The Transmission of Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9781108460057 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 226 str.

Washington DC) Greco John (Georgetown University

Opis

This book examines the relations and structures which enable and inhibit the sharing of knowledge within and across epistemic communities.

Recenzje

'In this book John Greco significantly advances our understanding of the nature of testimony and of testimonial knowledge. His line of argument develops the idea that testimony is a social act that takes place in norm-governed social settings. The account that results will need to be taken up by anyone interested in the epistemology of testimony and in social epistemology more generally.' Sandy Goldberg, Northwestern University, Illinois

Spis treści

1. Introduction: testimony and the transmission of knowledge; 2. The framework presented: testimonial knowledge and the flow of information; 3. Joint agency and the role of trust in testimonial knowledge; 4. Social norms and social sensibilities; 5. A unified account of generation and transmission; 6. The framework extended: common knowledge; 7. Education and the transmission of understanding; 8. Reductionism and big science; 9. Social religious epistemology; Appendix: the garbage problem.