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Philosophy · Epistemology

Social Epistemology

A topic within Epistemology, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.

Reading on Social Epistemology

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2 works

Book1990

Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry

Helen Longino

Objectivity in science is not the absence of values but a property of a community's critical practices, achieved through open, responsive exchange among differently situated inquirers rather than by any individual mind alone.

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Book1999

Knowledge in a Social World

Alvin Goldman

Extends epistemology past the lone individual knower to ask which social practices and institutions, including science, law, the press and education, actually promote true belief across a population.

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