Social Epistemology (2):1-11 (2019)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
This paper attempts to provide a remedy to a surprising lacuna in the current discussion in the epistemology of expertise, namely the lack of a theory accounting for the epistemic authority of collective agents. After introducing a service conception of epistemic authority based on Alvin Goldman’s account of a cognitive expert, I argue that this service conception is well suited to account for the epistemic authority of collective bodies on a non-summativist perspective, and I show in detail how the defining requirements of an expert can apply to epistemic groups.
|
Keywords | expertise epistemic authority collective epistemology collective authority epistemic virtues group virtues |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
DOI | 10.1080/02691728.2019.1577511 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Epistemic Authority: A Theory of Trust, Authority, and Autonomy in Belief.Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski - 2012 - Oup Usa.
View all 49 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
No citations found.
Similar books and articles
Epistemic Paternalism and the Service Conception of Epistemic Authority.Michel Croce - 2018 - Metaphilosophy 49 (3):305-327.
Expert-Oriented Abilities Vs. Novice-Oriented Abilities: An Alternative Account of Epistemic Authority.Michel Croce - 2018 - Episteme 15 (4):476-498.
What Is An Expert That A Person May Trust Her? Towards A Political Epistemology Of Expertise.Gloria Origgi - 2015 - Humana Mente 8 (28).
Expert Testimony, Law and Epistemic Authority.Tony Ward - 2017 - Journal of Applied Philosophy 34 (2):263-277.
Epistemic authority and autonomy of the epistemic subject.Igor Gasparov - 2017 - Epistemology and Philosophy of Science 53 (3):108-122.
Epistemic Authority, Preemptive Reasons, and Understanding.Christoph Jäger - 2016 - Episteme 13 (2):167-185.
Zagzebski on Authority and Preemption in the Domain of Belief.Arnon Keren - 2014 - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 6 (4):61-76.
Epistemic Authority: Preemption or Proper Basing?Katherine Dormandy - 2018 - Erkenntnis 83 (4):773-791.
Believing on Authority.Matthew A. Benton - 2014 - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 6 (4):133-144.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2019-04-08
Total views
254 ( #33,639 of 2,411,639 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
39 ( #20,429 of 2,411,639 )
2019-04-08
Total views
254 ( #33,639 of 2,411,639 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
39 ( #20,429 of 2,411,639 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads