Social Epistemology - Essential Readings (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	February 2011
Editors:	Alvin Goldman (Department of Philosophy and Center for Cognitive Science) • Dennis Whitcomb (Assistant Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	237 x 162 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-533453-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	0-19-533453-1
Barcode:	9780195334531

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