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Philip Kitcher
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Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 5, 2001 6 facts
claimPhilip Kitcher distinguishes between traditionalists, who endorse favored principles without testing, and naturalists, who are willing to subject those principles to empirical tests to determine if they lead to truth.
referenceThe bibliography for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Naturalized Epistemology includes works by Robert Almeder (1998), Laurence BonJour (1994), Roderick Chisholm (1966, 1982, 1989), Richard Feldman (1999), Richard Foley (1994), Richard Fumerton (1994, 1995), Allan Gibbard (1990), Alvin Goldman (1979, 1992), Susan Haack (1993), Gilbert Harman (1977), Jaegwon Kim (1988), Philip Kitcher (1992), Hilary Kornblith (1988, 1994, 1999), Keith Lehrer (1997), William Lycan (1988), James Maffie (1990), John Pollock (1986), and W.V.O. Quine.
claimPhilip Kitcher argues that favoring certain logical principles does not establish their merit; instead, principles are only good if they enable the attainment of epistemic ends, which requires empirical inquiry to verify.
claimPhilip Kitcher argues that if inductive principles are specific and license particular inferences, they are likely contingent and cannot be justified by a priori or armchair methods, contradicting philosophers who claim they are necessary consequences of the concept of rationality.
quotePhilip Kitcher asked in his 1992 article "The Naturalists Return": "How could our psychological and biological capacities and limitations fail to be relevant to the study of human knowledge?"
referencePhilip Kitcher's 1992 article, "The Naturalists Return," argues that the apsychologistic tendencies of 20th-century philosophy are departures from what was standard in the field.
Naturalistic Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 6 facts
claimAlvin Goldman and Philip Kitcher apply insights from both natural and social sciences to understand knowledge as a simultaneously cognitive and social phenomenon.
claimPhilip Kitcher claims that knowledge that p is a priori if and only if it results from a process that would have produced knowledge that p regardless of the particular experiences one might have had.
claimPhilip Kitcher and Alvin Goldman have advocated for a 'social epistemology' that is partly inspired by Thomas Kuhn.
referencePhilip Kitcher published 'The advancement of science' through Oxford University Press in 1993.
claimPhilip Kitcher defends a naturalistic account of a priori knowledge based on the characteristics of the process that produces a belief.
claimPhilip Kitcher and Alvin Goldman argue that social structures within science can be evaluated using reliabilist terms to determine how effectively those structures promote the production of true theories over false ones.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Feb 26, 2001 4 facts
referenceIn the 1990 paper "The Division of Cognitive Labor," Philip Kitcher argues that credit-motivated scientists divide labor more effectively than truth-motivated scientists, as credit seekers are more likely to pursue less popular topics where they can be the sole discoverer, whereas truth seekers may herd onto the most promising problems.
referenceSeminal work in the contemporary social epistemology of science includes contributions by Philip Kitcher (1990, 1993), Helen Longino (1990, 2002), and Miriam Solomon (2007).
referencePhilip Kitcher authored the book 'Science in a Democratic Society', published by Prometheus Books in 2011.
claimPhilip Kitcher (2011) explores the challenge of balancing reliance on experts with the democratic commitment to deliberation and equality.
Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu Jul 24, 2024 3 facts
claimAnthony Coady (1973, 1992), Alvin Goldman (1999), Steve Fuller (1988), Philip Kitcher (1990), and Edward Craig (1991) developed a less-political perspective on social epistemology in parallel to the political developments in the field.
claimIn the works of Coady, Goldman, Fuller, Kitcher, and Craig, the trustworthiness of testimony is analyzed in contexts ranging from lay conversations to specialized environments like news reporting, courtrooms, and academic publications.
claimAnthony Coady, Alvin Goldman, Steve Fuller, Philip Kitcher, and Edward Craig developed a less-political perspective on social epistemology in parallel to the development of political standpoint epistemology.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Aug 28, 2019 2 facts
Naturalism in Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jan 8, 2016 2 facts
Naturalized epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referencePhilip Kitcher authored 'The Naturalists Return' in 1992, published in Philosophical Review.