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'Apparently' in an English-Swedish Cross-linguistic Perspective

open access: yesNJES: Nordic Journal of English studies
Evidential markers have the function of indicating the source of information or evidence on which a statement is based. The aim of the present paper is to identify and disentangle the different evidential and epistemic meanings of the evidential adverb ...
Karin Aijmer
doaj   +1 more source

Epistemic Justification: Deontological Aspects

open access: yesSiberian Journal of Philosophy, 2020
The article analyzes the problems related to the philosophical analysis of epistemic duties – ranging from doubts about their existence as duties of a special kind to discussing the boundaries of such obligations and the limits of responsibility of the epistemic subject.
openaire   +2 more sources

A Critical Examination of BonJour’s, Haack’s, and Dancy’s Theory of Empirical Justification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this paper, we shall describe and critically evaluate four contemporary theories which attempt to solve the problem of the infinite regress of reasons: BonJour's ‘impure’ coherentism, BonJour's foundationalism, Haack's ‘foundherentism’ and Dancy's ...
Christias, Dionysis
core   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms of Epistemic Change—Under Which Circumstances Does Diverging Information Support Epistemic Development?

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Background: The number of studies on how to foster change toward advanced epistemic beliefs (i.e., beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing) is continuously growing because these beliefs are an important predictor of learning outcomes.
Martin Kerwer, Tom Rosman
doaj   +1 more source

Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Premise Acceptability, Deontology, Internalism, Justification

open access: yesInformal Logic, 1995
Acceptability is a thoroughly normative epistemic notion. If a statement is acceptable, i.e. it is proper to take it as a premise, then one is justified in accepting it.
James B. Freeman
doaj   +1 more source

Is Justification Necessary for Knowledge? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Justification has long been considered a necessary condition for knowledge, and theories that deny the necessity of justification have been dismissed as nonstarters.
Beebe, James R., Sackris, David
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‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposing the work of the market through the case of Alternative Provision for English school students

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Pupils in England who, for some reason, are not able to attend school often find themselves in Alternative Provision (AP). These are special arrangements designed to address their specific needs and help them return to mainstream schooling.
Nick Pratt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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