Social Epistemology: Essential Readings - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195334612 ISBN 13: 9780195334616

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

This is a collection of essays that offers comprehensive and detailed information on the basic problems and the concepts of social epistemology. A source of valuable knowledge and will not disappoint those who will study it carefully. (Metapsychology)

About the Author:

Alvin Goldman is Board of Governors Professor, Department of Philosophy and Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University. Dennis Whitcomb is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Western Washington University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0195334612
• ISBN 13: 9780195334616
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Goldman Alvin I.