Social Epistemology Essential Readings

Name: Social Epistemology Essential Readings
Price: 14.61 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780195334616

ISBN-10: 0195334612

ISBN-13: 9780195334616

Edition: 2011

Authors: Alvin Goldman, Dennis Whitcomb

List price: $39.99

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $46.03

Marketplace

4 new & used from $14.61

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

What if anything justifies us in believing the testimony of others? How should we react to disagreement between ourselves and our peers, and to disagreement among the experts when we ourselves are novices? Can beliefs be held by groups of people in addition to the people composing those groups? And if so, how should groups go about forming their beliefs? How should we design social systems, such as legal juries and scientific research-sharing schemes, to promote knowledge among the people who engage in them? When different groups of people judge different beliefs to be justified, how can we tell which groups are correct? These questions are at the heart of the vital discipline of social…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/3/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.09" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Alvin Goldman is Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona.