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epistemic vices
Also known as: epistemic vice
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Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu Jul 24, 2024 5 facts
claimSocial epistemologists study epistemic states such as propositional knowledge or know-how, as well as traits such as epistemic virtues and vices, within a social context.
claimEpistemic vices are conceptualized as dispositions that obstruct the acquisition, maintenance, and transmission of knowledge and other epistemic goods, or promote ignorance and error.
claimMandevillian intelligence, or mandevillian virtue, refers to cases where the epistemic vice of individuals contributes to the epistemic success of the group.
claimEpistemic malevolence occurs when epistemic vices are motivated by a desire to obstruct the knowledge of others.
claimMiranda Fricker characterizes the unjust discounting of testimony as a 'credibility deficit' and argues that individuals who systematically apply these deficits embody the epistemic vice of testimonial injustice.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 3 facts
claimIn virtue epistemology, epistemic virtues are defined as 'good' ways of forming beliefs, such as careful and attentive reasoning, while epistemic vices are defined as 'bad' ways of forming beliefs, such as jumping to conclusions.
claimExternalist virtue epistemology defines epistemic virtues as stable ways of forming beliefs that tend to result in true beliefs, and epistemic vices as stable ways of forming beliefs that tend to result in false beliefs.
claimVirtue epistemology proposes that the order of analysis in epistemology should be reversed, starting with the assessment of the subject's epistemic virtues and vices rather than focusing primarily on the epistemic quality of individual beliefs.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Feb 26, 2001 3 facts
claimPriest (2021) asserts that epistemic vices among elites, such as obstructionism through the use of overly complex language and theory, negatively impact public belief.
referenceMeyer, Alfano, and De Bruin's 2021 article 'Epistemic vice predicts acceptance of Covid-19 misinformation,' published in 'Episteme,' investigates the correlation between epistemic vices and the acceptance of misinformation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.
claimMeyer et al. (2021) found an empirical association between high scores on an epistemic vice scale and the holding of false beliefs.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimEpistemic virtues contrast with epistemic vices and serve as foundational concepts of virtue epistemology.
claimChun Wei Choo authored the chapter 'Epistemic Virtues and Vices' in the 2016 book 'The Inquiring Organization: How Organizations Acquire Knowledge and Seek Information', published by Oxford University Press.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 2 facts
claimCassam (2019) categorizes epistemic vices into character traits (e.g., closed-mindedness), ways of thinking (e.g., wishful thinking), and attitudes (e.g., epistemic malevolence and epistemic insouciance).
claimEmpirical research by Meyer, Alfano, and de Bruin (2021) demonstrates that possessing the epistemic vices of indifference to truth and intellectual rigidity predicts an individual's acceptance of fake news, conspiracy theories, and misinformation regarding COVID-19.
Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2019 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 1 fact
claimCareful and attentive reasoning is an example of an epistemic virtue, while jumping to conclusions is an example of an epistemic vice.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 1 fact
claimPure virtue epistemology asserts that epistemic virtues and vices are sui generis and cannot be analyzed in terms of more fundamental epistemic or nonepistemic concepts.