Amy Kind
Amy Kind
Editorial
Synthese. 2022;200(2):101. DOI:10.1007/s11229-022-03669-z 2022
The epistemic benefits of generalisation in modelling II: expressive power and abstraction [0.03%]
模型泛化的认识论益处之二：表达能力和抽象性
Aki Lehtinen
Aki Lehtinen
This paper contributes to the philosophical accounts of generalisation in formal modelling by introducing a conceptual framework that allows for recognising generalisations that are epistemically beneficial in the sense of contributing to t...
T Ryan Byerly
T Ryan Byerly
Philosophical reflection on transparency, including group transparency, is beginning to gain steam. This paper contributes to this work by developing a conceptualization of transparency as an intellectual character trait that groups can pos...
Tom Schoonen
Tom Schoonen
Recently, interest has surged in similarity-based epistemologies of possibility. However, it has been pointed out that the notion of 'relevant similarity' is not properly developed in this literature. In this paper, I look at the research d...
David Schroeren
David Schroeren
It is common ground among proponents and detractors of wavefunction realism that the view 'privileges position', in the sense that it arbitrarily singles out one among a continuum infinity of wavefunction representations as characterizing t...
Causation comes in degrees [0.03%]
因果关系有程度之分
Huzeyfe Demirtas
Huzeyfe Demirtas
Which country, politician, or policy is more of a cause of the Covid-19 pandemic death toll? Which of the two factories causally contributed more to the pollution of the nearby river? A wide-ranging portion of our everyday thought and talk,...
Alkis Kotsonis
Alkis Kotsonis
My aim in this paper is to present and discuss a novel understanding of the nature of epistemic vice. I highlight that epistemic vice such as excessive curiosity, gossip and excessive inquisitiveness do not obstruct the acquisition, transmi...
Nora Heinzelmann,Stephan Hartmann
Nora Heinzelmann
We argue that social deliberation may increase an agent's confidence and credence under certain circumstances. An agent considers a proposition H and assigns a probability to it. However, she is not fully confident that she herself is relia...
Kenneth Boyd
Kenneth Boyd
A perennial problem in social epistemology is the problem of expert testimony, specifically expert testimony regarding scientific issues: for example, while it is important for me to know information pertaining to anthropogenic climate chan...
Nicholas Emmerson
Nicholas Emmerson
Contemporary debate surrounding the nature of scientific progress has focused upon the precise role played by justification, with two realist accounts having dominated proceedings. Recently, however, a third realist account has been put for...