Epistemic environmentalism

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-2018

Abstract

I motivate and develop a normative framework for undertaking work in applied epistemology. I set out the framework, which I call epistemic environmentalism, explaining the role of social epistemology and epistemic value theory in the framework. Next, I explain the environmentalist terminology that is employed and its usefulness. In the second part of the paper, I make the case for a specific epistemic environmentalist proposal. I argue that dishonest testimony by experts and certain institutional testifiers should be liable to the sanction of inclusion on a register of epistemic polluters. In doing so, I explain the special role that experts and the relevant institutional testifiers play in the epistemic environment and how the proposal is justified on the basis of that special role.

Keywords

Applied epistemology, Expertise, Social epistemology, Testimony

Discipline

Political Science

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Journal of Philosophical Research

Volume

43

First Page

97

Last Page

112

ISSN

1053-8364

Identifier

10.5840/jpr201872121

Publisher

Philosophy Documentation Center

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.5840/jpr201872121

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