Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 357 pages)
ISBN:
9780199715206
,
0199715203
,
9780199857524
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Table of Contents; Introduction; I. CONCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY; II. TRUST IN TESTIMONY AND EXPERTS; III. REASONABLE PEER DISAGREEMENT; IV. JUDGMENT AGGREGATION; V. SYSTEMS DESIGN; Index
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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 te
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 0-19-533453-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Gesellschaft
;
Soziologie
;
Erkenntnistheorie
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