Of opaque oracles: epistemic dependence on AI in science poses no novel problems for social epistemology
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-025-04930-x
Abstract: Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are epistemically opaque in the sense that their inner functioning is often unintelligible to human investigators. Inkeri Koskinen has recently argued that this poses special problems for a widespread view in… read more here.
Keywords: social epistemology; opaque oracles; epistemology; oracles epistemic ... See more keywords
Intelligence and Social Epistemology - Toward a Social Epistemological Theory of Intelligence
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DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2019.1658823
Abstract: ABSTRACT Evidence, beliefs, and knowledge are words that are currently used in the intelligence community. The primary goal of intelligence is to provide knowledge and foreknowledge of an enemy’s intentions and behavior. Social epistemology considers… read more here.
Keywords: social epistemology; intelligence; epistemological theory; theory intelligence ... See more keywords
The Transmission of Cumulative Cultural Knowledge — Towards a Social Epistemology of Non-Testimonial Cultural Learning
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DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2024.2356588
Abstract: ABSTRACT Cumulative cultural knowledge (CCK), the knowledge we acquire via social learning and has been refined by previous generations, is of central importance to our species’ flourishing. Considering its importance, we should expect that our… read more here.
Keywords: social epistemology; cultural learning; knowledge; cck ... See more keywords
Creativity in the social epistemology of science
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DOI: 10.1086/715188
Abstract: Currie (2019 has introduced a novel account of creativity within the social epistemology of science. The account is intended to capture how conservatism can be detrimental to the health of inquiry within certain scientific communities,… read more here.
Keywords: social epistemology; epistemology science; science; epistemology ... See more keywords
Knowledge From Vice: Deeply Social Epistemology
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DOI: 10.1093/mind/fzz017
Abstract: In the past two decades, epistemologists have significantly expanded the focus of their field. To the traditional question that has dominated the debate — under what conditions does belief amount to knowledge? — they have… read more here.
Keywords: social epistemology; knowledge vice; knowledge; vice deeply ... See more keywords