliberations of tribunals and juries, or the informational efforts of
the voting population in general—and yet in philosophy there is
still relatively little epistemology of groups to help explore these
epistemic practices and their various dimensions of social and
philosophical significance. The aim of this book is to address this
lack, by presenting original essays in the field of collective
epistemology, exploring these regions of epistemic practice and their
significance for Epistemology, Political Philosophy, Ethics, and the
Philosophy of Science.
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ISBN
9780191077746
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
OUP Oxford
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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