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epistemic agent
Also known as: epistemic agents, epistemic agency
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Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 3 facts
claimMitchell Green (2006) argues that testimonial relationships constitute a form of epistemic agency, where the testifier's actions on behalf of the epistemic subject should be considered the action of the subject's agent, subject to the legal maxim 'qui facit per alium, facit per se' (he who acts through another acts himself).
claimGreen (2006) suggests that a testifier acts as an epistemic agent or employee for the recipient, where the testifier takes responsibility for specific areas of epistemic business, while the recipient retains the responsibility to select the testifier properly.
perspectiveThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that various characterizations of testimony—such as assurance, epistemic agency, transfer of reasons, and passing the epistemic buck—are not necessarily mutually exclusive and could all be true simultaneously.
The Role of Epistemic Communities and Expert Testimonies in ... academia.edu 2 facts
claimTraditional epistemology can and should provide a normative framework to supplement empirically-minded descriptive answers regarding epistemic agency and epistemic assessment.
claimSocial epistemology requires addressing the appropriate norms for assessing acts of reliance on others, which includes norms of inquiry that reveal the nature of epistemic agency.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 1 fact
quoteKawall (2002) writes: "An epistemic agent who focuses exclusively on self-regarding epistemic virtues could be a deficient epistemic agent."
Pluralism About Group Knowledge: A Reply to Jesper Kallestrup ... social-epistemology.com Jan 20, 2023 1 fact
referenceAn epistemic agent should not be considered to have a tacit belief if the process of inferring a proposition from already-believed propositions is too laborious, as noted by Peels (2016).
[PDF] Virtue Epistemology and Epistemic Responsibility - PhilPapers philpapers.org 1 fact
claimMoral virtues motivate the epistemic agent to attempt to bring about morally worthwhile ends.
Virtue Epistemology, Anyone? - The Philosophers' Magazine - philosophersmag.com 1 fact
claimVirtue epistemology shifts the focus of epistemic evaluation away from a 'point of view from nowhere' and onto specific individuals and communities treated as epistemic agents.
Social epistemology - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy rep.routledge.com 1 fact
claimSocial epistemology includes branches that study systems and institutions designed to facilitate knowledge transmission and acquisition, as well as collectives like groups or teams acting as epistemic agents.
Virtue epistemology - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy rep.routledge.com 1 fact
claimLater versions of virtue epistemology add requirements for virtue intended to capture the idea that it is a quality which makes an epistemic agent subjectively responsible as well as objectively reliable.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Feb 26, 2001 1 fact
claimLeydon-Hardy (2021) identifies 'epistemic infringement' as a phenomenon in which one person undermines the epistemic agency of another by violating social and epistemic norms.
Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu Jul 24, 2024 1 fact
claimGaslighting undermines a person's epistemic agency by causing the individual to doubt their own perceptual, memorial, agential, or cognitive capacities, resulting in a loss of confidence required to offer testimony.