Social Epistemology: Essential Readings

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INTRODUCTION BY DENNIS WHITCOMB I. CONCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY 1. Alvin I. Goldman, A Guide to Social Epistemology. 2. . Paul Boghossian, Relativism Defended. 3. Miranda Fricker, Rational Authority and Social Power: Towards a Truly Social Epistemology. II. TRUST IN TESTIMONY AND EXPERTS 4. Jennifer Lackey, Testimony: Acquiring Knowledge from Others . 5. Sanford C. Goldberg, If that Were True I Would Have Heard It By Now. 6. Alvin Goldman, Experts: Which Ones Should You Trust?. III. REASONABLE PEER DISAGREEMENT 7. Richard Feldman, Reasonable Religious Disagreement. 8. Adam Elga, Reflection and Disagreement. 9. Thomas Kelly, Peer Disagreement and Higher Order Evidence (selections). IV. JUDGMENT AGGREGATION 10. Christian List, Knowledge and Group Rationality. 11. Philip Pettit, with Minds of Their Own. V. SYSTEMS DESIGN 12. Larry Laudan, Thinking about Error in the Law. 13. Don Fallis, Wikipistemology. 14. Cass R. Sunstein, Deliberating Groups vs. Prediction Markets (or Hayek's Challenge to Habermas). 15. . Kevin J. S. Zollman, The Communication Structure of Epistemic Communities.

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