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The Challenge Between Epistemic Autonomy and Epistemic Authority in Modern Epistemology [PDF]
According to the prevalent account of modernity, its essence is autonomy and the rejection of all authorities, including religious authorities. This account also argues that testimony as a source of knowledge and justification differs fundamentally from ...
Reza Naghavi, Mohammad Reza Asadi
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Justified epistemic authority (in legal interpretation) [PDF]
The paper analyzes one of the main influences on the results of legal interpretation - epistemic authority. An account of authority is given along with a distinction between two basic types of authority, followed by a brief explanation of practical ...
Spaić Bojan
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Bureaucratic and Market Sources of Epistemic Authority
In International Relations (IR) scholarship, the epistemic communities’ framework has gained relevance for explaining the roles of experts in the context of transnational global governance.
Miloslav Machoň
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Epistemic Tools and Epistemic Agents in Scientonomy
The only subtype of epistemic agent currently recognized within scientonomy is community. The place of both individuals and epistemic tools in the scientonomic ontology is yet to be clarified.
Paul Patton
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The global dissemination of COVID-19 creates confusion and ambiguity in nearly every aspect of life, including fear of contagion, heightened awareness of the mortality of self and family members, lack of power, and distrust of experts and decision-makers.
Idit Shalev
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Experiences of epistemic racism among occupational therapists
Objective: Epistemic racism establishes the knowledges and ways of knowing of a dominant group as legitimate, invalidating those of groups marked by racialization.
Brenda L. Beagan +3 more
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Trust, authority and epistemic responsibility
In this paper I argue that the epistemology of trust and testimony should take into account the pragmatics of communication in order to gain insight about the responsibilities speakers and hearers share in the epistemic access they gain through ...
Gloria ORIGGI
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Freedom of the Individual towards the Authority of the Church
The article analyses the role of the Catholic Church as a deontic and epistemic authority. It discusses the problem of whether the Church’s authority undermines the autonomy of the conscience of the faithful.
Stanisław Gałkowski
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We often consider medical practitioners to be epistemic authorities: “Doctor knows best,” as the saying goes. The place of expert judgment in evidence-based medicine hierarchies, and the crucial role of patient preferences and values in medical decision ...
Dylan Mirek Popowicz
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The components of accepting the authority of knowledge according to Zagzebski and the related themes in Sohrevardi's reflections. [PDF]
Problem: Epistemic authority or trust and reference to others in acquiring knowledge has long been a subject of interest for philosophers. However, this issue has been challenged and criticized in the modern era based on the concept of autonomy in ...
Zahra Sadeghimanesh +2 more
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